Director of Production Support – Kenny’s Candy & Confections
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In our most recent fiscal year, KLN Family Brands paid out over $6 million in profit-sharing to our employees!!!
Our Story
KLN Family Brands is a 3rd generation family-owned business that started in 1964 with its corporate headquarters located in Perham, MN, in the heart of MN lakes country. Together, our companies manufacture a diverse and expanding range of high-quality human and pet food products.
At KLN Family Brands, our vision is that “We are a proud people-first company. We are successful because of trust-based relationships and first-rate products for our families and friends. We better the world by caring for others. We challenge. We grow. We inspire.”
Some companies have to “fudge the story” a little. Some need the extra “spin” to shine a positive light on themselves. That’s not who we are at KLN Family Brands, and that’s not what we do. We tell the story of our brand – our people, the quality of our products, our spirit & moxie, our tradition, and the way we treat our community & beyond. We do it in a genuine way because we genuinely believe we’re a pretty amazing company.
The Opportunity
We’re now hiring a full time Director of Production Support who is responsible for meeting the reliability, quality, and efficiency goals set by the organization by developing, implementing, and evaluating programs to support production. Includes leadership of the Maintenance, Quality, Regulatory, Continuous Improvement, Environmental Health and Safety and Capital Projects areas.
Essential Duties:
Strong focus on safety and incident reduction.
Directs and oversees the Quality, Maintenance, Regulatory, and Capital projects departments and leadership teams.
Designs and optimizes Quality, Maintenance, and Capital project software module system use.
Collaborates with management and senior staff across production departments and roles to draft acceptable quality standards and improve general quality of product.
Drives root cause analysis and corrective actions for quality and maintenance.
Ensure preventative maintenance, predictive maintenance, and life cycle programs are developed, implemented, performed, and audited for equipment, facility, and grounds.
Prepare and adhere to annual operating budgets.
Ensure capital acquisition and replacements projects and programs are managed.
Provide leadership to personnel for the purpose of developing technical skills and knowledge.
Coach, mentor, and grow leadership team.
Drive the elimination of unplanned stoppages linked to a technical cause while optimizing the total cost of operation through detailed loss analysis.
Sets and evaluates departmental goals and objectives through a collaborative effort with the operations, supply chain, sales, and marketing leadership.
Drive the optimization of planned stoppages.
Responsible for project engineering design and project implementation of capital projects.
Manage the site’s capital budget and capital spending.
Analysis of manufacturing and capital project variances.
Provide regular status reports to management on application status and other metrics.
Coordinates with operations departments regarding production design and development to ensure compliance with regulations.
Monitors the company’s production activities and ensures compliance with applicable regulations and standard operating procedures.
Maintains current knowledge of regulations applicable to the company.
Coordinate areas of communication within company having impact on scope, budget, risk and resources of all stakeholders
Analyze data and variances to identify trends that present opportunities or exposures for the company and make recommendations on appropriate actions.
Ensures thorough review of shop floor clocking’s for both machine and labor, direct and indirect.
Determine, track, and improve key supply chain KPIs.
Accomplish other duties as assigned.
To assist in the development and implementation of a “Best In Class” continuous improvement strategy.
To work with key business stakeholders to build a continuous improvement environment to support with ongoing program change.
To ensure LEAN/ process improvement-based workshops are being executed.
To ensure plant team members develop and implement safety plans and policies.
To ensure audits, plant inspections, new equipment/process reviews and safety incident investigations are completed.
Qualifications
BS degree with Masters or MBA preferred.
10-15 years progressive experience in production or production support management roles.
Must be a strategic thinker with confidence and speed of execution.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent analytical and negotiation skills required.
Leadership Skills with an emphasis on coaching/ mentoring
Business Knowledge
Advanced certifications and food industry experience a plus.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
Industries
Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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