Molding and Packing Department Manager
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Molding and Packing Department Manager will provide strategic operational oversight for all production and operating process with moderate complexity at our Cocoa & Chocolate facility in Lititz, PA. In this role, you will oversee safety, quality, operational effectiveness, and financial performance.
Key Accountabilities
- Ensures employee, food safety, and environmental compliance program standards and goals are implemented.
- Accountable for all internal and external operating and regulatory procedures on employee, food safety including strategic and tactical execution in alignment with corporate environment, health and safety, and food safety, quality, and regulatory functions as well as government regulations.
- Establish and deploy operational priorities for this plant with moderate complexity.
- Leads strategic and tactical operations and quality management deliverables to ensure customer, product and quality standard requirements are met within specifications.
- Leads, directs, and controls capital and operating budgets for our plant with moderate complexity to achieve medium term outlook financial performance objectives set by the business.
- Ensure and hold direct reports accountable for meeting and controlling operating expenses and established targets.
- Oversee the overall operational management and implement operational efficiency improvements which may include standardization of plant information manufacturing systems, quality control, safety, production reliability excellence and maintenance and operators best practices.
- Lead and develop a team, coach, and make decisions related to talent management, hiring, performance, and disciplinary actions.
- Other duties as assigned
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Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of four years of related work experience
- Must have the ability to lift up to 55 lbs.
- Must be able to work safely and effectively in areas with food dust exposure.
- Must be comfortable working in a manufacturing environment with high temperatures.
- Ability to travel up to 5%
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors degree in engineering
- Food manufacturing industry experience
- Two years of supervisory experience
- Lean Six Sigma
Additional Details
• Location: PA-Lititz; Relocation support may be provided.
• Schedule is day shift with on-call after hours. There are also some events that might need to work on the weekends.
• The business will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet
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