Manager - Production

Ensure compliance to safety and sanitation regulations. Demonstrate safety in all activities. Ensure plant cleanliness and application of GMP and HACCP policies.
Conduct regular team meetings with supervisory staff - review production needs, goals, and seek resolution for issues. Engage staff in problem solving, utilizing process improvement/lean manufacturing tools. Set goals with team, evaluate, and communicate status during regular progress reports with management providing ongoing feedback to help develop skill and meet organizational and departmental goals.
Ensure area training completed for staff including new hires, on new or revised SOP procedures, and all compliance policy reviews.
Troubleshoot and resolve downtime issues. Work with supervisory team, operators, engineering, maintenance, sanitation to coordinate repair and work orders to minimize downtime and equipment failures.
Establish and monitor performance metrics. Meet with Supervisors and leads to review performance against goals.
Execute and maintain labor and R&M department budgets year over year.
Prepare and maintain operations data including metrics. Report out on production discussing issues that impacted production.
Address any non-conformance including violations of safety, HAACP, GMP, allergens, plant policies. Report out on incident, investigation, and corrective action plans.
Assist in hiring process, interview candidates.
Ensure compliance with Blommer established policies and procedures.
Operate within the Blommer core values of respect and care for others.

Note: The employer reserves the right to change or assign other duties to this position.