Production Manager

Join Meyer Natural Foods as a Production Manager to lead production, ensure quality and safety, and drive excellence in collaboration with our copacker partners!

On a pristine Montana Angus cattle ranch, Meyer Natural Foods began as a pursuit of the founder Bob Meyer's passion. He aimed to produce the best-tasting beef by practicing the highest standards of ranching. Today, Meyer Natural Foods has broadened its expertise in the natural protein category by expanding the product portfolio to include beef, pork, and turkey. Privately held and wholly owned for more than 25 years, over 16,500 retail locations and food distributors feature Meyer Natural Foods' premium products across the United States, Canada, and Asia. learn more about us on our website:

Overview of the Position: This is a hands-on full-time position performing day-to-day duties, including oversight of production and quality assurance on the floor. The Director of Operations will ensure accurate product specifications, food safety, and quality by performing the following duties in conjunction with copacker partners, as needed and determined by leadership.

What will you do?

• Oversees weekly productions at various processing partners as needed (mostly in Fort Morgan)
• Ensures product specifications are achieved
• Weekly review of production yield reports and communication of specific performances
• Communicate with the scheduling team to ensure customer orders are filled and communicate needed adjustments as production details are available
• Communicate with processing partners any customer complaints/claims received and facilitate corrective actions to prevent in the future
• Communicate with accounting on claims and credits associated with production deviations, providing tracking and visibility throughout the business
• Provide weekly summary reports to the processing partners who visit for feedback
• Ensures that food safety and monitoring program implementation meets corporate and regulatory standards. Oversees and monitors program implementation (i.e., HACCP, USDA)
• Ensures compliance with national and international standards and legislation, considering the application of environmental and health/safety standards.
• Conducts plant audits as scheduled and ensures follow-up to identified issues
• Conducts inspections of processes and employee training and ensures compliance with applicable food laws and regulations and GMPs
• Assist with other duties as assigned.

Do you have the education and experience for this role?

• High School education is required
• 7+ years of related experience as a Production Superintendent is required
• 1+ years of leadership experience is required. and ability to support copacker and vendor relationships
• Prior plant experience is highly required
• A strong understanding of operations and quality assurance is required
• Beef, Pork, and other protein industry experience is strongly required
  
  

Compensation: $70,000 to $90,000/ annually (depending on experience)

Do you possess these specialized Skills that make you a qualified candidate:

• Understanding of SSOP, GMPs and HACPP CCP as required in protein environment
• The ability to support copacker and vendor relationships is necessary
• Capable of providing support, serving as a contact between the Meyer Operations Team and leadership at individual copacker locations
• A strong understanding of operations and quality assurance is preferred.
• Advanced skills in managing copacker relationships
• Able to support profitability through the advancement of Meyer Team culture
• Advanced analytical skills are required, such as the ability to multitask
• Exceptional attention to detail and thoroughness in completing tasks
• Frequent travel to various plants throughout the United States is required
• Attention to Detail - The job requires careful attention to detail while seeing a task to completion
• Must have a clean driving record, maintain current vehicle insurance, and be able to pass insurability guidelines for drivability
  
  

Closing Date: 08/01/2024

Benefits: For Full-Time eligible employees (not temporary positions), offering of Medical, Dental, Vision, and Employer paid Life Insurance/STD/LTD, Paid Time Off Vacation, Sick, and Holiday leave.

While we sincerely appreciate all applications, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Please note the selected candidate will be required to submit a criminal records check and references with a conditional offer of employment.

NO RECRUITERS!

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