Operations Manager

Job Title

AMPI owns seven Midwest-based manufacturing plants where 10 percent of the nation's American-@type cheese, processed cheese and butter is produced. The cooperative's award-winning cheese, butter and powdered dairy products are marketed to foodservice, retail and food ingredient customers. In 2019, the co-op launched its Dinner Bell Creamery brand and accompanying Co-op Crafted promise, highlighting more than 50 years of dairy farm families partnering with skilled buttermakers and cheesemakers.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Safety & Quality Responsibility - All AMPI employees are responsible for reporting any employee safety, food safety, or product quality concerns to the appropriate authority.
• Heightened Safety & Quality Role - This position carries elevated responsibility for ensuring food safety and product quality across all operations activities.
• Operational Leadership - Plans, administers, and directs daily operations while driving continuous improvement to increase efficiency, reduce cost, and strengthen process reliability.
• Safety Leadership - Fosters a "safety-first" culture through employee engagement, coaching, and participation. Leads behavior-based safety initiatives, investigates concerns, and implements corrective actions collaboratively.
• Cost Management - Manages departmental budget responsibly while identifying, developing, and implementing cost-saving initiatives that support overall organizational profitability.
• Team Leadership & Development - Leads direct reports who supervise operations employees. Provides direction, coordination, and evaluation of the team. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, onboarding, training, performance evaluation, recognition, coaching, and corrective action, always aligned with company policy.
• Strategic Alignment - Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals and adapts plans to evolving business conditions.
• Adaptability - Manages competing priorities effectively and adjusts work methods or approaches to suit changing demands.
• Collaborative Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems promptly by gathering and analyzing information. Facilitates group problem-solving sessions, encourages input from others, and develops alternative solutions as needed.
• Team Culture & Morale - Builds a positive, collaborative team environment that promotes trust, communication, and mutual accountability. Works with the team to drive results and exceed divisional...

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