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What you\'ll be doing:

• Build relationships of trust and provide an informed and clear point of view gained by personal insight, business acumen, best practices, and industry trends.
• Responsible for fiscal operations of the plant.
• Maintain the facility in an audit-ready state for customers and regulatory agencies.
• Encourage a continuous learning environment for departmental leaders by staying current with the latest technologies and processes in the industry.
• Direct the overall manufacturing activities in the plant to ensure that customer orders are received, scheduled, and produced at the lowest possible cost to meet customer requirements while maintaining defined quality standards.
• Analyze plant operations to ensure that the facility maintains a leadership position in the industry.
• Responsible for expense control, including shrink, labor, and overhead costs.
• Develop annual manufacturing expense budgets by forecasted sales volumes and planned inventory levels.
• Develop and implement annual plant capital budget.
• Provide reliable and accurate information and support to the finance team to help ensure that end-of-month, quarterly, and fiscal-year closing schedules are met.
• Ensure that appropriate standard operating procedures (SOPs) are developed and maintained for all aspects of the business.
• Implement plant safety programs and ensure compliance with Agri-Mark and regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for the Plant SQF & Food Security Policy / Program to assess potential food security risks. Ensure that food security preventive measures are being implemented and routinely audited regarding the manufacturing, handling, and storage of all food ingredients, as well as finished goods.
• Responsible for all corporate, customer, and government audits to ensure compliance.
• Responsible for environmental health compliance at the plant level.
• Collaborate with other plant managers within Agri-Mark to share best practices.
• Ensure compliance with all Agri-Mark corporate policies and procedures.

Provide supervisory and leadership responsibility in the areas of performance management, employee relations, mentoring, employee training and development, promotions, salary increases, corrective actions and terminations