A well-established and growing company that employs 2,000 people who provide fresh bakery products in nearly every state are looking to add a dedicated and reliable Plant Manager to their growing team of professionals near Murfreesboro, TN.

ROLES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implement company standards for formulas, scaling weights, pan sizes, bag sizes, bake times, and all production control processes for bread and roll products

• Train, coach, oversee, provide feedback and assess Production staff and overall bakery production performance

• Strong leadership skills with the proven ability to set a vision, manage change, develop others, and strategically plan for continuous improvement

• Ability to plan and coordinate use of manpower, ingredients and equipment to ensure efficient production of consistent quality products

• Direct resources of plant and equipment toward the most efficient production of baked goods

• Coordinate with Sanitation to ensure plants and equipment meet regulatory requirements for cleanliness and product safety

• Implement best practices to achieve company standards on controllable costs

• Promote safety through work procedures, and employee safety programs

• Ability to trouble shoot equipment to ensure optimum product quality is achieved

• Ensure that consistent quality product is provided to Sales on a timely basis

• Ensure that all union contractual obligations are fulfilled

• Ensure compliance of all Local, State & Federal regulations and recall procedures

• Coordinates the daily and weekly production schedule

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in a high-speed bakery/bun/bread manufacturing environment REQUIRED

• Minimum of 3 years' work experience in a management position REQUIRED

• Union management experience is strongly desired

• Completion of American Institute of Baking (AIB) in-residence baking science and technology course and AIB Science of Baking correspondence course strongly desired

• Knowledge of BRC is highly preferred

• Continuous improvement or Lean experience preferred

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