Manager Shift Operations

Del Monte Foods Position

Del Monte Foods (DMFC) is a multi-national food company headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA, with a powerful portfolio of brands, including iconic Del Monte®, Contadina® and College Inn®. Our premium-quality meal ingredients, snacks and beverages can be found in six out of ten U.S. households.

At Del Monte Foods, we believe in supporting one another. In helping our people shape their own careers - in letting them grow outward, upward and across disciplines. We are tending to the greater good, providing accessible, nourishing, great-tasting food for all. We are Del Monte Foods – Growers of Good.

The salary range for this role is: $86,079.72 - $146,324.22

Responsibilities

Provide all managers with responsibilities for a production operation shift at Del Monte Foods Inc., Plover WI, including compliance and enforcement of company policies & procedures, personnel, safety, production KPIs, and quality. This role will have direct oversight of the Receiving and Sanitation department and all related department activities. During the processing season, the position is required to assume responsibility for a production shift which includes but not limited to: Product Safety, Food Security, Product Legality, and Product Quality.

Food Safety and Quality responsibilities also include:

• Ensure product safety through development, review and enforcement of company policy
• Ensure compliance with local, state, federal and corporate food safety regulatory standards
• Review and enforce company quality standards provided by facility, regional and corporate quality authorities
• Responsible for achieving shift production targets on cost, quality, safety, production volumes, while maintaining a production shift that is GMP compliant with good morale among all employees.
• Ensure compliance of FDA, USDA, BRC, and AIB regulations and corporate quality systems. Act as a member of the HACCP Team.
• Direct Production Supervisor in the non-processing season to schedule, plan, and track all maintenance activity including capital projects.
• Plan and direct department spend to achieve fixed department and capital budgets.
• Utilize company MES (Traksys) and CMMS to identify needs, establish priorities, and improvement opportunities.
• Maintain and promote a safe work environment for all employees. Implement and enforce all safety policies, procedures, and guidelines. Act as member of the Safety Administration committee.
• Manage the performance of full-time and seasonal personnel as required; observe, communicate, appraise, and interact with production personnel; enforce Company policies and procedures. Work with employees and other departments to ensure good employee relations.
• Manage the development and performance of employees within scope of responsibility. This includes writing and presenting annual performance evaluations for salaried direct reports and assisting in the hourly employee evaluations as needed.
• Assist in the success of lean manufacturing and DMPS within area of responsibility. Promote CI as a means of improving production, working conditions (employee morale), and quality.
• Ensure compliance with corporate environmental policies and WPDES permit.

Knowledge

• Understand customer needs and expectations. Organize, plan, and problem-solve to exceed their expectations and develop positive relationships.
• Forward thinker and innovator. Understand key financial indicators and how day-to-day decisions impact the bottom line and other parts of the organization.
• Possess high moral standards and is honest in word and deed. Promote dignity, fairness, and consideration.

Skills

• Ability to multi-task and remain flexible. Possess and display desire, goodwill, initiative, and discipline.
• An effective communicator – Use excellent oral and written skills to communicate with all levels including executive management, outside vendors, and major customers professionally. Keep business leaders abreast of emerging situations as needed.
• Teach, coach, mentor, counsel, motivate, and empower. Nurture relationships with the staff that result in a productive environment that is founded on mutual trust and respect.
• Demonstrate leadership skills to all levels. Translate vision and strategy into explicit plans and action. Rally support behind the vision. Inspire and motivate people to achieve high performance. Recognize success.
• Solution Oriented - work to overcome obstacles or roadblocks always working to resolve in a positive manner. Overcome challenges or obstacles even when it means choosing the hard right over the easy wrong. Expect the same from direct reports.

Actions

• Be a decision maker – you must weigh in and determine the course of action. Set and pursue goals with a sense of purpose and urgency.
• Be a standard-bearer. Demonstrate ownership of policy and the Code of Conduct. Use authority in an appropriate manner.
• Train and empower the staff to run with expectations. Set clear expectations and trust people to decide how to complete high-quality work. Align work and resources to ensure success. Stay focused on the critical priorities. Connect individual work deliverables to organizational and departmental goals.
• Demonstrate professional knowledge and good judgment with focus on achieving necessary tasks at hand and make course-corrections to ensure success. Focus on AOP plans and drive to achieve results. Measure progress against plans and goals.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to endure wet canning facility environment
• Must be able to endure hot/humid canning facility environment (100 degrees).
• Must be able to climb stairs, occasionally.
• Must be able to stand, stoop and walk, occasionally to frequently.
• Must be able to sit sustained periods of time, frequently.
• Must be able to wear protective clothing –hard hat, glasses, hearing protection, steel toe shoes, hair/beard nets frequently.
• Must have ability to carry up to 15lbs., occasionally.
• Must be able to balance or maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow or slippery surfaces.
• Must be able to withstand exposure to sanitation, production, and ingredient processes.

Del Monte Foods Leadership Behaviors

As leaders we:

• Ground Our Teams
• Create the Climate
• Nurture the Good

• Connect our teams to a clear strategy.
• Solve problems together with our teams.
• Are intentional about building trust.

• Provide the support our teams need for success.
• Enable smart risk taking.
• Lead with empathy.

• Hold ourselves and our teams accountable.
• Empower our teams to make decisions and take action.
• Grow and develop our teams.

Qualifications

Required Education and/or Certifications:

• 4-year degree, preferably in Food Science/Business with 3-5 years' experience OR combination of education and experience

Years of Experience:

• 3-5 Years' Experience

Skills:

• General manufacturing practices for food processing.
• Sanitation Concepts
• Environmental Controls
• Quality Assurance
• Accounting: Budgeting, cost control
• Experience with Employee Relations
• Maintenance Knowledge
• Project Management Concepts
• Strong Interpersonal Skills
• Intermediate computer skills (Microsoft Office products)
• SAP experience

We Offer

• Competitive salary.
• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401(k).

Please be advised that your application is not complete until you fill out, sign, and submit an Application for Employment for a specific position for which Del Monte Foods is actively recruiting. Your application must reflect that you possess the required qualifications for the position.

No sponsorship is available for this position.

No agencies or 3rd party vendors.