Plant Manager – Food Manufacturing - to - Albert Lea MN; relo avail

Plant Manager – Food Manufacturing - to $180,000 - Albert Lea MN (relo avail)

• $160,000 to $180,000

OPEN JOB:
Plant Manager – Food Manufacturing

LOCATION:

Albert Lea, Minnesota

*** Relocation Assistance Available

BASE SALARY: $160,000 to $180,000

INDUSTRY:

Food & Beverages

JOB CATEGORY:

Manufacturing - Plant Management

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5-10+ years of progressive manufacturing or processing leadership experience
• US Citizen or permanent resident
• Experience managing complex, regulated manufacturing environments, leading diverse leadership teams
• Compensation between $160k-180k

• The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall operational leadership, safety, quality, financial performance, and continuous improvement of one manufacturing facility producing extruded and agglomerated food.
• Provides both short-term tactical plans and long term strategic plans to the various business groups represented at the sites.
• This role ensures the facility operates efficiently, safely, and in compliance with applicable regulatory, environmental, and food safety standards, while aligning operations with corporate strategy and growth objectives.
• The position is located in Albert Lea, MN.
• The ideal candidate brings strong experience managing complex, regulated manufacturing environments, leading diverse leadership teams, and driving performance across multiple departments.

• Oversee day-to-day operations across multiple business and plants, ensuring consistent performance, operational discipline, and delivery of customer commitments.
• Communicate, develop and execute site-level strategies aligned with business goals for production, quality, cost, and service
• Provide detailed communication, with strategic and hands‑on leadership for multiple departments, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant operations
• Establish standardized operating practices, performance metrics, and governance across the facility
• Ensure production plans meet customer demand while optimizing throughput, yield, and asset utilization

• Champion a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance with OSHA, EPA, and chemical process safety (PSM) requirements
• Oversee process safety, materials handling, dust control, waste management, and environmental stewardship programs
• Lead audits, inspections, and corrective action plans related to safety, quality, and regulatory compliance
• Maintain a safe working environment by enforcing safety policies and procedures, conducting regular safety audits, and promoting a culture of safety awareness among employees

• Directly lead site leadership teams, through daily example
• Build strong leadership capability through coaching, performance management, and succession planning
• Foster collaboration and alignment across Operations, EHS, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, and HR
• Promote a culture of accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement

• Oversee asset reliability, preventive and predictive maintenance strategies
• Ensure effective management of aging assets, preventive maintenance programs, and spare parts strategies
• Partner with Engineering on plant upgrades, expansions, debottlenecking, and automation projects

• Lead Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or Operational Excellence initiatives across site
• Drive standardization of systems, processes, and reporting
• Operational efficiencies to utilize staff in a cost effective way
• Lead change management initiatives to support growth and transformation
• Ensure learning from gaps quality and customer performance are institutionalized in plant processes and practices.