Your Opportunity as a Production Department Manager

The Production Department Manager is responsible for day-to-day direction and oversight for the manufacturing of bakery products and teams.  This individual will organize and lead production to ensure that products are produced consistently and efficiently to specified quality and operational standards to be shipped to customers on-time.  The Department Manager will lead the team to implement best practices and standards to continue to improve and manage to KPI’s.

Location: Indianapolis, IN Manufacturing Plant

Work Arrangements: 100% on-site. Day Shift (flexibility required)

In this Role You Will:  

Responsible for leading an operations department to support the business

Develop capability and leadership characteristics in Area Leaders, Process Engineers, Controls Leader, and Advanced Technical Leadership

Responsible for meeting Quality, Safety, Reliability, and Cost targets for plant operations

Ability to work with all plant functions to ensure all production needs are met

Coordinate activities to increase Autonomous Maintenance knowledge throughout the plant, utilizing Autonomous Maintenance to improve Operations measures

Lead and teach complete understanding of overall plant product flow including all inputs and outputs

Managing and leveraging relationships with R&D and corporate engineering

Identify and eliminate operations losses; Lead in solving issues to cause and implement improvements

Manage capital budget/projects to improve Operations measures in the areas of capacity growth, production efficiencies, Quality, and Safety

Set plant direction by contributing to the Plant Leadership team

Administer any necessary discipline

Always manage with Basic Beliefs as a foundation and preserves Smucker culture

Executes effective communication to all levels of the organization

The Right Role for You 

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs. 

What We are Looking For:  

Minimum Requirements: 

A bachelor’s degree is required; an engineering or technical degree is preferred

At least 3-5 years of manufacturing operational experience managing people and teams

Priority setting and Problem solving: Demonstrate ability to be decisive, proactive, and strategic in decision making

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:  

Food processing or manufacturing experience

Experience in a high-performance work environment

Work effectively across organization boundaries and with diverse teams

Excellent communication (both written and verbal) and listening skills

Strong organization skills

Experience directing and managing vendors

Must be willing to travel at least 10% and be available after hours/weekends

Work Environment

This job operates in a manufacturing environment. The noise level in the work environment and manufacturing sites can be loud.

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Our Total Rewards Benefits Program 

Our Thriving Together Philosophy Supporting All Impacted by Our Business 

Our Continued Progress on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity 

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