Your Opportunity as the Department Manager
Location: Scottsville, KY
Work Arrangements: 100% on-site
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Willingness to work off shift hours (nights, evenings, weekends, and holidays) and flow to the work as needed
In this role you will:
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Responsible for leading an operations department to support the Uncrustables business
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Develop capability and leadership characteristics in Area Leaders, Process Engineers, Controls Leader, and Advanced Technical Leadership
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Responsible for meeting Quality, Safety, Reliability, and Cost targets for plant operations
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Ability to work with all plant functions in order to ensure all production needs are met
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Coordinate activities to increase Autonomous Maintenance knowledge throughout the plant, utilizing Autonomous Maintenance to improve Operations measures
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Lead and teach complete understanding of overall plant product flow including all inputs and outputs
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Managing and leveraging relationships with R&D and corporate engineering
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Identify and eliminate losses from the Operation; Lead in solving issues to cause and implement improvements
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Manage capital budget/projects to improve Operations measures in the areas of capacity growth, production efficiencies, Quality, and Safety
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Set plant direction by contributing to the Plant Leadership team
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Administer any necessary discipline
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Always manage with Basic Beliefs as a foundation and preserves Smucker culture
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Executes effective communication to all levels of the organization
The Right Place 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:
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Bachelor’s Degree
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5+ years of manufacturing operational experience
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Previous experience managing people and teams
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Experience using Lean and TPM Tools
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Excellent communication (both written and verbal) and listening skills
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Strong computer skills – word, excel, power point, etc.
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Strong organization skills
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Experience directing and managing vendors
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Ability to teach and lead others
Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required):
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Food processing or manufacturing experience
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Experience in a high-performance work environment
Learn more about working at Smucker:
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Our Total Rewards Benefits Program
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Our Thriving Together Philosophy Supporting All Impacted by Our Business
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Our Continued Progress on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity
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What We Do
Each generation of consumers leaves their mark on culture by establishing new expectations for food and the companies that make it. At The J.M. Smucker Co., it is our privilege to be at the heart of this dynamic with a portfolio that appeals to each generation of people and pets with products found in 90 percent of U.S. homes and countless restaurants. This includes a mix of iconic brands consumers have always loved such as Folgers®, Jif® and Milk-Bone® and new favorites like Café Bustelo®, Smucker’s® Uncrustables® and Rachael Ray® Nutrish®. By continuing to immerse ourselves in consumer and pet parent preferences for food, how it’s purchased and how the companies that make it should operate, we will maintain the important role we play in their lives. This will allow us to continue growing our business and the positive impact we have on all of those who count on us.
