General Production Manager (GPM)

Company Description

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939. Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued TEAM Members will shine through in everything we do.

Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms TEAM. We offer the experience of a large organization, but operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage TEAM Members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

Job Description

Pay Range: $95,500 - $119,500 Plus eligible for 10% target bonus. 

The General Production Manager (GPM) will lead a team that includes Shipping/Receiving, Weigh/Price, and Warehouse. Additionally, the GPM will improve the efficiency of supply chain operations through data collection and analysis. The position requires excellent attention to detail, in-depth understanding of the delivery process and exceptional analytics skills. The GPM will manage on time departures and warehouse supplies for the plant.  The GPM will proactively look for opportunities to improve the overall process in the department. This department is a 24 hour/6 day a week operation.

Essential Job Functions:

• Collect data on supply chain operations.
• Analyze data to find areas of supply chain operations process improvements.
• Manage on time departures and reduce shortages. 
• Establish and support relationships with internal business units.
• Responsible for shipping/weigh/price/warehouse department(s) and for meeting department and company goals and standards on quality, yield, productivity cost and safety.
• Responsible for the development and training of Supervisors and employees, working within the guidelines and company policies.
• Responsible for quick and timely feedback to plant on all exceptions in regard to productivity, downtime, quality, yield, cost and safety.
• Responsible for monitoring standards and indexes needed to control area of responsibility. Oversees all warehouse and freezer operations.
• Administer to ensure that safety orientations and safety meetings are held as required to keep frequency and severity to a minimum.
• Participates at department meetings in the planning processes and to the testing and development of techniques/processes to support business needs.
• Assess carrier operations and enforce compliance with quality standards.
• Assess customers results and communicate KPIs/Scorecard to sale team.
• Lead, train and mentor team members individually and as a team.
• Measure supply chain performance and report to management.
• Work with the procurement, transportation, sales team, production planning and IT departments to enhance service and delivery process to customers.
• Collaborate with other departments to close operational gaps.
• Balance safety, cost management and business growth then prepare and create reporting to tools to measure performance.
• Focus on safety, cost management and business growth in all interactions and directives.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, logistics, business management or related fields and 2 or more years’ experience in a supply management role or related position or 6 years of experience in experience in a supply management role or related position.)

Proven knowledge of Transportation or Supply Chain

Working knowledge of data analysis and forecasting tools and ability to develop actionable insights from data.

Attention to detail.

Understanding of procedural best practices in supply chain management.

Great written and verbal communication skills.

Excellent mathematical and analytical skills.

Strong negotiation skills.

Strong people skills and ability to build and improve trusting relationships.

Must demonstrate excellent interpersonal communication skills.

Must be able to evaluate supervision fairly and objectively.

Must exhibit strong leadership skills/internal drive to succeed.

Must be able to prioritize and adjust quickly to a changing work environment with minimal supervision, to meet changing production needs.

Must have advanced problem-solving skills and be able to make independent decisions.

Additional Information

Benefits

We offer our TEAM Members the following benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision health insurance for themselves and their eligible dependents.
• Voluntary benefits such as Group Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Group Accident Coverage, Group Critical Illness Coverage, Individual Short-Term Disability Insurance, and Whole Life Insurance.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care FSA and Dependent Daycare FSA).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• College tuition reimbursement (100% tuition, 80% books, and 100% parking).
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a Company-contribution of up to 4%.
• Vacation, sick, holiday, funeral, and jury duty pay.

 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new TEAM Members.