Assistant Production Manager

The Area Leader provides leadership and operational support across a 24/7 food manufacturing operation, leading hourly Technicians, Team Leaders, and Supervisors as assigned. This role ensures operating continuity and execution of daily priorities while driving performance in safety, quality, reliability, cost, and organizational capability. The Area Leader also coaches and develops team members and Supervisors to strengthen capability and performance.

Location:

1969 Victory Dr, Columbus, GA 31901 (Hostess Manufacturing Plant)

Work Arrangements: 100% on-site. PM Shift. This role provides flexible leadership coverage across a 24/7 operation. Schedules will vary based on business needs and require flexibility across shifts, days of the week, weekends, holidays, and hours of work. The role may transition to a flow-to-the-work or line-assigned Area Leader schedule as business needs evolve.

• Execute daily management activities, complete Leader Standard Work, and follow through on operating team priorities and open actions.
• Provide leadership across operating teams and production areas as assigned, including leadership needs created by vacations, scheduled days off, vacancies, training, and other operational requirements.
• Demonstrate flexibility to work across varying shifts, days, and hours, including nights, weekends, holidays, and other off-hours, based on business needs.
• Champion the department daily plan and participate in Daily Direction Setting (DDS) meetings and shift handoffs to ensure priorities, risks, and actions are clearly communicated.
• Be accountable for daily operations and team performance in safety, quality, reliability, cost, and organizational capability while leading assigned areas.
• Execute and document Leader Standard Work, including floor presence, employee engagement, confirmation of critical standards, escalation of abnormalities, and follow-up on corrective actions.
• Role model our Basic Beliefs, Our Commitment to Each Other, and Emotional Intelligence to build resonance.
• Partner with operating teams to identify, escal ...

• A Bachelor's degree is required (preferably an Engineering, operations, business, or related field degree)
• 2 years of manufacturing operations experience
• 2 years of supervisory or people leadership experience

• 5 years' or more years of relevant manufacturing leadership experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience coaching, developing, and leading others.
• Experience planning and executing projects.
• Experience leading teams in a high-performance work environment.
• Experience in food manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, engineering, or a related manufacturing environment.

This position operates in a 24/7 food manufacturing environment and requires regular presence on the production floor. The noise level in the work environment and manufacturing sites can be high.

• Regularly required to talk and hear.
• Frequently required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Able to lift objects up to 50 pounds frequently.
• May push and pull heavy objects
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs , and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

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