Job description

Ice Cream Factory (ICF) has a solid-gold opportunity for a Plant Manager who is a proven leader with a high degree of integrity and honesty.

ICF is a growing company that makes the industry's best ice cream, is passionate about delivering excellent customer service, and deeply values its employees who help make that happen. In the last three years, our ice cream has become available in 17 states at over 2,000 retail locations and is poised to become bigger than Ben & Jerry's in the not so distant future.

If you’re looking for a company that has family values and knows you by name, jump on the ladder to success at ICF and be a part of the biggest opportunity this nation’s frozen dessert industry has ever seen.

Responsibilities:

• The Plant Manager will lead the manufacturing operations in providing quality products at or below budgeted cost and delivering balanced results in safety, people, profitability, and quality.
• The position will be responsible for managing daily capacity utilization, ensuring plant operations are following regulatory and company quality requirements, and the facility meets or exceeds safety standards.
• By example, practices a high on-floor presence especially for start-ups, issue resolutions, project work, and first production tests/runs.
• Plans, organizes, and directs manufacturing operations to ensure the plant meets the daily production schedule while ensuring product standards meet or exceed our company's SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures).
• Improves production quality, output, delivery performance, predictability, and profitability through effective planning, metrics, and training.
• Communicate clear metrics and targets to measure improvement.
• Develop and execute overall plant manufacturing strategies.
• KPI (Key Performance Indicator) targets
• Participates in planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of strategic business and performance goals and objectives.
• Manages budget and cost controls considering changes in demand (volume), business seasonality, and required service levels.
• Proactively identifies opportunities to reduce production costs and improve material flow.
• Daily focus on yields particularly with production supervisors.
• Report daily actions/results.
• Ensures plant meets OSHA requirements and continually improves our safety record by addressing both physical safety issues as well as employee safety attitudes.
• Sets priorities for the manufacturing team to ensure task completion.
• Coordinates work activities with supervisors to support daily business objectives.
• Ensures compliance with all food regulatory requirements and ensures adherence to food safety GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices), SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point), and FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration).
• Maintains superior scores on all SQF (Safe Quality Food) Quality standards.

Qualifications:

• The continued growth of our business requires a dedicated and proven leader able to work closely with all business functions.
• Ability to build, transform, and lead a successful team, and to provide clear direction and instruction is essential.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with management, employees, suppliers, and customers.
• Possess team-building skills (the ability to gain consensus and deliver results with and through people).
• Strong leadership skills, independent thinking, strong organizational and planning abilities, as well as excellent analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills are essential.
• Acts with high integrity and honesty in good times and bad.
• Laser focus on execution (end-to-end) applying relentless rigor.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to deliver defined objectives on time, with budgeted commitments, and on target.
• General understanding of financial and budget management with experience in managing functional areas and scope of business.
• Minimum of five (5) years manufacturing experience in ice cream manufacturing or dairy experience preferred.

Pay is commensurate with experience.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Employee discount

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Eldon, MO 65026: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Dairy or Ice Cream Manufacturing: 5 years (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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