Senior General Manager

Senior General Manager

The Senior General Manager provides visionary leadership, overseeing all manufacturing and operational functions across the facility to drive efficiency, productivity, and growth. This role ensures seamless execution of production, food safety, sanitation, maintenance, and strategic initiatives. With a focus on innovation and continuous improvement, the General Manager cultivates a high-performance culture, aligning teams with company objectives and industry best practices.

• Inspire, coach, and develop leadership teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence.
• Drive efficiency by optimizing production processes, streamlining workflows, and implementing innovative automation solutions.
• Champion a safety culture by improving safe behaviors and conditions. Improve audit readiness, and compliance while spearheading new initiatives to enhance workplace safety.
• Oversee the development and execution of strategic plans, leveraging industry trends and financial insights to propel business growth.
• Lead maintenance team to improve equipment reliability through Best Practice implementation and continuous improvement tools.
• Establish and manage budgets, performance metrics, and resource allocation to maximize efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
• Promote a data-driven approach to decision-making, utilizing KPIs and analytics to refine operations and drive measurable results.
• Ensure unwavering adherence to all regulatory requirements, including OSHA, EPA, FDA, HACCP, and SQF standards.
• Coordinate Sanitation with Production Leaders and Team Member efforts to ensure equipment health and readiness.
• Oversee verification processes to guarantee that all finished products meet or exceed food safety and quality specifications.
• Champion a culture of food safety, coordinating training initiatives and ensuring all employees uphold SQF and compliance requirements.
• Continuously evaluate and enhance food safety and quality systems to align with evolving industry standards.
• Direct the manufacturing of products at highest quality and lowest cost.
• Direct plant and warehouse operations with operations supervision to ensure constant superior quality products are produced at the lowest possible cost and orders are shipped/picked efficiently.
• Maintain appropriate staffing across all shifts. Authorize recruitment, termination, and promotion of associates in consultation with Human Resources; determine standards of behavior and ensure disciplinary procedures are carried out consistently and according to company policies.
• Responsible for executing the Calbee Performance Management System and directly responsible for meeting Plant KPI's.
• Direct warehouse manager/staff and functions. Oversee and direct distribution of Calbee products.
• Work with production supervision, production planning and other departments to ensure customer demands are met.
• Monitor all plant operations regularly and systematically regarding overall plant efficiency and recommend methods and procedures for enhancement in the areas of safety, continuous improvement, plant efficiency, quality, and cost.
• Provide leadership, direction, and support to plant personnel to stimulate maximum efficiency and productivity. Set clear, executable performance standards to meet production area goals. Mentor and lead personnel to their maximum level of achievement.
• Initiate capital spending recommendations to support future growth and profitability of plant operations. Recommend capital improvement projects and participate in capital project planning and execution. Works closely with Engineering/Project Management in the planning and execution to ensure success and realize ROI.
• Ultimately responsible for food safety within the facility. Responsible for supporting the enforcement of policies and procedures related to quality, good manufacturing practices and the SQF system
• Develop and maintain a safe workplace in accordance with regulatory and plant policies. Build and maintain an effective safety team in manufacturing and related plant departments.
• Direct production area cost functions, including budgets, daily…