Plant Manager

About Us

Friendly work environment, amazing clients, and great opportunity for professional growth! At Crescent Foods, we pride ourselves in being the first company to offer such a wide variety of quality Halal Chicken, Beef, Lamb, and turkey products in premium packaging sold to markets nationwide. We pride ourselves in raising and processing the chickens and cattle in humane conditions, while ensuring that the entire farm-to- fork philosophy adheres to the strictest ethical guidelines.

We believe we are answerable to our loyal customers, our vendors, and our employees, all of whom make us successful. We are dedicated to our mission to provide healthy meals to families across the nation. We might be pioneers in the industry, but our story has just begun.

Please visit our website  to learn more about our organization.

This position is a member of the facility leadership team with functional responsibilities in Lean implementation, Six Sigma projects, Planning, Capacity planning and logistics Administration. This individual will help to drive key critical performance drivers such as fill rate, on-time delivery, Quality, People, Safety, Cost, and financial metrics such as budget and P&L. This individual will represent Crescent Foods in a professional and exemplary manner before our customers suppliers, employees, and community.

This position may require working non-traditional hours (evening, weekends, and holidays) to successfully meet customers’ needs.

• Must be a driver of lean manufacturing and Continuous improvement initiatives
• Able to Create a Lean Culture
• Able to develop Lean transformations and strategies
• Lead daily “Gamba” Walks and Kaizen events
• Lead Autonomous Maintenance teams as part of implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
• Maintain high standards of Safety, OSHA, SQF and good housekeeping throughout plant
• Effectively plan, direct and coordinate all production to meet customer requirement, quality and cost objectives of the manufacturing plan.
• Formulate, recommend, and implement policies for the manufacturing function to accomplish company objectives.
• Establish operation standards and methods to ensure optimum productivity, performance results, and efficiency of departments against planned objectives.
• Provide accurate and timely data for the pricing team
• Able to execute the following: organization changes, wage and job changes, hiring, promotions, termination, leaves of absences and disciplinary action.
• Determine organizational structure and manpower requirements through statistical analysis and makes necessary changes to maintain work efficiency at the highest possible level at the lowest possible cost.
• Monitor production costs and develops plans to reduce costs on a continual basis.
• Select and train personnel for his staff; assign work, establish goals, evaluate employee performance and development
• Able to work and communicate with customers, sales support team and executives
• Responsible for developing processes that involve pull system, right size, and lean methodology.
• Develop Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) for the operation function.
• Explore new technologies and processes to reduce non-value-added activities.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and possess a willingness to make autonomous decisions
• Perform related duties as assigned or as the situation dictates

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Great communication skills, both written and verbal
• Well-developed problem-solving skills and an eye for detail
• Demonstrated leadership qualities cross functionally while driving results
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, high growth business environment
• Strong attention to detail and ability to operate “in the weeds” without losing sight of the big picture
• Strong team skills and an aptitude for cross functional interactions
• Energy, enthusiasm, and drive for continuous improvement on projects and team support
• Strong sense of urgency
• Strong computer skills, including but not limited to Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and power point
• Highly…