Senior Director, Manufacturing - West

Core Power®

responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development of strategic initiatives, projects, plant processes, and management systems to continuously improve results in safety, quality assurance, productivity, cost savings, environmental stewardship, and customer service
• Develop and drive key strategic initiatives for all processing and bottling plants in fairlife network
• Support any co-packing relationships and agreements ensuring expectations are met from co-packers, with regards to Safety, Quality, Productivity, and Cost
• Drive change across operational excellence initiatives, such as Continuous Improvement, Technical Training, Capital Management, and Equipment Reliability; closely partnering with functional leaders across the business to support.  
• Support the development, adherence and guidance to all health and safety policies, GMP policies, and regulatory requirements
• Partner with relevant stakeholders to ensure production plans are in accordance with plant capacities and capabilities. Refine near term plans to maximize productivity, quality, and customer service
• Support development of plant operational budgets, capital budgets, organizational structure, and policies and procedures
• Develop a cadence of communication and prioritization with operations leaders around the state of the business, plant goals, performance against targets, policy changes, and the operational excellence journey
• Provide dairy science, mechanical, process, and technical problem-solving support to engineers, technicians and operators
• Foster a collaborative environment of ownership and engagement across the company and departments
• Support the company wide strategy to sustainably grow plant capacity, optimize the supply chain and reduce overall risk across manufacturing
• Be an ambassador for fairlife’s manufacturing facilities, representing the values, culture, and ethos of fairlife with internal and external stakeholders
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned

skills/qualifications required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related discipline required
• A minimum of 10 years of plant leadership or equivalent experience that is directly related to the duties and responsibilities outlined
• Dairy or brewing experience preferred; pharmaceutical or food experience considered. Aseptic processing experience a plus
• Proven ability to identify and mitigate food safety risks with a temperature sensitive pathogen risky raw material such as milk
• A proven track record of implementing LEAN principles creating short- and long-term value
• Proven ability to lead a team to achieve goals with trust and integrity
• Skilled in examining and re-engineering operations and procedures, formulating policy, and developing and implementing new strategies and procedures
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community
• Ability to make administrative and procedural decisions and judgments on sensitive, confidential issues
• Ability to analyze and assess training and development needs and manage performance
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Working knowledge of information technology and information systems such as ERP, MRP, MES, SCADA and business analytics  
• Knowledge and understanding of federal and state environmental laws, regulations, procedures, and standards
• Knowledge of budgeting cost estimating and fiscal management principles and procedures
• Ability to handle ambiguity and work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment