Plant Director

Company Overview:

At Bobo’s Oat Bars everything we create is made with love and baked by hand using wholesome, simple ingredients you can find in your own kitchen.

Working at Bobo’s is a labor of love.

Our experienced staff exudes integrity, grit, passion, and a unified desire to share the love of Bobo’s and our products from their hearts to others.

Bobo’s employees embrace and reflect the Bobo’s values being collaborative, adaptable, passionate, persevering, and fun-loving.

• Salary range is $130,000-$150,000 annually
• Benefits include bonus potential, health, dental and vision insurance, 401k with 4% company match, equity shares, sick and vacation leave

The Plant Director is the senior manufacturing leader responsible for directing day-to-day production across all shifts and production lines. The role is accountable for manufacturing performance, including people leadership, labor productivity, throughput, schedule attainment, OEE, downtime, changeovers, yield, waste, and standard work. The Plant Director maintains a strong floor presence, develops manufacturing leaders, removes barriers to production, and ensures operating standards are followed.

This role reports to the VP of Operations and works closely with the Directors of QA, Logistics, and Procurement, who provide ownership of their respective functions.

• Direct all manufacturing activity across scheduled shifts, production lines, and operating teams.
• Lead Production Managers and shift leadership; establish clear expectations, accountability, communication, and follow-through across all shifts.
• Own daily execution of the production schedule, including staffing, startup readiness, and running to plan.
• Maintain a visible floor presence and understand current line conditions, constraints, risks, and priorities.
• Own manufacturing performance for labor, output, throughput, schedule attainment, yield, waste, downtime, changeovers, and OEE.
• Drive labor productivity through effective staffing, headcount control, line balancing, break management, shift transitions, and labor standards.
• Ensure disciplined daily management routines, including startup meetings, floor walks, shift handoffs, escalation, and end-of-shift review.
• Direct the manufacturing response to downtime and production interruptions; partner with Maintenance to restore equipment quickly and eliminate repeat losses.
• Own changeover performance, startup efficiency, line readiness, standard work, and consistent operating practices across shifts.
• Ensure manufacturing teams follow GMPs, food safety, quality, sanitation, and employee safety requirements established by the responsible functional leaders.
• Partner with the QA Director and Quality team on in-process checks, specifications, traceability, holds, corrective actions, and audit requirements; QA retains ownership of quality and food safety systems.
• Partner with the Logistics Director on finished goods flow, warehouse handoffs, staging, and production priorities;
  Logistics retains ownership of warehousing, shipping, transportation, and customer service execution.
• Partner with the Procurement Director on material and packaging requirements, shortages, and production risks;
  Procurement retains ownership of sourcing, purchasing, supplier management, and material availability strategy.
• Review manufacturing performance, lead root-cause problem solving, assign corrective actions within Manufacturing, and verify actions are sustained.
• Develop Production Managers, Supervisors, Leads, and front-line employees while building accountability and bench strength.
• Support plant audits, customer visits, and regulatory inspections by keeping manufacturing areas, practices, and…