The Department Manager is responsible for day-to-day direction and oversight for the manufacturing of bakery products and teams. This individual will organize and lead production to ensure that products are produced consistently and efficiently to specified quality and operational standards to be shipped to customers on-time. The Department Manager will lead the team to implement best practices and standards to continue to improve and manage to KPI's.
Location: Indianapolis, IN Manufacturing Plant
Work Arrangements: 100% on-site. Day Shift (flexibility required)
In this Role You Will:
Responsible for leading an operations department to support the business
Develop capability and leadership characteristics in Area Leaders, Process Engineers, Controls Leader, and Advanced Technical Leadership
Responsible for meeting Quality, Safety, Reliability, and Cost targets for plant operations
Ability to work with all plant functions to ensure all production needs are met
Coordinate activities to increase Autonomous Maintenance knowledge throughout the plant, utilizing Autonomous Maintenance to improve Operations measures
Lead and teach complete understanding of overall plant product flow including all inputs and outputs
Managing and leveraging relationships with R&D and corporate engineering
Identify and eliminate operations losses; Lead in solving issues to cause and implement improvements
Manage capital budget/projects to improve Operations measures in the areas of capacity growth, production efficiencies, Quality, and Safety
Set plant direction by contributing to the Plant Leadership team
Administer any necessary discipline
Always manage with Basic Beliefs as a foundation and preserves Smucker culture
Executes effective communication to all levels of the organization
The Right Role for You
We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.
What We are Looking For:
Minimum Requirements:
A bachelor's degree is required; an engineering or technical degree is preferred
At least 3-5 years of manufacturing operational experience managing people and teams
Priority setting and Problem solving: Demonstrate ability to be decisive, proactive, and strategic in decision making
Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:
Food processing or manufacturing experience
Experience in a high-performance work environment
Work effectively across organization boundaries and with diverse teams
Excellent communication (both written and verbal) and listening skills
Strong organization skills
Experience directing and managing vendors
Must be willing to travel at least 10% and be available after hours/weekends
Work Environment
This job operates in a manufacturing environment. The noise level in the work environment and manufacturing sites can be loud.
Learn More About Working at Smucker
Our Total Rewards Benefits Program
Our Thriving Together Philosophy Supporting All Impacted by Our Business
Our Continued Progress on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity
