Provide strategic direction and leadership to engage entire plant operation in continuously improving Engagement, Safety, Quality, Productivity, Operational Excellence and Costs. Develop a leadership that ensures all plant employees can improve and sustain a zero loss work culture that drives out injuries and ensures products are safe and meet quality specifications. Manage all aspects of a 24/7 plant operation ensuring budget, output, and continuous improvement by engaging all employees. Directs, administers, and coordinates the activities of the organization in support of policies, goals, and objectives established by the company.

• Create an environment of strong team spirit, timely and effective communications, sense of urgency, high motivation and inspire teams to achieve goals in the immediate and longer term.
• Be an active and visible change agent, promoting flexible and open mindsets to new opportunities.
• Establish strategic goals and objectives and maintain full strategic responsibility for aseptic product manufacturing operations.
• Drive collaboration within site and across network activities, cross-functional planning, and decision making.
• Accountable for overall budget and financial performance of Aseptic product manufacturing operations.
• Proactively promote positive Safety Culture and GMP operating principles.
• Drive continuous improvement of manufacturing procedures and related equipment in collaboration with Production, Engineering and Quality.
• Participate in the development of manufacturing, productivity, and financial goals and manage operations so that all departmental and site goals are met.
• Ensure GMP compliance and inspection readiness for product manufacturing operations at all times. Actively support internal and external inspection activities.
• Ensure that staff are appropriately trained and qualified for the activities they perform.
• Support the development of the production plan for aseptic product manufacturing and ensure conformance with production schedules.
• Continuously monitor deviations in the area of responsibility and define and implement sustainable measures to reduce deviations. Promote problem identification and a culture of proactive problem prevention.
• Coach and develop supervisors and junior staff via effective development planning. Manage the performance planning process for all direct reports. Coordinate department level hiring and staffing plans. 
• Identify on-going opportunities for improvement that enables the facility to develop to its optimum profit potential and decrease the cost of production.
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• Lead daily operations and AM pillars. 
• Utilizes GPS processes, driving zero losses and upholding the culture of non-negotiables.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands

• Regularly involves talking or listening, standing and walking, and the use of hands and fingers.
• Frequently involves reaching with hands and arms, standing and walking
• Occasionally involves crouching, stooping, kneeling and/or climbing or balancing.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Manual dexterity sufficient to reach/handle items, works with the fingers, and perceives attributes of objects and materials.
• Involves moderate physical activity performing somewhat strenuous daily activities of a primarily product/technical nature.
• Should be able to identify and distinguish colors, see clearly at 20 inches or closer and 20 feet or more, observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point, judge distances and spatial relationships, and adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus.

• May be exposed to loud noise levels (i.e. manufacturing equipment).
• May be exposed to humidity, intense heat, and fumes and toxic chemicals.
• May work in areas with mechanical moving parts, above ground with risk of fall, or areas with risk of electrical shock.

• • Minimal overnight travel (up to 10%) by land and/or air.

Compensation for roles at Glanbia varies depending on a wide range of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience. Glanbia provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in CA. This range may not be applicable to other locations. The salary for CA based employees for this role is $100,000 - $120,000 per year.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. 

At Glanbia our culture will celebrate individuality, knowing that together we are more.