POSITION AVAILABLE - # 14911

TITLE: DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

LOCATION: MIDWEST

SALARY: $80-125K

Reports to the President

Direct Reports

Production Floor Manager, Production Line Leaders

Maintenance Supervisor

Purchasing Manager

Scheduler

Warehouse Manager

DESCRIPTION:

Manages and oversees all aspects of manufacturing at two facilities (currently 7 different production lines) including:

Hiring and staffing production personnel

Training

Efficiency and output improvement

Labor and OT budgeting and control
Budgeting and Planning

Cost improvement program

Yield improvement, waste reduction

Personnel scheduling daily, weekly

Production scheduling daily, weekly

Finished product consistency, quality and product review

Food safety

Safety program

Interacts daily production personnel on manufacturing floor

Involved and conversant with all daily production activities and issues

Key Team member- interacts frequently with management and staff members

Works side by side with Technical Director in implementing, improving and maintaining quality and food safety programs

Accompanies all 3rd party and regulatory inspectors

Decision maker and leader

Manages and oversees maintenance department

Approves Pos and budget plans

Project Management

Capital Improvements

PM Programs

Manages and oversees inventory and material flow

Hiring and staffing warehouse personnel

Approves warehouse workload and staffing schedule

Warehouse plan and organization

Inventory systems and controls

Supervises purchasing

Supervises Scheduling

Approves all production schedules on daily and weekly basis

Approves all labor schedules on daily and weekly basis



REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

Strong, steady employment history

Problem solver

High energy

10+ years production supervision/management experience

10+ years food processing experience

Significant budgeting and planning experience

Successful, demonstrable history of operational excellence, achievements, results and improvements

Strong written/verbal communication skills

Strong people skills

4 year degree

PREFERRED SKILLS

Bi-lingual (English/Spanish)

Better Process School Certification

SQF Certification

Retort Experience

Process cheese manufacturing experience

Please reply to Dave Sloan 920-261-8890
dsloan@tsloan.com