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The Plant Manager, Operations (Bakers Powder) will be responsible for managing and leading the manufacturing plant operations in the areas of EHS, compliance, quality, delivery, and cost control in relation to safety & security, profitability, productivity, materials management, talent development and continuous improvements.

Other Responsibilities:

+ Lead operations of a plant with approximately 200+ employees composed of direct, indirect, and salary staff. In accordance with company policies and business unit/plant procedures, achieve high standards in safety, quality, efficiency & profitability requirements. Maintain costs within budgetary limits while assuring that best operations practices are utilized in the maintenance, conservation of equipment & materials, and/or facilities.

+ Set overall plant objectives to ensure effective operations consistent with the Continuous Improvement, Values and Philosophy.

+ Coordinate and direct all functions of plant operations, including but not limited to: Manufacturing, Engineering, EHS, Quality, leading relationships with Supply Chain, OpEx, HR, and Finance.

+ Align operational objectives with the overall business objectives to ensure a strategy-focused workforce.

+ Manage and operate performance through the effective implementation of the highest safety standards, promoting a culture of Safety First to develop and maintain a Zero Incident work place.

+ Manage and operate performance through the effective use of the Quality process and through structured problem solving.

+ Develop and maintain a pipeline of productivity projects to ensure cost competitiveness.

+ Drive a culture of accountability ensuring compliance to the highest ethical conduct standards.

+ Develop controls and critically review results of operations in reference to planned objectives.

+ Account for the day-to-day decisions that directly impact the EHS, Compliance, Quality, Delivery, Cost & Inventory of the overall plant.

+ Maintain a workforce of highly motivated employees with a morale that is conducive to high levels of employee engagement.

+ Attract, select, develop, train, coach, appraise, and motivate managers and other personnel in key staff positions within the facility.

+ Establish interfaces with supporting functions to assure accurate project or program technical direction for operations engineering and manufacturing.

+ Assure timely and relevant communications to and from all levels. This includes communications between affected reporting areas and related departments. Establish systems to enhance intra- and interdepartmental communications.

+ Ability to build up strong talent pipeline for plant leadership team and succession planning.