Summary: The Production Control Manager is an integral part of the plant operations team, providing cost analysis results to assist management in decision making or other financial initiatives, production reporting, and monitoring of internal controls for a food processing plant with multiple product lines and corresponding raw materials. This is a full-time, exempt position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Facilitates production information (“PIDs”) by reviewing, correcting and ensuring consumption entries are timely and accurately completed and closed, which drives the value of completed production.
- Reviews, troubleshoots, and approves PID/Recap reporting.
- Manages processing data and performance metrics; performs timely analysis and reporting of operational metrics related to production efficiency (including yield, labor, consumption, throughputs, etc.) and spend.
- Provides costing for projects plant-wide (Ex.: cannery, new SKU demands, labor).
- Generates reports by analyzing costs and resources, and helps determine actionable projects.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business management or related field; or, an equivalent combination of training, education and experience that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties of the job.
- 5 years’ experience in manufacturing and distribution operations environment plus 1 years’ supervisory experience.
- Excellent knowledge of advanced Excel functions; proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint) including knowledge of Oracle, and PeopleSoft.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to pass a pre-employment drug test, background check including employment and educational verification, credit screen, and to work extended schedule and weekends during the fresh pack season, typically July to early October.
Benefits:
- Medical, Dental, & Vision
- 401(k) match with Traditional & Roth options available
- Company paid Life and AD&D insurance
- 10 paid vacation days, 9 paid holidays, and separate sick time
- Employee Assistance Program
- Numerous other voluntary insurance products available
- Free parking
Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
The Neil Jones Food Company participates in E-Verify
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We are an Equal Opportunity and Fair Chance Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, citizenship status, genetic information, military or veteran status, and other protected status under applicable law. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business Management or a related field, or equivalent training, education, and experience
- Five years of experience in a manufacturing and distribution operations environment
- One year of supervisory experience
- Advanced Microsoft Excel functions
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of Oracle and PeopleSoft
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to pass a pre-employment drug test, background check, employment and educational verification, and credit screen
- Ability to work an extended schedule and weekends during the fresh pack season
What We Do
The Neil Jones Food Company is a US food processor producing the finest quality conventional and organic California tomatoes, custom sauce blends, Pacific Northwest pears, cherries, plums, cranberry sauces and juice concentrates. We are a privately owned, family-run corporation based in Vancouver, WA, comprised of three processing facilities, all of which operate on the tradition of excellence and high quality standards. Northwest Packing Company is located alongside our Corporate office in Vancouver, WA. Here we process a wide variety of canned fruit, tomatoes, and fruit juice concentrates. Our San Benito Foods cannery in Hollister, CA produces fresh-packed, California tomato products, sourced from the very best San Joaquin valley & Santa Clara valley farms. As a foodservice supplier, we fresh-pack our California tomatoes in #10 cans. Tomatek, located in Firebaugh, CA, is our state-of-the-art production facility that produces fresh-packed, California tomato products in #10 equivalent hot fill pouches and industrial bins and drums. We are an important supplier to the retail, foodservice and industrial segments of the food industry, exporting globally. In addition to shipping directly from our processing facilities, we replenish over 18 forwarding warehouses across North America to enhance service to our customer base. Product packaging includes cans in all key sizes, 55 gallon drums, pails, 300 gallon bins, and various hot fill pouches. We are under continuous USDA inspection, are Kosher & Halal certified, hold CCOF & USDA Organic and Food Alliance certifications, and are EDI capable. Our company has a culture that is open, respectful and professional. We are resilient and focused. We are diverse and down-to-earth. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are an Equal Opportunity & Fair Chance Employer, and we participate in E-Verify.
