Job Description

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Operations Manager in the Chocolate Moulding & Packaging Department will lead all production and operating processes by being responsible for the operations agenda and leading an engaged team that will execute business deliverables. In this role, you will deliver on the production plan ensuring that safety, quality, cost, engagement objectives are met and you will lead continuous improvement activities within the department. The position is responsible for transforming departmental goals into measurable results.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensures employee, food and feed safety and environmental compliance program standards and goals are implemented.
• Accountable for all internal and external operating and regulatory procedures for employee, food and feed safety. Including strategic and tactical execution in alignment with corporate environment, health and safety and food safety, quality and regulatory functions as well as government regulations.
• Establish and deploy operational priorities at the site focused on moulded chocolate production.
• Leads strategic and tactical operations and quality management deliverables to ensure customer, product and quality standard requirements are met within specifications.
• Leads, directs and controls capital and operating budgets within the Moulding & Packaging Department.
• Ensure and hold direct reports accountable for meeting and controlling operating expenses and established targets.
• Lead and develop a team, coach and make decisions related to talent management, hiring, performance, and disciplinary actions.
• Directly provide updates on the project objectives, performance measures, issues and risks to partners and management.
• Develop and handle continuous improvement plans for projects with low to medium cost and risk to reach and sustain project goals.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience
• Other minimum qualifications may apply

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Lean six sigma
• Two years of supervisory experience

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet