Job Description

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!

Meijer Rewards

• Weekly pay

• Scheduling flexibility

• Paid parental leave

• Paid education assistance

• Team member discount

• Development programs for advancement and career growth

Please review the job profile below and apply today!

This position leads and directs both exempt and non-exempt team members in addition to supporting the Plant Manager to ensure responsibility for a single manufacturing plant, while meeting quality, cost, volume and service standards for Meijer products. Practices 200% safety accountability for self and others.

What You'll be Doing:

• Confer with executive management and manufacturing experts to establish production and quality control standards; develop budgets and cost controls and obtain data regarding types, quantities, specifications and delivery dates of products ordered.
• Coordinate production activities to obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines and equipment.
• Review and analyze production, quality control, maintenance and operational reports to determine causes of nonconformity with product specifications and operating or production problems.
• Revise production schedules and priorities resulting from equipment failure or operating problems.
• Consult with engineering personnel relative to machine modifications and equipment in order to improve production and quality of products.
• Define and direct the administration of plant policies within the framework and intent of Meijer manufacturing policies.
• Responsible for short and long term operating objectives such as profit & loss, safety, cost reduction, quality improvement, and new product integration.
• Analyze organizational structure, staffing and resources to cost-effectively and efficiently meet facility goals.
• Develop and implement plans to assure achievement of appropriate volume of production for each product processed.
• Manage all salaried staff and functions including Production Managers and Supervisors, Environmental Health and Safety, Quality, etc.
• This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required.

What You Bring with You (Qualifications):

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 8-10 years of experience with progressive management in manufacturing environment.
• 8-10 years of experience managing and leading a team.
• Knowledge and understanding of local, state and federal regulations (Good Manufacturing Practices -- GMP’s, Safe Quality Foods -- SQF, etc).
• ESL (Extended-shelf-Life) process skills.
• Fresh and Aseptic dairy process skills.
• Low Acid Management experience.
• CIP (Clean-in-Place) expertise.
• PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) programming skills.
• Yogurt manufacturing processing
• CAD (Computer-aided Design) knowledge
• Knowledge and in-depth understanding of manufacturing environments with special awareness of food safety and quality.
• Understanding of labor movement and cost allocation.
• Ability to work well as part of a cross-functional team.
• Ability to effectively interface with appropriate departments outside of manufacturing.