Select Milk Producers is one of the nation’s largest and most progressive dairy cooperatives, with 32 wholly owned subsidiaries, 12 processing plants, and 8 joint ventures including Fair Oaks Farms, Continental Dairy Facilities, Continental Dairy Facilities Southwest, Mill Haven Foods, Select Custom Solutions, GreenLink and Select Services. With over 1,000 employees, the Select Milk family of companies impacts all aspects of the dairy farm business and at the heart of our family of companies, is you.
"We strive to go above and beyond what’s expected in providing for our families, leading our employees, caring for our land and animals, serving our customers, producing quality milk, and serving one another. This commitment is more than our business, it’s in our culture and our character. We believe in being accountable, in doing what’s right, in performing at our best, in setting a higher standard."
Select Milk Producers and its subsidiaries offer attractive compensation and a best-in-class benefits package that includes but is not limited to medical, vision, dental, life insurance, and more that can be tailored for you and your family. Other benefits for eligible employees include 401(k) up to 6% company match, life and disability insurance, and paid holidays & vacation. We are proud to promote an equal employment opportunity workplace.
Job Summary:
The Director of Operations is responsible for managing the operation of workers and equipment in the production of high quality, high value products, while applying learned knowledge of the processes and production methods involved. The Operations Director maintains a productive, cost-efficient, high-quality production operation, providing daily coordination and oversight of plant activities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Oversee all plant operations and ensure each department is operating effectively.
- Initiate changes to production and other processes within the plant when needed.
- Ensure that product and revenue goals are being met.
- Provide leadership and training to accomplish Mill Haven Foods' goals and objectives.
- Increase job knowledge of the team by educating employees on methods and procedures to improve operational efficiency.
- Conduct meetings resulting in clear actions plans.
- Develop and control profits, plans and budgets.
- Implement cost effective systems of control over capital, operating expenditures, human capital, wages and salaries.
- Manage capital asset maintenance.
- Establish and monitor overall plant performance for production and quality standards.
- Accomplish objectives by troubleshooting concerns, planning, evaluating, and tracking activities.
- Achieve operational objectives by building strategic plans and reviews.
- Ensure standards related to Good Manufacturing Practices, safety, quality and Standard Operating Procedures are adhered to.
- Complete and/or assist in the duties of all jobs related to production as needed.
- Work with plant, corporate and client personnel to resolve day-to-day production tasks/needs as they arise.
- Ensure immediate reporting of any potential food safety issues to the Executive Team.
- Examine product samples and review finished product data.
Other Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supervisory Responsibilities
- Responsible for employee relations including work direction of employees, hiring, training, performance reviews, administering policies and procedures, disciplinary action, and compensation recommendations.
- Direct implementation of departmental objectives, goals and policies.
- Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Understand and adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices.
- Safety Protocol
- Stop any observed unsafe acts and obey facility safety rules and procedures.
- Correct or report any observed safety hazards.
- Support safety policies and programs.
This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time.
Qualifications:
Education Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Business, Operations Management, or any other related field preferred.
- Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.
Experience Required:
- Minimum ten (10) years of experience in manufacturing required.
- Minimum five (5) years of experience in a dairy and/or food production plant required.
- Minimum five (5) years supervisory experience required.
Certification/Licensure Required:
Skills Required:
- High level of leadership skills including strategic thinking, fostering teamwork, cultivating relationships, and demonstrable experience leading teams through change.
- Knowledge in business acumen, understanding of current and future policies, practices, trends, technology and information affecting the organization, familiarity with the competition, and comprehension of how strategies work in marketplace.
- Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with executives, managers, colleagues and individuals inside and outside the organization.
- Effective formal presentation skills, commands attention, and can manage group process during the presentation.
- Basic math plus fractions, decimals and percentages, as well as algebraic calculations.
- Intermediate computer skills with Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Word, Outlook and field-specific software.
- Demonstrate strong organizational and time management skills.
- Dedication to meet the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; acts with customers in mind.
- Makes good decisions based on analysis, wisdom, experience and judgement.
- Demonstrate functional and technical knowledge, ability to learn new skills quickly, and achieve a high level of accomplishment.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively at all levels in a collaborative team environment.
- Implement processes to organize and complete tasks, organize people and activities to support the process flow, ability to measure process success, insight to see opportunities for synergy and integration, and the aptitude to simplify complex processes.
- Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects, sets objectives and goals, breaks down work into the process steps, develops schedules and assignments, anticipates and adjusts for problems or roadblocks, measures performance against goals, evaluates results.
- Exhibit a professional manner in collaborating with others and work to maintain constructive working relationships.
Core Competencies:
- Create a customer centric experience; dedication to providing the highest quality services which meet the needs and requirements of internal and external customers.
- Drive continuous improvement; while embracing change that comes with it, always find better ways to perform work; strive to innovate.
- Being accountable; can be counted on to commit and achieve goals successfully.
- Build strong teams; creating a climate in which people feel empowered to be their best.
- Lead self-development; committed to and actively work to continuously improve personally and professionally.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $85,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year