Production Manager

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6 days ago Requisition

The Sugar Foods Villa Rica operation is a food manufacturing, packaging and distribution facility. Production Managers/Supervisors at Sugar Foods serve as owners of a designated process area and a shift. Production Managers works closely with the Plant Manager and Supervisors, who are responsible for working hands-on with their Lead Operators and Operators on the floor to ensure the set-up, operation, basic maintenance, and technical troubleshooting of the lines in their area.

Machines at Sugar Foods include ovens, baggers, case packers, case erectors, and Ropaks, among others. The Villa Rica plant is a fast-paced 24-hour operation where Managers are required to be on the floor working with their teams, and removing obstacles for their teams. Managers are expected to role model good judgement with an emphasis on safety first and attention to producing quality products.

Managers are expected to follow standard work processes in-order-to maximize the effectiveness of their teams while always looking for opportunities for improvement. Managers must work closely with the Supervisors and the Lead Operators, Operators, as well as their Maintenance and Quality Technicians on daily operations and continuous improvement projects.

At Sugar Foods, the Customer is King and our team is our Family. The vision of Sugar Foods is for our products to be on every plate and in every cup. We continue to grow our business and adapt to changing business conditions in order to consistently provide value to our customers, our associates, and our community.

• Effectively and consistently manage your day, your team, and your responsibilities to a standard
• Walk your floor with purpose and continuously engage your leaders throughout the shift
• Learn and have functional understanding of the production area/lines you are responsible for
• Develop your Supervisors and Operators to engage with their teams and be proactive problem solvers
• Drive overall performance of your lines to meet or exceed safe production goals
• Monitor deviations and communicate with the GM and Maintenance in real time
• Ensure your supervisors and operators have the tools they need to have a successful run
• Manage and oversee schedules, crewing, and head count to ensure timely start-up and hand-off
• Ensure GMP’s and PPE are followed across your area at all times
• Ensure successful start-up and hand-off to standard
• Communicate and review shift reports for identifying trends and issues
• Review continuous improvement plan with the GM and execute along with your team
• Ensure material usage and waste is monitored and controlled
• Inspire and encourage team members with clear feedback and goals
• Celebrate success and appreciate the contributions of your team members
• Identify training needs by evaluating strengths and weaknesses of Supervisors and Operators
• Work with HR on the plan to onboard, develop and train new hires
• Identify and elevate issues with the GM for overall successful operation of your area

To be a successful Production Manager at Sugar Foods you must:

Commit to Ownership: Ownership leads to accountability, responsibility, and success. The most important aspect to our success is ownership. This includes ownership of your area, your equipment, your processes and most importantly, your people.

Get to Know Your People: In the first three months, it will be critical that you engage your team members and get to know them as individuals. Your primary role is to set your team up for success, remove obstacles, and work through them to meet quality production goals safely.

Commit to Your Schedule and Be Flexible with Time: The second shift runs from 3:30pm to 3:30am. Therefore, it is important for you and your leaders to be present at shift hand-offs, as it will be critical to setting your team up for…