Plant Manager, Pork Operations

3 weeks ago


Langley, Canada Donald's Fine Foods Full time

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Title **Plant Manager, Pork Operations

**Department **Operations

**Location **Western Canada

**Reports to **COO

**Company Background**

Donald’s Fine Foods is a family owned business that has operated for over 20 years. We are a specialty meat manufacturer spanning four plants in British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

**Company Values**
- **Customer Focus** - Exceptional customer service is the measure of our success
- **Integrity** - Fairness, honesty, responsibility and trust mark every relationship inside and outside of the company
- **People** - We treat our employees, customers, suppliers and the community with respect
- **Quality** - Uncompromising standards in everything we do
- **Safety** - We care about our people and emphasize a culture of safety throughout our Company

The position of Plant Manager will oversee all daily operations of the primary processing pork slaughter plant ensuring compliance of policies and procedures. The incumbent will develop and adhere to defined processes that will maximize stewardship, team development, safety, quality, yields and productivity. This role will be a member of the operations leadership team and must adhere to the values of the organization when making decisions and solving problems. As a senior leader in the organization, the role must encourage employee follow-ship and be an example of the culture that define Donald’s Fine Foods. Our customers are at the core of all we do and this incumbent must exhibit a propensity to meet customer expectation without compromising safety, quality, compliance requirements, and unnecessary waste.

**Critical Objectives**
- Lead and engage approximately 270 Unionized plant employees and management team members to fulfill company goals
- Develop business plans consistent with company strategy
- Assure effective costs and yields without compromising safety, quality, and service
- Maintain a strong customer service relationship with customers
- Develop new and innovative products and integrate third party volume opportunities
- Engage and effectively manage union, supplier, and contractor relationships
- Uphold company policies, procedures, and all food safety requirement
- Ensure safety of all personnel in facility
- Maintain facility infrastructure standards consistent with company image
- Food safety program compliance

**Responsibilities**
- Safety_
- Provide and maintain a safe working environment for all employees and contractors
- Compliance with all WorkSafe and Occupational Health and Safety regulations
- Guide team towards achieving zero lost time and medical aid incidents
- Food Safety_
- Enforce HACCP/CFIA and food safety regulations
- Collaborate CFIA officials to promote cooperative working relations
- Ensure sanitation department is keeping the plant ready for operation
- Guide team towards being audit ready for BRC
- Leadership_
- Exemplify honesty, integrity, quality and trust
- Develop a robust employee and team development and succession plans
- Maintain engaged employee relations
- Ensure all daily, weekly and monthly plant communication forums are conducted routinely and effectively
- Ensure performance management reviews are timely and constructive
- Production Execution_
- Oversee execution of all manufacturing, warehousing, DSD, maintenance, processes
- Maintain a cost effective manpower plan
- Manage annual site costs to lower than inflation
- Validate execution of all routine, preventative and predictive maintenance tasks
- Fulfill production orders on-time and in full
- Ensure yields are managed while not affecting product quality
- Quality_
- Ensure product specifications are current and strictly enforced
- Ensure compliance with all GMP standards
- Effect all sanitation procedures to achieve plant SPC results
- Continuous Improvement_
- Establish 5S facility
- Reduce four waste streams - Time; Capital; Process; Inventory
- Leverage Root Cause Analysis/Process Analytics/Lean Problem Solving
- Establish and manage a culture of continuous improvement through KPIs
- Cost_
- Continuously reengineer processes without impacting quality and safety
- Manage capital spend to on-time, on budget, and defined benefits criteria

**Critical KPIs**
- Customer Service level
- Fill Rate
- Cost/Kg (Service Fee)
- Plant Utilization
- Customer complaints, claims, cost, and satisfaction
- CFIA/HACCP/BRC Audits
- Turnover/Absenteeism
- Downtime
- Waste Reduction/Yield Improvement
- TRIR/Severity/Frequency/WCB work orders
- Union Relations

**Position Requirements**
- Plant Management experience of no less than 7 years
- Adequate knowledge of business and management principles (budgeting, strategic planning, resource allocation and human resources)
- Familiarity with industry standards, equipment, and technical expertise
- Knowledgeable of safety, quality, productivity, yield management, demand creation, inventory and stewardship processes
- Computer literacy
- Ability to create accountabilit


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