Job description

Position Title:Production Manager
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 21797

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About McCain*
McCain Foods is proud to be a family and values-driven company. Our values are integral to our culture, helping to shape how we operate, how we work together and the choices we make. They are a big part of what makes us unique. McCain Foods opened their first production facility in their hometown of Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. McCain Foods quickly established itself within the Canadian marketplace and then began a journey to become the world's largest manufacturer of frozen French fries and potato specialties.

McCain products can be found in thousands of restaurants and supermarket freezers around the world. In addition to fries, McCain also produces other foods, including appetizers, oven meals, vegetables, and juice for both the retail and food service industries.

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Why You Should Join Our Team*
McCain offers full benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance. In addition, we offer other benefits including:
401k – 6% company match
HAS/FSA
Adoption Assistance
Infertility Assistance
Education Reimbursement Assistance
Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave

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Statement of Job*
The Production Manager ensures established standards for safety, quality, and all costs of production. The ideal candidate will maintain and ensure results are delivered against specific improvement goals by effectively planning, organizing, directing, and coordinating the operations of the plant. Develops and manages processes and systems to meet current and future business needs. Recruits, motivates, and develops plant personnel.

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JOB RESPONSIBILITIES & ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS include, but are not limited to the following:*

• Direct plant operations to manage and coordinate the manufacturing of products in a way that ensures products are produced safely, efficiently and with the highest quality.
• Work closely with production planning to effectively coordinate and control inventory levels of finished goods.
• Manage plant operations to meet or exceed direct cost standards for labor and materials controlled and within the scope of the business requirements.
• Ensure compliance with all Good Manufacturing Practices to keep the plant’s quality assurance programs successful and to ensure all finished products meet all specifications and regulatory compliance.
• Support the safety teams to ensure the plant’s employee safety programs provide a safe working environment and regulatory compliance.
• Perform annual goal setting with plant functions around safety, quality, cost, and service and employee development.
• Work closely with the leadership team to assist in the identification of long-range capital requirements necessary to drive improvements and maintain plant infrastructure.
• Continually improve the overall effectiveness of the production department through improvements to production and administrative costs, product quality, plant sanitation, plant safety and employee morale.
• Maintain a favorable Labor Relations climate by creating positive working relationships and to involve others in working collectively toward achievement of department and plant goals.
• Through coaching, training, communicating, problem solving, leadership and recognition develop a focus for others in creating and maintaining a continuous improvement environment that includes proper interpretation and application of company policies as well as legal and regulatory compliance.
• Develop and effectively use reporting systems to inform operating and managerial personnel of the factory performance on a timely basis.
• Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation, of the Supervisors and employees in the plant.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
Requires a minimum of three years’ experience in managerial position in food processing, including frozen food; experience in managing manufacturing operations with good understanding of the principles of accounting; a BA or BS degree or the equivalent practical experience in food technology; a complete knowledge of all phases of production line functions on all products.

Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of McCain and each of its establishments to select and employ the best qualified personnel in all facilities and at all locations, to provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees, including upgrading, promotion and training and to administer these activities in a manner which will not discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, non-job related disability or other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
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McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger._

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Job Family: *Manufacturing
Location(s): US - United States of America : Wisconsin : Plover
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.

Job Type: Full-time

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