What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant Manager position at Kerry?
Requisition ID 37861
Position Type PT Permanent
Career Function Manufacturing/Production
Recruiter #LI-GL1
Posting Type LI
Leading to better encompasses all we do at Kerry, it's how we've become the worlds leading taste and nutrition company. Whether it's building and manufacturing sustainable solutions for food, beverage or pharmaceutical consumers, our commitment to lead the world to better nutrition drives us forward. With 24,000 colleagues across the globe and 15,000 Kerry products, your opportunities are limitless.
About Kerry
A career with Kerry Taste & Nutrition offers you an opportunity to shape how people across the globe view food and beverage while providing you opportunities to explore and grow as your interests do. With our commitment to a sustainable future, a career with Kerry is something you can feel good about.
Where you'll work?
Our Blue Earth, MN location is part of our Sweet and Cereal Division and creates different ingredient blends used for your favorite energy bars, breakfast cereals, and other snack and confectionery items!
1640 West First Street Blue Earth, MN
What you'll do?
- Control all costs that directly affect the plants performance
- Direct and lead all operations within their plant
- Provide functional leadership within the plant
- Accountable for all QHSE initiatives across the site
- Responsible for all site capital projects
- Develop and maintain qualified personnel within the all departments
- Maintain plant infrastructure for future viability and growth
- Accountable for providing a safe working environment
- Set overall expectations/standards and motivate employees to perform
- Drive a continuous improvement mind-set within plant environment
- Support cluster leads around strategy, policy and risk management
- Ensure talent management and succession planning strategy are executed
- Build relationships with customers at all levels
- Ensure plant inventory is managed appropriately
What you'll need to be successful?
- BS/MS in Engineering, Business, Food Science
- Good business knowledge.
- Technology understanding of unit of operations.
- Process and procedurally oriented.
- Change management.
- Knowledgeable in continuous improvement.
- Analytical skills.
- HACCP and food safety experience.
- Safety and OSHA knowledge.
- Experience in food, chemical or pharmaceutical industry.
- Customer service orientated.
- Problem solving.
- Motivating, coaching & influencing others.
- Dealing with & managing through conflict.
- Building effective teams.
- Communication skills.
Kerry is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Kerry will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.
