Operations Manager required for a leading food production organization
- Greater Albany NY area.
- Operations Team.
A leading food production company is in search of an Operations Manager to lead the manufacturing processes in one of their key facilities. This multi-billion-dollar company offers tremendous career and personal growth. The Operations Manager will be responsible for daily operations, quality, production, continuous improvement, and operational excellence functions within the team.
If you are a tenacious and experienced manufacturing leader this is the role for you!
Responsibilities Include:
- Manage and organize the day-to-day operations for the manufacturing team.
- Implement, maintain, and enforce challenging KPI's and goals for the team.
- Work cross functionally with the continuous improvement and operational excellence teams to help improve productivity.
- Help implement and uphold Lean/Six Sigma application and functions within the manufacturing department.
- Work closely with safety, sanitation, and maintenance teams to help drive down accidents and overall quality of work.
- Maintain and uphold the highest standard of quality products that stay in line with the company and other governing bodies standards of quality. Such as FDA and USDA regulations.
Ideal Qualifications:
- Have 8+ years of experience within a heavily regulated industry, such as food, cosmetics, plastics, medical device, chemicals, ect.
- Experience handling and managing a team within the manufacturing department.
- Bachelor's degree, preferably within engineering.
- Functionally knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma principles.
- Functional knowledge of ISO principles.
- Strong ability to work cross functionally and maintain organized documentation.