Senior Operations Manager - Food Manufacturing

Job Location: Chicago

Want to make an impact?

The Senior Operations Manager is responsible for daily operations and enforces standards of Safety, Food Safety, Quality, and Productivity of the Chicago-31st Street Factory. The Senior Operations Manager ensures compliance with Ferrara quality and food safety policies, procedures, and applicable standards while overseeing day-to-day production and people management

Ways you will make a difference

• Oversee day-to-day production activities of finished goods to ensure smooth and efficient plant operation
• Monitor safety, quality, and sanitation standards to ensure compliance with company standards
• Ensure compliance of plant Quality Control programs to meet all Food Safety/Quality objectives in process reliability, product quality, product standards, specifications, and consumer complaint reductions. Monitor operations, evaluate operation efficiencies, and correct errors in a timely manner
• Emphasize Continuous Improvement processes in all aspects of plant operation. Analyzes and recommends improvements and modifications to improve overall plant operation efficiencies, quality, costs, safety, and sanitation
• Develop and maintain key results and performance standards; conducts performance evaluations
• Provide guidance, support, and coaching assistance as appropriate to maximize plant effectiveness and maximize operational effectiveness by regular communication with all support functions
• Participate in long-term strategic planning, identifying and defining issues affecting performance and making corrective action plans as well as forecasting expenditures and meeting budgetary requirements
• Prepare reports documenting departmental activities
• Assumes Plant Director responsibilities as needed
  
  

Skills that will make you successful

• Strong communication skills
• Adept at building relationships and maintaining a culture of growth, progress, and collaboration
• Operating knowledge of manufacturing equipment
• Leadership skills with ability to motivate and strengthen team and maintain standards of quality
• Agile thinker
• LEAN/Six Sigma experience a plus
  
  

Experiences that will support your success

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering or related field
• Minimum 5 years experience in operations management
• Experience leading and developing a team of both hourly and salaried employees in a manufacturing environment (experience working with non-union employees a plus)
• Experience in a work environment with extended work schedules and specific time constraints; flexibility with 24-hour responsibility of plant operations