Job Description
- Plant Leadership Manager - DAY SHIFT
- San Francisco Bay Area
A global player in the Food Manufacturing space is seeking a specific talent to lead the Sanitation function within their state-of-the-art facility in the Bay Area. Reporting directly to the Quality Director, this individual will serve as a crucial member of the plant leadership team with a lot of visibility to the executive team as well.
The Plant Sanitation Manager will have the following responsibilities:
- Facilitate and promote a world-class sanitation-focused culture.
- Devise solutions to address and improve existing issues.
- Develop, implement, and uphold operational KPIs, SOPs, best practices, and processes to foster an effective Sanitation program.
- Manage chemical inventory level
- Drive cross-functional collaboration with other department heads such as Quality, Plant Leadership, Maintenance and Safety to drive synergy across sanitation schedule. Facilitate regular sanitation meetings to ensure alignment
- Ensure sanitation schedule is conducive to meeting production goals, maintenance shut downs and other schedules
- Address strategic and operational challenges by applying quantitative modeling and analysis to profitability assessment, supply chain engineering, transportation optimization, strategic network design, inventory management strategies, and warehousing/distribution operations.
- Apply industry best practices to ensure all company policies and procedures are aligned.
- Participate in audits as necessary to ensure best practices are upheld and operations align with company standards
- Operate with a high sense of urgency in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment. Manage resources accordingly to meet all deadlines.
- Verify that procedures and materials meet safety requirements.
The ideal Plant Sanitation Manager candidate will have the following skill set:
- Bachelor's Degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, or a similar technical field preferred; years of experience might be considered in lieu of a degree.
- 5+ years progressive Sanitation experience in a fast-paced dynamic manufacturing environment
- Experience maintaining chemical inventory
- Experience with Swabbing and tests
- Pest control experience a plus
- Leadership or people management experience a plus
- Food Production, Food Processing, CPG, or similarly regulated industry experience
- Experience with CIP procedures and best practices
- HACCP or PCQI understanding
- Working knowledge of OSHA, EPA, and similar government/regulatory best practices and standards.
- LEAN/Six Sigma Certifications are a plus.
- Proven track record of participating in successful sanitation audits.
- Root-cause analysis experience.
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