Production Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the financial health of the production department, creating and maintaining annual budgets.
• Lead the growth and development of Team Leaders and Associates.
• Build a culture that values the person, the community, and always acts with integrity.
• Partner with Business Unit leadership, bakery leadership team, and cross‑functional teams to identify and implement continuous improvement strategies.
• Uphold and promote our E5 Leadership Behaviors:
  Embrace the Consumer, Ensure Operational Capabilities, Empower and Involve, Engage and Develop, and Expect Ownership and Accountability.
• Coach Team Leaders toward an empowered, problem‑solving mentality to consistently achieve world‑class standards.
• Operate with a One Team mentality by supporting Team Leaders in collaborating across departments to solve issues and ensure production is to schedule and shipment to order.
• Set priorities for department and facilitate problem‑solving processes and teams to identify, implement, and communicate solutions.
• Deliver on Key Performance Indicators for People, Quality, Safety, Service, and Cost.
• Engage and develop core competencies in Team Leaders through onboarding, training, coaching, and consistent performance feedback.
• Achieve all safety goals and deliver safety awareness programs to eliminate unsafe acts and conditions that contribute to workplace injuries.
• Comply with workplace standards, company policies, and government regulations.
• Ensure product quality by identifying, prioritizing, and bringing solutions to focus issues.
• Manage budgets for capital investments, pan glazing, downtime, and damages.
• Equip Team Leaders to serve sales by analyzing data to ensure all production processes are running efficiently and the team is set up for success.
• Operational execution: think strategically about business needs, set data‑based priorities, and build plans with Team Leaders and Department Leaders to achieve improved business KPIs.
• Set the standard and be overall responsible for the achievement of Operations Excellence standards and practices in the department.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence, emphasizing teamwork, collaboration, high associate engagement, and successful financial results.
• Be a change leader, drive sustainable operational initiatives and process improvement activities, promote change throughout the organization, and develop and lead a world‑class continuous improvement organization.
• Develop talent by supporting the continuous improvement of a world‑class bakery through coaching, talent development, and enabling individuals to grow and contribute meaningfully.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred.
• A combination of education, training and experience that results in demonstrated competency to perform the work may be substituted.
• 5-7 years of hands‑on management experience and direct manufacturing experience with a company in the food industry.
• Extensive knowledge of bakery operations, processing, and formulations.
• Strong technical skills and working knowledge of bakery equipment.
• Knowledge of safety‑related issues including compliance with State, Federal and Local regulations.
• Experience setting, achieving, and exceeding business performance targets, consistently striving to achieve goals, proactively developing contingency plans, and working toward tangible goals while seeking opportunities for improvement.