Plant Manager - Headland, AL

This is an exempt level position.

Position Summary

This key role is responsible for leading all aspects of the operations for the Headland Peanut processing facility. You will have a leading role in driving operational excellence and developing a high-performance team. You set and maintain ADM/Golden Peanut’s high standards for safety and quality for all departments while maintaining production and efficiency excellence. A good communicator who can nurture extraordinary interdepartmental, commercial and customer relationships will be most successful. He/she will have the ability to foster teams and leaders in identifying and sustainably solving problems.

The Plant Manager reports directly to the Operations Director and leads a site with approximately 60 operations colleagues.

Production

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead all aspects of a Peanut shelling including shelling and hull and fiber plants.
• Develop a high-performance team by engaging, coaching and developing team members, and by driving accountability and ownership at all levels.
• Responsible for environmental, health, safety, quality, efficiency and production of the plant and warehouse operations.
• Responsible for meeting production requirements safely, reliably, and efficiently.
• Lead and support performance excellence initiatives.
• Provide technical knowledge for processes and equipment to obtain performance.
• Maintain cost controls and oversee budgets in each department.
• Manage production personnel and equipment in a safe and efficient manner to obtain maximum capacity and performance with optimum yields and quality product.
• Develop and implement a five-year capital plan in alignment with the business strategy.
  
  

Health, Safety & Environmental

• Maintain the license to operate by developing a strong site safety culture and by ensuring adherence to safety laws, regulations, rules and sound practices.
• Act as a role model for safety.
• Work with the Safety and Environmental Center of Excellence and the regional and local management on the continued development and implementation of environmental, health, and safety programs, policies and procedures.
• Coordinate and contribute to audits, prioritizing and tracking completion of findings.
• Ensure that unsafe behavior and conditions are corrected.
• Maintain the necessary environmental, health, and safety records and documentation.
  
  

Sanitation/Food Safety

• Ensure the facility maintains world-class sanitation standards.
• Continually improve and communicate food safety/sanitation/quality programs to plant supervisors and hourly employees.
• Prepare the facility for, and participate in, regulatory/third party/customer/company audits.
  
  

Required Skills

• Four-year degree and a minimum of four years of supervisory experience with increasing manufacturing leadership responsibility, or a minimum of 5 years of hands-on, increasing production leadership experience.
• Demonstrated leadership in safety.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate for achievement and communicate effectively.
• Demonstrated coaching and leadership skill
  
  

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ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.

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Benefits And Perks

Enriching the quality of life for the world begins by taking care of our colleagues. In addition to competitive pay, we support your diverse needs with a comprehensive total rewards package to enhance your well-being, including:

• Physical wellness – medical/Rx, dental, vision and on-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement (as applicable).
• Financial wellness – flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401(k) with matching contributions and cash balance plan, discounted employee stock purchasing program, life insurance, disability, workers’ compensation, legal assistance, identity theft protection.
• Mental and social wellness – Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and Colleague Giving Programs (ADM Cares).
  
  

Additional Benefits Include

• Paid time off including paid holidays.
• Adoption assistance and paid maternity and parental leave.
• Tuition assistance.
• Company-sponsored training and development resources, such as LinkedIn Learning, language training and mentoring programs.
  
  

*Benefits may vary for bargained locations, confirm benefit eligibility with your recruiter.

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We are committed to ensuring all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our industry, as we strive to ensure our workforce represents the world that we help to feed: people of color, women, gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA , veterans and persons with disabilities. For more information regarding our efforts to advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, please visit our website here: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | ADM.

About ADM

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.

Req/Job ID

89683BR