Description:
As a Leader And People Manager, The Ardent Mills Values Of Trust, Serving, Simplicity, And Safety Will Guide Your Decisions. You Will Listen, Learn, And Serve Your Team Members. You Will Enable Your Team To Deliver Superior Business Results By Constantly Learning, Reinventing, And Challenging Yourself To Do Better. You Will Inspire People To Achieve Things They Never Thought Possible. To Succeed, You Must Be Able To
- Deliver results in first-time situations by inspiring others and working to earn trust every day
- Serve others with understanding, respect, and care
- Operate with simplicity, clarity and transparency
- Deal with and drive change
- Organize, prioritize and own multiple tasks while meeting or exceeding deadlines
- Learn and apply new technology and share your knowledge with others
Above all you will be expected to carry out all your activities with reliability, integrity, compliance and in a safe, environmentally responsible, and efficient manner.
Your Responsibilities
- Manage operations, including food safety, plant quality, customer experience, employee and asset safety, plant security, plant environmental, cost savings, continuous improvement, adoption of initiatives and innovation that generate world class efficiencies, and competitive positioning
- Manage team, including performance management, coaching, development
- Optimize blends based on incoming raw materials
- Lead a zero-loss culture, assuring a safe working environment and compliance with all EHS and Food Safety Standards
- Formulate or approve short- and long-term operating objectives in areas such as cost reduction, quality improvement, new product development and/or integration
- Drive customer execution to deliver results that meet quality and customer service objectives
- Develop strong customer interaction and relationships
- Collaborate across all functions to achieve optimal total business margin for the plant and the enterprise
- Provide positive labor relations management, contract negotiation and/or union avoidance
- Identify operational discrepancies and provide focused solutions with a timeline for corrective action
- Work with the plant team to continuously improve the maintenance and reliability program, production process, improve safety, optimize production costs, and enhance product quality by implementing best and standard practices
- Work with facility staff and corporate functional leads to plan and execute plant managed capital improvements
- Communicate business results and identify gaps for improvement of key metrics
- Maintain compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, quality specifications, safety standards, and sanitation practices
Essential Skills And Experience
- Bachelor’s degree with 4-6 years or High School diploma/GED with 8-10 years of progressive experience in flour milling or related manufacturing industry, including 2 years at a supervisory level
- Demonstrated ability to drive change based off Profit & Loss Statements and metrics
- Demonstrated experience with leading a team, including performance management, coaching, and development
- Familiar with safety, environmental, and regulatory policies
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in continuous improvement methodologies, tools, trends and best practices
- Demonstrated success with project management, including developing capital plans and managing from planning to completion
- Experience with creating and managing annual budget
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize competing expectations