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Cargill Plant Operations Manager in Timberville, Virginia
Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
This position is in Cargill’s protein and salt business, where we provide wholesome, high-quality food products to a wide range of customers, from foodservice operators and grocery stores to manufacturers and exporters.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Plant Operations Manager will provide strategic operational guidance and direction for all production and operating processes at the Timberville, VA protein facility. In this role, you will oversee and hold operating facilities accountable to standards for safety, quality, operational effectiveness, and financial performance.
Key Accountabilities
Implement and monitor employee and product safety and environmental compliance program standards and goals for a complex plant.
Accountable for all internal and external operating and regulatory procedures for employee and product safety including strategic and tactical execution in alignment with corporate environment health and safety and food safety, quality, and regulatory functions as well as government regulations.
Monitor general operations and maintenance of plant equipment and execute on operational priorities. Monitor operations and quality management deliverables to ensure customer, product, and quality standard requirements are met and within specifications.
Prepare, administer, and control capital and operating budgets to achieve short-and-medium-term financial performance objectives set by the business and ensure accountability for meeting and controlling operating expenses and established targets.
Accountable for the overall operational management to implement operational efficiency improvements including standardization of plant information manufacturing systems, quality control, safety, production reliability excellence and maintenance and operator’s best practices.
Develop plans and deliver results in a fast-changing business or regulatory environment, while leading and developing a team of experienced professionals and supervisors, coaching, and making decisions related to talent management hiring, performance and disciplinary actions. You will also collaborate with managers and supervisors in your organization to ensure staff selections align with current and future needs.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in a related field or, in lieu of a degree, equivalent experience
Safety, Food Safety, and quality knowledge
Minimum of six years of related work experience
Flexibility to work weekends and off shifts as necessary
Previous supervisory or management experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Budgeting and operations planning experience
Lean six sigma certification or experience
Meat processing experience
Experience with SAP, iPFS, Microsoft Office, and Kronos
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Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet
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