Job Description

Assembly Manager

The Assembly Manager drives day-to-day execution of a high-volume food production operation, ensuring assembly lines run efficiently, safely, and to the highest quality standards. This role owns throughput, labor performance, and process consistency, balancing speed with precision to meet customer demand and operational targets.

Working at the intersection of production, R&D, and leadership, the Assembly Manager translates plans into action by coordinating teams, optimizing workflows, and resolving issues in real time. Success in this role comes from building strong, accountable teams, maintaining strict compliance standards, and continuously improving processes to elevate overall plant performance.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Develop and implement schedules, monitor processes, and adjust to optimize efficiency and productivity.
• Working knowledge of packing equipment, tray sealers, pumps/fillers and depositors parameters and settings
• Organize and plan the meal decanting process to be timed with meal assembly
• Set goals and targeted objectives to work on and achieve each week
• Encourage growth and development in All team members. The degree that management develops its Team Members is a statement of their own good management skills
• Manage and monitor all labor in assembly rooms for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Monitor the packing staff for accuracy in packing the correct number of products
• Ensure that all work orders are tracked and completed on time, are accurate and that all are closed at the end of business day
• Lead the development and the achievement of the Plant Objectives with intense prioritization and focus on food safety, quality, occupational safety, and cost
• Direct the operations production schedules and overall plans as measured by Whitsons KPIs to meet/exceed Customer Service Levels and Inventory Targets
• Build accountability and engagement with all plant associates by establishing clear expectations, a high degree of cohesion and by harnessing a team approach
• Become an expert in Sage X3 MRP software currently utilized
• Uphold SQF standards of the facility

ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain a weekly payroll and staffing schedule for all to see. Ensure that all staff members are informed on cleaning responsibilities, job duties and operational hours. All staff is to swipe in on the time clock after they are dressed and in proper uniform
• Work with research and development team when implementing commercialization runs so that all plating configurations are achievable and understood
• Conduct in service training for team members on a regular basis.

This role offers a salary range of $90,000 – $100,000 annually, based on skills, experience, and location. Employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, generous PTO, and paid holidays.

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES:

Critical TECHNICAL (Function-Specific) Competencies:

• Change Management – Effectively lead and champion change in multi-disciplined organization. Develop communications to support.
• Organizational Effectiveness – Identify organizational change necessary to achieve business objectives. Systems thinking – ability to connect processes, events, and structures
• Strategy Development – Conceive and select strategies and ideas for facility with effective communication
• Vision – paints the picture of the future, develops excitement around the vision, enrolls people in what’s possible.

Critical CORE (General Behavioral and Business) Competencies:

• People Leader – Sets clear objectives and measures, uses coaching to enhance performance
• Act Boldly – Is entrepreneurial, takes bold action that creates innovation, pursues greater possibilities
• Authentic – Be real, open and informal. Listen generously. Talk straight
• Committed - Create your future. Be the vision. Have the courage to stand for a better company, better future, better you.
• Trusted – Do the right thing, Build genuine relationships with customers, colleagues and stakeholders

Education

• Associate degree required
• Bachelor’s degree preferred

Certifications

• Six Sigma Preferred
• 5S Training Preferred
• HACCP certification
• ServSafe certification
• Food Safety

Computer Skills

• Proficient with all computer applications necessary to complete the job
• Knowledge of warehouse management systems; inventory control

Other Qualifications, Experience

• Minimum 5 years production management in food service industry experience required
• Fluent English speaking and writing skills required

Required Competencies:

• Communication
  • Effectively write, present and transfer ideas and information for the advancement of individual and company performance
• Customer Focus
  • Act in the best interest of the customer, both internal and external.
• Innovation
  • Create new ideas, processes or products which when implemented lead to positive effective change.
• Organization Leadership
  • Apply strategic thinking, prioritization and decision-making to drive results.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully

perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with

disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the team member is frequently required sit, walk, talk and hear
• Use hands and fingers to feel, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.
• Be standing on feet majority of the workday in addition to walking back and forth.
• Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Lifting while turning side to side is sometimes necessary.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• Position sometimes requires extended hours including evenings and/or weekends

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The work is performed primarily in a manufacturing environment
• Work requires movement in and out of storerooms, near heavy machinery
• Exposure to extreme temperatures (hot and cold) due to refrigeration equipment.
• The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work and duties that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position, and Whitsons reserves the right to add additional duties or modify existing duties.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between Whitsons and team member and is subject to change by Whitsons as the needs of Whitsons and requirements of the job change.