Materials Manager

For our state-of-the art 600+ person Lubbock, TX cheese and whey manufacturing facility, Leprino is seeking a Materials Manager.

Leprino Foods broke ground on the $1 Billion facility in the summer of 2022. The plant becomes operational in 2024 with Phase 1 and will become fully operational by 2026 with Phase 2.

Job Summary

The Manager I, Materials provides guidance, direction, and oversight for shipping and receiving of finished goods, ingredients, and packaging materials, including milk scheduling, cream load out schedule, and condensed whey load out scheduling. In addition, the Manager I, Materials monitors and maintains all warehouse areas in the plant, not limited to development of warehouse budget and team members. Position responsibilities are in the following functional areas: general warehouse management, production scheduling, and employee relations.

Job Duties

• Provides leadership in the Materials department by implementing and maintaining programs in technical training, safety, quality, communications, performance recognition, and internal employee development to drive peak employee productivity.

• Responsible for outlining and managing the work of the Supervisors in the department.

• Leads the processes for performance management, employee development, and engagement.

• Builds and fosters strong working relationships, collaborative teams and a positive work environment.

• Implements company and plant policies fairly and consistently.
• Maintains product and supply inventory levels within Corporate/Regional guidelines and manages the availability of product and adequate rotation of product quality purposes.
• Responsible for managing, monitoring, and coordinating ingredient and packaging materials as well as non-stock items to maintain production operations.
• Monitors daily inventory of milk and cream, and develops and schedules shipments of both condensed whey and sweet cream.
• Coordinates, monitors, and negotiates external materials services for the plant.
• Manages the scheduling and coordination of production to meet customer demands.
• Manages finished product inventories, the upkeep of the storage freezer, and the coordination of product shipments.
• Manages the Materials department budget within established guidelines, meeting financial objectives.
• Maintains inventory controls and efficiencies in alignment with budgetary and corporate standards.
• Effectively negotiates advantageous contracts for plant-specific services.
• Leads the Materials department's safety program to ensure a safe working environment.
• Provides employees with the training, equipment, and tools to be able to safely perform their jobs.
• Sets standards for safety involvement and accountability in the department and leads by example.
• Manages the department's quality systems to achieve quality goals.
• Manages the sanitation program effectiveness, as it relates to the Materials department, to ensure food safety standards are met.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• College Degree in Logistics, Warehouse Management or related field, or equivalent work experience.

• 8+ years of experience in food manufacturing materials management environment, additional education may substitute experience where applicable

• 2+ years of progressive leadership experience

• Proficient computer knowledge, with familiarity or ability to learn SAP or other manufacturing computer systems

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

• Dairy/Cheese manufacturing experience

• Direct leadership experience over supervisors

Offering You In Return:

A chance to be part of a global team of individuals passionate about producing and delivering high-quality products that help feed and nourish families around the world. Leprino Foods could not be where it is today without our incredible employees. That is why we share in our success together by rewarding you for your hard work. Hiring great people who are in it for the long run is our goal. Through competitive salaries and bonuses, life, medical/dental/vision coverage, voluntary benefits, employee assistance programs, wellness incentives, tuition assistance, vacation, ten paid holidays, sick time, paid parental leave, annual merit increases, as well as the LFC Profit-Sharing & 401(k) plan. Your impact will be noticed and rewarded, as you seek to further our company, our customers, and one another.

Our Story:

Leprino Foods' history dates back over 70 years, when Jim Leprino first started making small batches of mozzarella for local markets and eateries in the Little Italy neighborhood of Denver. We've grown a bit since then. Today, Leprino Foods is the world's largest manufacturer of mozzarella and lactose, and a leading producer of whey protein. Still owned by Jim and the Leprino family, our sights are set to be the "World's Best Dairy Food and Ingredient Company." To help us achieve that bold vision, we're looking for our secret ingredient: You. A motivated team member who is the best at what you do. Three passionate individuals in a small corner grocery store in the early 1950s have now grown to almost 5,000 employees throughout 16 global locations. Will you join us on our journey?

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Nearest Major Market: Lubbock