Assistant Plant Manager

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Superior Dairy is seeking an experiencedAssistant Plant Manager to help lead and oversee daily operations in our 24/7 dairy manufacturing facility. This role supports all plant departments, ensuring production runs efficiently, safely, and consistently to meet customer demands.

Superior Dairy, founded in 1922, is best known for producing high quality dairy products, including fluid milk products, cottage cheese, sour cream, ice cream and chip dip. Superior Dairy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA). Together we run a multi-state dairy manufacturing and innovation campus with four facilities across the Great Lakes region.

The Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA), established in 1916, is a dairy farmer-owned and operated milk marketing cooperative and dairy processor. As the 10th largest dairy cooperative in the U.S., we proudly serve dairy farmers across Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Indiana. With a workforce of around 625 employees spread across four states, MMPA is deeply rooted in the dairy industry. We operate multiple facilities, including the Middlebury Cheese Company in Indiana, Superior Dairy in Ohio, and two SQF Level 3 dairy ingredient plants in Michigan.

Our product lineup includes fluid milk, cheese, ultra-filtered milk, ice cream, butter, nonfat dry milk, cream, and condensed skim milk.

Why You’ll Love Working Here: At Superior Dairy, we believe in investing in our people and fostering an environment where you can grow both personally and professionally. Here are just a few reasons why you’ll enjoy working with us:

• Competitive Salary: We offer a competitive salary to attract the best talent.
• Health & Wellness Benefits: Comprehensive medical coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield, including mental health services to support your well-being.
• Disability Insurance: Protection for you in case of illness or injury.
• Paid Time Off: Enjoy a generous PTO package to maintain a work-life balance.
• Retirement Benefits: Secure your future with 401k contributions from us.
• Growth Opportunities: We are committed to your personal and professional development.
• Employee Appreciation: We regularly host events to show our appreciation for your hard work and dedication.
• Wellness Initiatives: Participate in wellness programs designed to help you stay healthy and engaged.
• Employee Feedback: Your voice matters, and we offer forums for your suggestions and input.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and operate the plant based on established KPIs to ensure the plant is effectively managing the milk volumes to the plant capacities
• Create an environment to facilitate continuous improvements at the plant level.
• Effectively Measure and communicate the KPIs to management team and shop floor team members on plant performance. Create Budgets and profitability plans based on the KPIs established to operate the plant
• Leadership:
  Manage plant operations and team with strong in-plant presence to accomplish the company goals and objectives. The plant operates 7-days per week, 24-hours a day, 365 days a year which will require some weekend and holiday presence. Demonstrate strong shop floor employee engagement to develop a consistent message from supervision to shop floor as the plant works through continuous improvement, corrective actions or new business engagements.
• Training:
  Provide training to accomplish the company goals and objectives. This training is to include, but not limited to management team and shop floor team members.
• Assure sufficient strength at management and supervisory levels to provide an orderly transition as vacancies arise.
• Assure the standard operations of the plant and products manufactured meet or exceed the expectations of regulatory agencies and customers.
• Lead the safety efforts of the plant to achieve and maintain a zero lost time accident record.
• Maintain a superior quality record and ensure customer complaints are addressed within reason.
• This position needs to build and foster a relationship of open communication and trust between management and employees at all levels within the organization.
• Other responsibilities as assigned

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