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Job Summary

Reporting to the Senior Director of Manufacturing you will provide overall leadership for the plant operations to include production efficiency, product quality, food safety, regulatory compliance, physical asset management, supply chain effectiveness, cost control, workplace safety/security/health, community/employee relations, and human capital development. The Plant Manager owns the plant culture and the change processes needed to implement CPS (ConAgra Performance Systems) and lead to zero losses.

You Will:

 • Develop plant-specific strategic vision, mission, and goals to assure continuous improvement and agreement on enterprise vision, mission, and goals.

 • Grow employee engagement and development to maximize safety, quality, and productivity.

 • Provide direct oversight for the operations management team including production, engineering, maintenance, planning, procurement, quality, safety and logistics along with a connection to both finance and human resources.

 • Provide leadership for assessing and enhancing plant capabilities.

 • Develop and manage facility budget including capital expenditures and cost management.

 • Ensure all food safety, quality standards, specifications, and policies are met, promote process/manufacturing improvements and collaborate with Research and Development in product development and implementation.

 • Develop a culture based on open/honest dialog and involvement of all team members that shows the value of their input/engagement in improving performance.

 • Provide leadership for diversity and positive community involvement/relations.

 • Promote a culture of high performance and accountability in employee and product safety and other aspects of the business.

 • Collaborate with Human Resources and other function leaders to create and execute employee relations processes and develop managers to do the same to maintain a positive working environment and support the labor relations philosophy

 • Collaborate with R&D and Marketing in new product development to ensure plant capabilities and production feasibility are understood and addressed.

You Have:

 • Bachelor's Degree required (i.e. Business, Industrial Management, Engineering, Food Science, Management, Operations).

 • 3+ years of manufacturing experience required.

 • 2+ years experience in a significant leadership role in a plant required

 • Experience in multiple pillars of TPM (Leadership, Organization Capability, Focused Improvement, Progressive Maintenance, Autonomous Maintenance, Early Management, Supply Chain, Quality and Safety) required.

 • Manufacturing experience in a Food, Beverages, Chemical or related industry required.

 • Change Management skills required.

 • Food safety background required.

 • Experience with FDA.

 • Business, Analytical and Financial experience required.

Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

 • Health: Medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid life, accident and disability insurance

 • Wealth: great pay, incentive opportunity,

 • Growth: online courses, virtual and classroom development experiences

 • Balance: paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules

Our Company:

Dire Dawa  leading palm oil food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great oil food, and a team that’s passionate about innovation and growth.

AMA Oil Factory is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law.