Bachelor's degree in engineering, chemistry, food manufacturing, microbiology/food science, or related field.
10+ years of Production Management and Supervisory/Leadership experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Proven ability to facilitate and lead teams effectively.
Experience in coaching, mentoring, and developing facility teams.
Knowledge of production logistics, scheduling, and GMP systems; APICS, Lean, or Six Sigma training is a plus.
Responsibilities
Direct daily plant operations while ensuring a safe and positive work environment.
Lead continuous improvement initiatives in safety and food safety culture.
Facilitate effective communication and training to engage the workforce.
Cultivate a high-performing, customer-focused team.
Maintain production levels while adhering to safety and quality standards.
Own and update the plant capacity plan based on demand inputs.
Ensure adherence to production schedules to meet customer commitments.
Benefits
Positive work environment that celebrates success.
Opportunities for professional development and succession planning.
Focus on sustainability initiatives including waste reduction.
Access to regional and corporate expertise for continuous improvement.
Full Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Plant Manager directs daily plant operations while maintaining a safe, professional, and positive work environment. They are expected to make the most effective use of available work force and equipment, ensuring an efficient and coordinated work effort among all personnel. This position will be challenged to balance costs versus what is necessary to safely and reliability meet customer demand.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Lead continuous improvement in the safety and food safety culture throughout the local site and Balchem. Maintain high standards of performance, ensure regulatory compliance, and facilitate corrective action and preventive action plans at the site. Establish and continually improve a procedures-based culture.
Facilitate an agile, effective, and engaged work force through strong change management, communication, and training efforts.
Cultivate a high performing team with a customer-focused mindset.
Develop key individuals for succession planning and organizational development.
Maintain production at desired level while adhering to strict safety, food safety, and quality standards.
Own the plant capacity plan and continually update operating plans based on inputs from Demand Planning and the Sales and Operating Planning Process.
Ensure adherence to the production schedule to meet sales and commercial commitments to customers.
Maintain goal alignment between the plant, the manufacturing function, the business, and the corporation. Maintain key performance indicators and metrics scorecards to monitor performance against established goals. Continually review and ensure improvement plans are in place for all performance gaps.
Create & maintain a positive work environment where success is celebrated, along with communicating company policies and directives to employees.
Develop and adhere to an annual operating & capital implementation plan.
Lead and own sustainability including waste reduction and value enhancement initiatives for the site.
Effectively utilize communicate with regional, corporate, and approved outside expertise to drive learning and continuous improvement into the plant organization.
REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a technical field of study such as engineering, chemistry, food manufacturing, microbiology/food science or a closely related field.
10 + years Production Management & Supervisory/Leadership; experience in a fast paced manufacturing environment is highly recommended.
Ability to Facilitate & Lead in a Team Environment. Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, develop and train a strong facility team. Demonstrated strong execution capacity. Ability to create sustained change to more effective systems.
Production logistics & scheduling, GMP systems. APICS, Lean, or Six Sigma training is a plus.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Office and plant environment.
Some work in Production area which periodically reaches temperature above 100 degrees, noise above ambient levels, proximity to moving mechanical parts, potential exposure to chemicals which is constantly monitored, and wears respirator when manufacturing specified products.
The expected salary range for this role is $150,000 - $170,000 a year.
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About Balchem
Balchem Corporation is a global leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of specialty performance ingredients and products for the food, nutritional, feed, pharmaceutical, medical sterilization and industrial markets. The company operates through four segments: Human Nutrition & Health, Animal Nutrition & Health, Specialty Products and Industrial Products. Balchem was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in New Hampton, New York.
