Operations Manager, Ready to Eat Dept
On-siteJarratt, Ontario, Canada
Job Summary
Direct and coordinate daily manufacturing activities for meat production, sanitation, and chilling to meet plant KPIs. Supervise team members in production and cooking, analyze operations to improve costs and quality, and evaluate weekly staffing needs. Work closely with USDA inspectors to ensure regulations are adhered to and deficiencies are corrected promptly. Manage department functions including production scheduling, purchasing, shipping, and receiving while enforcing safety programs and Standard Operating Procedures. Partner with maintenance teams for preventive equipment checks and participate in capital expenditure budgeting. Ensure smooth shift transitions and attend daily supervisor meetings.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or work experience/knowledge equivalent to such degree
- Three (3) to five(5) years related industry experience
- Exposure to and/or experience in Quality Assurance
- Exposure to and/or experience in Total Quality Management (TQM)
- Exposure to and/or experience in Hazard Analysis Control Critical Process (HACCP)
- Exposure to and/or experience in Safety
- Ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner
- Must have basic math skills
- Ability to perform calculations of formulations, ingredients, yields, man-hours, etc.
- Ability to create, read and analyze charts, graphs and logs
- Ability to deal with multiple personalities
- Sound judgement in decision making
- Ability to prioritize needs in a crisis time
- Ability to prioritize the needs of the daily production schedule
- The ability to be on your feet and walking the facility for lengthy time periods
- Able to work in cold, wet meat processing environment
- Ability to lift up to 30 lbs
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with Ready to Eat (RTE) meats and Smokehouse Operations
- English/Spanish bilingual
- Exposure to and/or experience in Quality Assurance, Total Quality Management (TQM), Hazard Analysis Control Critical Process (HACCP) and Safety are a plus
- English/Spanish Bilingual is a plus
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