Sr Manager Production Plover

Position Title: Sr Manager Production Position Type: Regular - Full-Time Requisition ID: 45357 In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy. About the role. McCain Foods USA is looking for a Sr. Production Manager to join our Plover Fry manufacturing team. Reporting to the Plant Manager, this role provides leadership and oversight across production operations, helping the plant safely deliver its production plan while meeting expectations for food safety, quality, sanitation, cost, and operational performance. The Sr. Production Manager plays an important role on the plant leadership team, providing direction and support to manufacturing leaders while building a culture of teamwork, accountability, continuous improvement, and employee development. This position is accountable for production activities from receipt and processing of raw product through packaging and delivery of finished product to the warehouse. What you’ll be doing. Lead manufacturing operations to safely achieve production volume, cost, quality, food safety, and sanitation objectives. Plan, implement, and monitor production activities to meet established schedules and plant performance targets. Champion a strong safety culture and drive continuous improvement in workplace safety, employee well-being, and operational practices. Ensure operations comply with McCain quality and sanitation standards as well as applicable HACCP, FDA, USDA, microbiological control, foreign-material, and other regulatory requirements. Develop and lead initiatives that improve operational efficiency, reduce waste and manufacturing costs, strengthen product quality, and enhance overall plant performance. Coach, develop, and support manufacturing supervisors and other team members through regular communication, performance feedback, recognition, training, and development. Partner closely with Plant Leadership, Human Resources, Engineering, Health & Safety, Quality, Supply Chain, and other functions to resolve issues and achieve plant priorities. Monitor manufacturing performance through Key Performance Indicators and other operating measures, taking appropriate action to address performance gaps and remove obstacles. Support development and management of operating and capital budgets, continuous improvement programs, capital projects, and business cases for plant investments. Build an engaged, collaborative manufacturing culture with open communication, strong employee relations, accountability, and continuous improvement at every level. What you’ll need to be successful. Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university, or an equivalent combination of relevant education, training, and experience. At least 3–4 years of production experience in a food-processing manufacturing environment in a role with significant responsibility. Demonstrated ability to lead manufacturing operations with accountability for safety, quality, food safety, sanitation, cost, and production performance. Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, employee development, performance management, communication, recognition, and problem solving. Working knowledge of food-manufacturing requirements and practices, including HACCP, sanitation, statistical process control (SPC), and applicable regulatory requirements. Experience identifying and implementing continuous improvement, waste-reduction, cost-saving, and operational-efficiency opportunities. Ability to interpret operational performance indicators, identify root causes, and translate findings into effective corrective and improvement actions. Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and the ability to build productive relationships across operations, Quality, Engineering, Human Resources, Health & Safety, Supply Chain, and other functions. Ability to provide decisive leade…

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