Irca Group
Plant Manager
Union City, CA
Sponsorship not specified$200k-$220kDetected 8 days ago
ComplianceFinancial AnalysisSupply ChainProcurementPerformance ManagementLeadershipCollaborationCritical ThinkingTime ManagementFood Science
About the role
- Food Plant Manager - Union City, CA IRCA is a prominent international provider of semi-finished ingredients for the bakery, pastry, and gelato markets.
- They cater to independent producers as well as large food manufacturers, including consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies.
- The company's core product offerings consist of chocolate, chocolate decorations, creams, pastry mixes, gelato ingredients, and various other bakery and pastry ingredients.
Responsibilities
- Lead a performance management and measurement discipline across the plant, with focused analysis of plan performance data, recognizing individual/team achievements, setting clear plans to address performance gaps, understanding trends and proactively identifying opportunities for improvement
- Lead plant level productivity across areas of asset management, performance, and efficiencies in line with agreed business terms
- Lead and embed a CI mindset across the plant, actively seeking improvements and efficiency of operations, demonstrating an ability and team encouragement to identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives
- Demonstrated success as a change agent & developing/implementing continuous improvement initiatives and accountability programs
- Strong hands-on leader who leads by example and actively engages in day - to -day operational challenges.
- Proven ability to drive process improvements, adhere to budgets, and maintain regulatory compliance
- Proven ability to lead direct and in direct reports
- Develop strong working relationships with colleagues across various departments, including financial, supply chain, sales and commercial entities, and seniority level leaders
Requirements
- Lead key change initiatives across the plant (and connect to plant master schedule), with required functional support e.g., automation, digital, sustainability etc.
- Play an active part in New Product Development (NPD) processes in line with agreed ways of working, partnering with RDA and commercial as required to bring clarity to implications e.g., cost, service levels, OTIF etc.
- Fluent in verbal and written English required.
- Ability to verbally communicate in Spanish is requiried.
Skills
- 8 + years of progressive experience in food manufacturing and plant operations at a leadership level
- BA/BS/MS in Engineering, Business, Food Science preferred
- Demonstrated success assessing, developing, and retaining top talent
- Financial analysis acumen and experience maintaining budgets or capital spend
- Ability to deliver business result
- Fluent in verbal and written English required. Ability to verbally communicate in Spanish is requiried.
- Strong People leadership skills
- Ability to coach and develop the work force
- Multi-tasking, organizational and time management expertise
Compensation
- Why Join Us: Irca Group offers career growth opportunities as well as competitive compensation and benefits: Medical, Dental, & Vision, 401(k) matching, Paid Vacation, and Holidays, Employee Education Tuition Reimbursement Program.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, & Vision, 401(k) matching, Paid Vacation, and Holidays, Employee Education Tuition Reimbursement Program.
- Leading out on improvement of plant Organizational Health targets (including active & clearly communicated engagement plans across selected areas of priority)
- Professional Skills & Education:
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