Operations Manager - Nights

Summary

The Night Shift Operations Manager leads daily manufacturing operations with a strong focus on operational excellence, team leadership, continuous improvement, and cost-effective performance. This role owns the safety, quality, productivity, reliability, and financial performance of the night-shift operation.
The Operations Manager is a visible leader on the floor who develops the team, drives accountability, removes barriers, and creates a culture of ownership, problem solving, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

* Own night-shift performance across safety, quality, service, productivity, equipment utilization, labor, and cost.

* Deliver production KPIs and maximize throughput while controlling labor, waste, downtime, and operating costs.

* Use data to identify losses, prioritize opportunities, and make decisions that improve overall financial productivity.

* Ensure effective use of people, equipment, materials, and resources.

* Lead a culture of continuous improvement and Lean thinking across the night shift.

* Identify and eliminate waste, inefficiencies, downtime, quality losses, and process variation.

* Lead root-cause problem solving and ensure corrective actions deliver sustainable results.

* Partner with Continuous Improvement, Maintenance, Quality, and Technical Services to improve process capability, reliability, and efficiency.

* Provide strong, visible leadership to the night-shift production team.

* Coach and develop supervisors and employees to build a high-performing, accountable team.

* Establish clear expectations, goals, and priorities while holding the team accountable for results.

* Empower employees to identify problems, improve processes, and take ownership of performance.

* Build leadership capability and succession strength within the team.

* Lead by example and ensure a safe, compliant operating environment.

* Maintain strong food safety and quality standards through partnership with Quality and Food Safety.

* Ensure employees are trained and consistently follow safety, GMP, quality, and operating standards.

* Address issues quickly and drive root-cause solutions.

* Maintain strong communication and effective shift handoffs with all operating teams.

* Coordinate with Maintenance, Quality, Technical Services, Safety, HR, Supply Chain, and Operations leadership to remove barriers and improve performance.

* Ensure night-shift priorities are aligned with overall plant and business objectives.

Requirements

* Bachelor's degree from an accredited university, preferably in Engineering, Operations Management or Business Administration

* 5-7 years progressive leadership in a manufacturing environment

* Food/dairy processing experience preferred

* Experience with thermal processing, retorts and canned product preferred

* Demonstrated Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement skills

* Project management experience

* Strong business and financial competence

* Excellent interpersonal skills and collaborative management style

* Effective leadership skills to build a shared vision, energize, challenge, and engage team members to drive positive change

* Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

* Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and ERP systems

Chobani is a food maker with a mission of making high-quality and nutritious food accessible to more people, while elevating our communities and making the world a healthier place. In short: making good food for all. In support of this mission, Chobani is a purpose-driven, people-first, food-and-wellness-focused company, and has been since its founding in 2005 by Hamdi Ulukaya, an immigrant to the U.S. The Company manufactures yogurt, oat milk, and creamers - Chobani yogurt is America's No.1 yogurt brand, made…