Plant Manager - Beverage Manufacturing Job Listing at Lassonde Pappas in Upper Deerfield Township, NJ (Job ID 3249)

Description

Want to learn how to make juice? Lassonde Pappas & Co. is a US Leader in beverage manufacturing dedicated to our team members, customers and consumers satisfaction. We remain committed to our small-town roots and rural values. Hardworking and caring are qualities that make our teams special. Since 1942, we've been producing delicious products for our customers across the country!

To provide the best for our customers, we focus on building the best team by creating and advancing an inclusive environment amongst our diverse workforce. If you're passionate about customer satisfaction, reliable, and committed to being and doing better, join us! 

We value each of our employee's total wellbeing. To support employees in all stages of their wellness journey, we have a robust benefits program including: medical, dental, and vision coverage options, growth and development potential, along with 401-K, Life & Disability Insurance, PTO, Tuition Reimbursement, Health Fairs, Gym Membership Discounts, and so much more!

Pay Range for this position is: $175,000-$260,000 plus annual bonus, depending on experience.

POSITION SUMMARY

We are looking for a dynamic leader to manage our beverage manufacturing facility in Seabrook. The Plant Manager reports to the Vice President of Manufacturing and will be responsible for implementing business strategies and managing operational activities for achieving established goals and operational objectives. This position will manage compliance with safety and quality standards as well as the P&L and all plant operations including 200+ employees.

Primary Responsibilities include:

• Set a vision for safety improvements in OIR and LTIR using Behavioral Observation Safety as a key enabler of behavioral change in the workforce.
• Maintain compliance in all OSHA required elements including LOTO and Arc Flash.
• Ensure 100% compliance with food safety programs in the plants including SQF III sustainment, HACCP and FSMA.
• Champion efforts to improve FRQ (first run quality) and plant 5S. 
• Maintain 99%+ order fill and on-time delivery across three DCs.
• Identify opportunities to improve CPH performance of the facility through OEE/TEEP.
• Maintain a solid working relationship with Union Leadership.
• Participate in Union Contract Negotiation.
• Develop and execute business plans and KPI's that align with corporate objectives by setting plant objectives and implementing necessary actions to attain them
• Establish and manage plant operational budgets and implement actions to control day-to-day costs and achieve financial objectives
• Own the plant operating and capital budgets.
• Establish workforce and capital requirements to meet business strategies

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages oversight for all departments in the plant, inducing: Production, Warehouse, Maintenance, Quality and Supply Chain
• Communicate job expectations; planning, monitoring, and assessing job results; coaching, and counseling employees; developing, coordinating, and enforcing systems, procedures, and productivity standards.
• Motivate, coach and develop direct reports to ensure an engaged workforce
• Routinely review business results with management team and set goals and objectives to achieve the results
• Manage continuous improvement integration and cost reduction methods
• Effectively communicate plant goals, objectives and results to various levels of the organization
• Implement strategic goals; identifying and evaluating trends; choosing a course of action; defining objectives; evaluating outcomes.

• Lead and support a food safety and food quality culture within the location
• Establish, document, and communicate to all relevant staff of food safety and quality objectives and performance measure
• Empower and encourage employees to act to resolve food safety and quality issues within their scope of work
• Implement, maintain, and continuously improve the food safety and quality culture within the location
• Effectively communicate all key performance indicators and objectives to employees
• Ensure staffing and adequate resources are maintained to meet objectives 
• Educate all staff to understand the importance of food safety and food quality controls and deviation consequences.
• Accountable for food safety, food quality and regulatory requirements for their position 
• Encouraged to notify management about actual or potential food safety issues
• Adopt and maintain all SQF requirements for their position
• Empowerment to work with supervision to resolve food safety and food quality issues within their scope of work

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Food Science or Engineering or equivalent. 
• Ten plus years of progressive experience and proven results in high-speed food/beverage or CPG.  Prior experience at the Ops Manager or Plant Manager level is required.
• Strong continuous improvement skills using Lean/Sigma or TPM/TPS.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.  
• Charisma to conduct town halls and articulate a vision in front of a large group.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills – knows how to set the strategic direction but flexible enough to adjust day-to-day priorities accordingly.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in business administration or applicable discipline.
• PET bottling, canning and aseptic experience is highly desired.
• Food experience highly desired.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORKING CONDITIONS

This position requires sufficient physical ability to work in a production setting.

FREQUENT: Ability to talk and hear; ability to stand, walk, climb stairs, stoop, bend and/or crouch; push/pull; lift up to 50 pounds; use of hands and fingers to operate machinery/equipment and all manual and electronic equipment in area of responsibility.  Exposure to wet and humid conditions and fluctuations in ambient temperature (seasonal).

OCCASIONAL: Squatting, kneeling, ability to reach above and at shoulder height. Ability to wear a dust mask, and perform Confined Entry using LOTO program.  Exposure to toxic and corrosive chemicals.

This job description is not intended to contain a comprehensive list of the responsibilities that are required to successfully perform in this position.  Other duties as assigned are part of every job description.  The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential job functions.

Lassonde Pappas & Co., Inc provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.