Plant Manager

Foster Lawson are retained by a growing player in the Dairy space who are looking to add a Plant Manager to their team in Ohio.

The ideal candidate will have past Plant Manager experience in a Dairy environment and will have a proven track record of being a 'change agent'.

Responsibilities:

• Establishes and maintains a safe working environment for all employees.
• Drives operational excellence through the implementation of processes and strategies to improve and manage workflow, enhancing product quality and customer satisfaction.
• Contributes to the attainment of sales and profit objectives through the definition and implementation of short and long term development and continuous improvement plans
• Coordinates development and execution of annual operating and capital expenditure plans.
• Includes timely submittal of all required corporate and regulatory reports.
• Sets an unwavering expectation that relationships between supervisors, peers, and employees are respectful and inclusive.
• Invests significant effort on talent offense and aligning training and development of teams to mindsets and skillsets important to the future of our business.
• Analyze production to determine where improvements may be made, which will contribute to plant profitability.
• Aligns operational objectives with the overall business objectives to ensure a strategy-focused workforce.
• Maintains collaboration and effective communication with all appropriate parties, develops and implements methods and procedures to eliminate operation problems and improve product quality.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in Dairy
• 5+ years of Plant Manager experience
• Bachelors Degree preferred