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
