Department: MFG Management
Post End Date: 12/17/2022
Position Type: Employee
Position Reports To: MFG VP, Team Leader or MFG Director, Team Leader
Position Supervises: Plant Senior Human Resource Leader, Plant Senior Operations Resource Leader, Plant Senior Engineer Leader, Plant Senior Quality Leader, Plant MFG Information Technologist (MIT), Plant Continuous Improvement Leader (CIL)
Pay Level: 12 - 13
FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Summary:

Lead and execute implementation of integrated strategies, processes, and systems designed to increase workplace productivity and engagement. Attract, retain, engage and develop leadership team with requisite skills and abilities to meet current and future business needs. Drive increasing levels of customer and employee satisfaction while improving the efficiency of manpower, materials and production processes. Perform all jobs safely, efficiently and accurately to maintain and improve the performance of the entire plant in the areas of Safety, Quality, Reliability (SQR) and our Customer 1st strategy. Provide leadership that embodies our 7 Manufacturing High Performance Work System principles. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety of others.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide strategic leadership to align our business and people practices toward deliverables representative of best in class.
• Keep abreast of market conditions, competition, technological advancements, government regulations and supplier dynamics that impact our business.
• Establish measurement tools and data analytics to provide Senior Management with strategic risk insight.
• Lead High Performing Work Teams to achieve balanced performance against key measurements and objectives.
• Serve as ranking executive of the facility; act as local company representative in dealing and complying with governmental agencies, suppliers and local community relations.
• Protect, manage and maximize the use of all company assets.
• Lead strategic workforce planning design and efficient management of sound processes for identifying and filling workforce needs.
• Prepare annual operating budgets with plant and division staff and execute plans within agreed upon budgetary and time constraints.
• Ensure controls are in place to analyze, react to and minimize cost factors of labor, material, and burden in the plant operations.
• Maintain and operate plant at established levels of Safety, Quality, and Reliability; ensure high program visibility and effectiveness while adhering to Corporate and division guidelines and standards.
• Follow established programs, policies and practices to produce safe, quality foods that meet regulatory and company requirements.
• Support the development, implementation, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of the SQF 2000 Systems.
• Accountable to the Kroger Manufacturing Food Safety and Quality Principles.
• Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provides feedback to direct reports.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Minimum Position Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years’ leadership experience in manufacturing operations
• Proven highly effective management skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• High degree of integrity and judgment
• Thorough knowledge of plant operations and procedures
• Strong strategic thinking, critical thinking, and analytical ability
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Position level determined by plant size and operational complexity

Desired Previous Job Experience:

• 8+ years of Food Manufacturing/Processing or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of Fluid Dairy Manufacturing Leadership experience
• Management experience in a union environment

Leadership Behaviors: Achieves Results through Teamwork, Coaches and Develops Others, Communicates Effectively and Candidly, Executes with Excellence, Leads Change and Innovation, Leads through Positive Influence, Provides Clear and Strategic Direction, Puts the Customer First. For more information on the Kroger Leadership Behavior model, click here.

Education Level: Bachelor's Required
Required Travel: Up to 25%
Required Certifications/Licenses: None
Regions: Mountain; Any; General Office- Cincinnati; Mid-Atlantic; Midwest; South; West

States: Colorado; Alabama; Alaska; American Samoa; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Connecticut; Delaware; District of Columbia; Federated States of Micronesia; Florida; Georgia; Guam; Hawaii; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Marshall Islands; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Northern Mariana Islands; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon; Palau; Pennsylvania; Puerto Rico; Rhode Island; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Vermont; Virgin Islands; Virginia; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming
Keywords: Plant Manager, Site Leader, Manufacturing Superintendent