Food Assembly Manager

Air Fayre

$80K — $90K *
Food & Beverages
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Subject matter expert in manufacturing concepts, FIFO, food safety, production planning, waste control, and quality assurance.
  • Ability to support company initiatives and budget while enforcing SOPs and safety programs.
  • Experience with performance metric systems (KPIs).
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills for training and presentations.
  • Bachelor's degree and relevant work experience required.

Responsibilities

  • Manage food assembly teams of approximately 4 supervisors and 24 associates daily.
  • Conduct department inspections to ensure adherence to audit standards, safety, and cleanliness.
  • Oversee production and implement actions when schedules fall behind.
  • Monitor quality standards and maintain a 5S work environment.
  • Implement continuous improvement initiatives in partnership with team members.
  • Perform scheduled performance reviews and address supervisors' concerns and trends.
  • Review KPI performance consistently over a 24-hour period and take necessary actions to realign with targets.

Benefits

  • Quarterly performance bonus program.
  • 80% medical, dental, and vision insurance premium sponsorship for employees and dependents.
  • Employer-sponsored short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance.
  • 2-4 weeks of paid vacation.
  • 401K with employer match.
Full Job Description
Annual Salary $80,000 to $90,000 plus quarterly bonuses!

Air Fayre offers benefits including
  • An excellent compensation package that includes a quarterly performance bonus program.
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance for employees & dependents at 80% premium sponsorship.
  • Employer-sponsored short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
  • 2-4 weeks of paid vacation
  • 401K with a match


The opportunity

Air Fayre is seeking a dynamic manager with a passion for leading and managing. Exhibiting successful outcomes in driving continuous improvement around KPI targets, lean production methods, and developing supervisors to improve performance levels.

Position: Food Department Manager, Gardena, CA

Specific Accountabilities

  • Responsible for effectively and safely managing food assembly teams of approximately 4 supervisors and 24 associates (per day) engaged in food assembly production activities and facility sanitation.
  • Conduct inspections of the department, confirming adherence to audit standards, safety, cleanliness, and other issues.
  • Manage production and resources, engaging in mitigating actions if production falls behind schedule.
  • Monitor work is up to quality standards and the areas are 5S'd.
  • Partner with continuous improvement in implementing improvement initiatives.
  • Perform scheduled performance reviews with supervisors, 1:1's, and act on people's concerns and trending issues.
  • Consistent review of performance over a 24-hour period and update KPI scoreboard, to include internal callbacks, QC reports, customer comments, and labor hours vs budget. Take the necessary action to realign with KPI targets.
  • Ensure teams are trained and new hires are oriented into their new work environment.


Qualifications

  • Subject matter expert in manufacturing concepts in combination with FIFO, food safety, production planning, waste control, and quality assurance
  • Demonstrated ability to support company initiatives and budget, and enforce standard work processes (SOPs) and safety programs.
  • Experienced in working with performance metric systems (KPIs)
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills to train people and present in front of groups.
  • Bachelor's degree and equivalent work experience REQUIRED.

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