Job Description
Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. We have a new vision: forging a retail winner that is admired for national strength with deep local roots, that offers an easy, fun, friendly, and inspiring experience, no matter how a customer chooses to shop with us. We want talented individuals to be a part of this journey!
Locally great and nationally strong, Albertsons Companies (NYSE: ACI) is one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States. Albertsons Companies is committed to helping people across the country live better lives by making a meaningful difference, neighborhood by neighborhood. The organization includes 2,230 stores, 23 distribution facilities, and 20 manufacturing plants with over 300,000 employees across 34 states and the District of Columbia. The company is publicly owned with supermarkets across the country that includes Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Shaw’s, Tom Thumb, United Supermarkets, United Express, Randalls, Albertson’s Market, Pavilions, Star Markets, Market Street, Carrs, Haggen, Lucky, Amigos, Andronico’s Community Markets, King’s, Balducci’s, and Albertson’s Market Street.
Our Denver, CO Milk Plant has an opening for a Plant Manager. The expected salary for this position is $114,100 – $159,700 annually.
Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Responsible for the management of various manufacturing functions within a complex production facility, optimizing operational and financial results while meeting all customer requirements for quality and on time product delivery
- Establish a Safety-first work environment by walking the walk and making sure that safety is a point of daily observation and enforcement
- Strong people leader with the ability to connect with personnel at all levels of the organization
- Solid organizer with the ability to adapt priorities to address the biggest needs of the business
- Be a high energy change agent by ensuring that the fundamentals of World Class Manufacturing exist and are follow in all areas of the business to maximize business performance
- Develop a work environment within manufacturing that promotes trust, teamwork, quality, and safety
- Ensure adherence to Company policies and procedures.
- Empower workforce, build teams, assign accountability, hire, develop, evaluate, train, coach, succession planning, and manage union contract negotiations etc.
- Accountable for the controllable costs and capital execution of the plant. Identify and manage capital projects. Identify, relay to upper management, and implement efficiency and cost cutting measures that will improve operational results. Benchmark facility’s costs and pricing to ensure competitive levels are maintained.
- Identify new market opportunities both inside and outside of the Company, while expanding and supporting current business.
- Ensure production of a quality product in compliance with Company, Federal and State guidelines. Ensure regulatory compliance as appropriate (OSHA, EPA, FDA, USDA, HACCP, Etc.).
Minimum Qualifications:
- 7 to 10 years of increasing levels of responsibility in a manufacturing environment
- 3 plus years’ experience with implementing Lean Manufacturing Principles
Preferred Qualifications:
- Four-year college degree in Food Science, Engineering, and/or Business Management preferred
- Experience with fluid Dairy and Culture Production a big plus
- Financial/budget management experience
- Ability to recognize, organize, and prioritize multiple high priority projects
- Ability delegate, assign responsibilities, follow up, and drive accountability at all levels of the organization
- Capital project development, cost estimation and management skills
- Proven negotiation, management, interpersonal, coaching and team building skills
- Managing for Results/ Development skills
- Production Engineering knowledge
- Ability to interface with regulatory agencies
- Exceptional verbal/written communication
- Experience with equipment/maintenance
- Knowledge of MS applications including proficiency with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and ability to grasp additional business-related applications
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