Operations Manager leading packaging operations for Ferrara’s fast-paced candy distribution. Ensuring efficiency and quality from raw materials to shipment while collaborating cross-functionally.
Responsibilities
Ensure team compliance with all safety policies, procedures and GMP’s.
Leads effectively through hands on support and visibility on the production floor.
Maintain product quality and sanitation standards.
Optimize operational efficiencies to support the production, warehouse, and shipping of products.
Identify and coordinate operational improvements necessary to deliver the site annual operating plan (AOP).
Ensure cost performance gaps are identified, action plans are developed, and resources are properly allocated.
Track operational output measures (i.e. efficiency, yield loss, product quality, inventory accuracy, transactional accuracy), anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of financial targets.
Develop and motivate teams to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals.
Deliver effective change leadership to drive business changes while minimizing people impact.
Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel.
Flex production plans on a shift-by-shift basis to prevent service issues and operational inefficiencies.
Optimize ingredient and packaging material usage to minimize scrap loss.
Coach teams to demonstrate continuous improvement in profitability margins, efficiencies and cost savings initiatives.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
Minimum 5 years’ experience in manufacturing preferred.
Lean Six Sigma Experience preferred, demonstrated by successful completion of a major improvement project.
Experience developing/coaching hourly and supervisory staff.
Proficient in Microsoft Suite applications.
Occasional lifting up to 50 lbs. and operation of manufacturing equipment (including forklifts).
May require off shift/weekend work and limited travel.
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