Plant Manager

LHH Recruitment Solutions is currently hiring a Plant Manager to lead daily operations and ensure safety, quality, and efficiency. This position is ideal for an applicant who is fluent in both English and Spanish with at least 8 years of manufacturing leadership experience. This role is in Oak Lawn, IL and the anticipated salary is $120,000 -$130,000 annually.

Responsibilities:

• Lead daily operations in a food manufacturing and distribution facility, including manufacturing, warehouse, shipping, and receiving
• Ensure employees are engaged and aligned with daily safety, quality and operational goals
• Drive process and performance improvements
• Develop teams through coaching, training, and feedback
• Identify risks and operational issues and develop solutions through root cause analysis rather than temporary fixes
• Maintain and continuously improve the food safety system, and ensure SQF requirements are understood
• Ensure inventory accuracy
• Make operational decisions using data, experience, and sound judgment
• Maintain an audit-ready culture and lead corrective actions from audits, internal findings, and process failures

Qualifications:

• Bilingual English/Spanish required
• Minimum 8 years of manufacturing leadership experience, with 5+ years of food manufacturing leadership experience
• SQF experience required
• Thorough understanding of SQF requirements, traceability systems, GMPs, HACCP, Preventative Controls, and food safety programs
• Proven leadership experience, including developing teams, creating structure, and making sound operational decisions
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Previous experience improving operations through process improvement, employee development, and effective use of existing resources

Benefits include:

• Medical insurance with company contribution
• Vision, Dental, Basic Life and AD&D insurance
• 401k retirement plan with 1% matching
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• 10 days vacation/PTO days
• 5 paid sick days
• 7 paid holidays

Pay Details: $120,000.00 to $130,000.00 per year

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