Production Manager

Lead, mentor, and coach a diverse team of production supervisors to drive performance, accountability and engagement. Foster a positive work environment focused on teamwork, open communication and continuous learning. Set clear production goals and create plans to achieve them. Communicate expectations to partners, ensuring that everyone understands their role in achieving business objectives. Coordinate cross-functional collaboration between departments to ensure smooth production processes, including but not limited to quality, sanitation, R&D, supply chain, distribution, & Human Resources. Organize and lead regular team meetings to discuss safety, performance, key performance indicators, and any challenges or opportunities in the production process. Champion a culture of food safety and quality across the plant, ensuring compliance with Senasica, COFEPRIS, FDA, and other regulatory standards. Establish and monitor production metrics and KPI’s (key performance indicators) related to production efficiency, safety and partner performance. Identify and communicate customer requirements. Ensure that customer orders are scheduled in a timely manner, taking into consideration production efficiencies. Identify potential capital improvements through analysis, justification and approval processes. Manage or assist in the management of capital projects. Lead and manage change initiatives to introduce new technology or processes that enhance overall performance. Encourage a culture of continuous improvement by involving team members in problem solving and process optimization initiatives. Track and maintain control of variable and fixed budgets. Administer various company, plant or department processes in pay systems, performance management, interview processes, etc. Qualifications: Bachelors in Food/Dairy Science, Agriculture, Business Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain or related field preferred. 2+ years Production Supervisor or equivalent experience. Communicate with influence both written and verbally. Looking for partners who are proactive, self-accountable, focus on solutions not problems and have a continuous desire to learn, grow and improve themselves and their roles. Ability to collaborate with partners from diverse backgrounds and ensure a culture rooted in dignity and respect of others. Ability to lead through change and drive organizational growth. Ability to travel up to 5% (on annual basis). Handle stressful situations in a calm manner. PC skills, i.e. Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and ability for presenting the factory in a professional manner. About Us Schreiber Foods strives to do good through food every day. Based in North America, we’re a customer-brand leader in cream cheese, natural cheese, process cheese, shelf-stable beverages and yogurt. Our more than 10,000 employees and presence on five continents enable us to be an essential ingredient in our customers’ success. With annual sales of more than $7 billion, we partner with the best retailers, restaurants, distributors and food manufacturers around the globe. We also recognize our responsibility to do good in the world and are driven to make a difference in everything we do. Life & Culture: We call ourselves partners – not employees – and there’s a good reason behind that. Our work is more than just a job. Our common goals drive and energize us as we work together to be the best we can be. Caring is a huge part of who we are. We not only help each other grow; we take care of each other along the way. Whenever a partner is experiencing a hardship, it’s common for others to take the initiative to organize fundraisers to help support them through our Partners Helping Partners program. We also care about our communities and want to help make them better places to live every day. Who are we looking for? Our people are truly the heart of our company, and we’re on a journey together. It’s about more than a job. We work hard to find great people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives, and provide opportunities to help them grow. Like a family, we care deeply about each other. #J-18808-Ljbffr