Director of Manufacturing
Description
Department: Operations Job Status: Full Time
FLSA Status: Exempt Reports To: President
Job Type: Non-Union Amount of Travel Required: Occasional
Work Schedule: Monday – Friday
Evenings, weekends, Holidays as needed. Positions Supervised: Production Staff
POSITION SUMMARY
The Director of Manufacturing executes the company operating plan within capital and operating budget parameters. The Director of Manufacturing works with the executive leadership team to develop strategies and objectives to maximize productivity and profitability. Analyzes production trends, forecasts future requirements, solve problems, motivates & develops employees.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Essential Functions Statement(s)
- Improve operational efficiencies to reduce total production costs while meeting specific product volume needs
- Check and verify production records, handle questions or concerns of inventory shortages or overages and address problems with inventory control.
- Coordinate production schedules to meet sales demand. Adjust production as necessary to meet seasonal demands ahead of schedule.
- Ensure consistency in collective bargaining agreement and provide support during contract negotiations
- Effect necessary communication and motivation to staff. Monitors individual performance via observation and review of various productivity measures. Counsels and disciplines as necessary.
- Provides production required safety leadership and training and is responsible for improved safety performance
- Oversees all production planning and executing against demand signals.
- Oversees facility maintenance team, including Cap-Ex planning and execution.
- Provides input on new product development.
- Ensure compliance with all appropriate health and food safety regulations and cleanliness, including audit preparation
- Manage customer complaint process.
- OSHA, Federal and State requirements are followed with the facility and equipment.
- Attends the Executive, Senior Management, and Safety Committee Meetings
- Maintain work area in a neat, orderly and sanitary manner.
- Correctly and promptly follow specified company procedures required for the appropriate handling of all.
- Emergency Responses and Safety practices.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Competency Statement(s)
- Communication, Written – Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.
- Collaboration - Collaborates positively to effectively build relationships with customers and co-workers to achieve company objectives and contribute to overall organizational success. Works effectively within a diverse environment. Exhibits a positive attitude and contributes to overall team success.
- Organized – Being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
- Communication, Oral – Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
- Responsible – Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one’s conduct.
- Honesty / Integrity – Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
- Accountability – Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
- Reliability – The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
- Friendly – Ability to exhibit a cheerful demeanor toward others.
- Customer Oriented – Ability to take care of the customer’s needs while following company procedures.
Mental Demands:
- Ability to work under stressful conditions
- Able to interact with others with courtesy and tact
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects in an organized and efficient manner
- Ability to respond to crisis situations in a calm and effective manner
- Ability to complete projects on schedule
Communication Demands:
The position requires talking to co-workers, customers, vendors; requires written communications to and from co-workers, customers and vendors, talking on the telephone; requires responding to written or verbal requests of co-workers, customers and vendors; requires training/giving verbal and written instructions; requires receiving verbal and written instructions; requires writing/composing written language; requires reading; requires visiting/working at other work-sites; Ability to communicate via the latest technologies required for the position.
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Experience: 10 years of progressive experience in managing Operations in a food production setting, ideally coffee. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety rules and HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) required; strong interpersonal skills with an understanding of diverse backgrounds and an emphasis on communication: training, team building, negotiation skills, interdepartmental interaction, leadership and supervision (motivation, directing) and management (planning, budgeting, projecting revenues, analyzing trends); union labor relations, compliance with federal and state regulations,
Education: Bachelor’s Degree preferred
Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have basic knowledge of Microsoft
Office applications and experience using a manufacturing ERP system
Language: Well-developed verbal and written English communication skills.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described her are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.
N (Not Applicable) Activity is not applicable to this position.
O (Occasionally) Position requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 – 2.5+ hrs/day)
F (Frequently) Position requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 – 5.5+ hrs/day)
C (Constantly) Position requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hrs/day)
Physical Demands Lift/Carry
Stand F 10 lbs or less F
Walk F 11-20 lbs F
Sit F 21-50 lbs O
Manually Manipulate F 51-100 lbs O
Reach Outward F Over 100 lbs N
Reach Above Shoulder F
Climb O Push/Pull
Crawl O 12 lbs or less F
Squat or Kneel F 13-25 lbs F
Bend F 26-40 lbs O
Grasp F 41-100 lbs O
Speak F
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The work environment may vary day to day due to majority of the time being spent on the road establishing business relationships.
Office conditions consist of a manufacture office is in a controlled environment with moderate noise from the production area where coffee is roasted, packaged and stored.