Operations Manager 2nd Shift

Location(s):

United States of America

City/Cities:

Auburndale

Travel Required:

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

February 25, 2024

Shift:

Second Shift (United States of America)

Job Description Summary:

Job Profile Summary

Responsible for daily on-site coordination and support of all manufacturing activities at Coman facility, achieved through solid business partnerships. This role is the key conduit between the plant floor, site leadership and The Coca-Cola Company.

Job Description

This position is based in a Co-Manufacturing location in Central Florida. This role provides plant level leadership and support for the on-site Coca-Cola team and builds a robust partnership with the Peace River Citrus Products (PRCP) Coman team. The Operations Lead is responsible for providing parallel direction and support to achieve successful blending, filling, and packaging of existing skus and introduction of innovation for the business. This role requires strong relationship building and involves collaborative oversight and management of various operational aspects such as production, maintenance/engineering, warehousing, quality, and continuous improvement. The Operations Lead will assist the Operations Director to develop and execute initiatives to achieve performance, quality, and additional standards while ensuring manufacturing goals are met.

 What You’ll Do for Us   

In partnership with the PRCP Coman, provide leadership and execution to drive the following activities:

• Provide daily leadership and support to assure full attainment of all production requirements.
• Support efforts to select, supervise, and develop operations personnel.
• Provide PRCP site team with leadership, direction, and coaching to achieve work objectives and improve performance and skills.
• Ensure plant is compliant with all federal, stated, regulatory and Company policies and procedures.
• Investigate and support resolution of customer service issues and improvements.
• Support all Company, Federal and State communications/audits and implement any necessary changes.
• Develop strategies for implementing The Coca-Cola Management System to ensure product quality and food safety as defined by Company requirements.
• Develop process improvement initiatives to benefit the Coca-Cola/PRCP partnership by directing supply chain activities, involving external suppliers, functional peers, account teams and/or cross-functional teams.
• Analyze performance data to identify business plan variances using established systems and ad-hoc problem solving.
• Support, investigate and identify root causes of any facility safety or security incident or environmental regulation non-compliance to prevent reoccurrence of similar incident at same or other facilities.
• Inspect facility (e.g., production, warehouse, service/installation) to assure adherence to safety and operating policies and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) using Company policies and procedures.
• Assure that PRCP maintain product, packaging and material inventory/availability using demand forecasts, historical orders, and software tools in order to support the operations plans and customer demand of the plant.
• Identify and recommend improvements to supply chain metrics and performance standards using research, supplier relationships, industry knowledge and best practices in order to secure benefits for the Coca-Cola/PRCP partnership.
• Develop analytical tools and reports (e.g., staffing models, rate models, procurement models, inventory models, stewardship models) to manage supply chain performance.
• Review plant production equipment environment (e.g., technology, systems, quality, cost, efficiencies, yield) to recommend process improvements.
• Monitor feedback mechanisms for business issues (e.g., metrics are met, problems are addressed, modifications and/or improvements are captured and integrated) to ensure product quality and consistency.

Qualifications & Requirements  

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 5-7 years production/manufacturing experience, preferably in the food and/or beverage industry. 
• 4+ years supervisory experience
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams showing improvement in plant KPIs.
• Requires experience managing people/budget.
• Working knowledge of the principles of manufacturing management.
• Working knowledge of specific supply chain capabilities, strategies, and interdependencies.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally and coordinate efforts around process improvement.
• Working knowledge of basic elements of Good Manufacturing Practices in a manufacturing environment

• Communication and Rel