Production Manager II

Location(s):

United States of America

City/Cities:

Apopka

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

Job Posting End Date:

September 5, 2024

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

Job Summary

Flavor Manufacturing Apopka’s (FMAp) Production Director leads the manufacture and planning of flavours to our Company’s network of concentrate plants. This role ensures FM’s mission is accomplished throughout the daily activities taking place at the Apopka, Florida operation: “Flavor Manufacturing guarantees the continuous supply of cola and other proprietary flavors of unquestionable quality, while promoting a culture of safety, supporting innovation, creating value and protecting the Company’s most valuable trade secrets”.

Main Responsibilities:

The Director of Production will oversee all aspects of 24/5 facility production operations for The Coca-Cola Flavor Manufacturing plant in Apopka, Florida.  The incumbent will lead and mentor the entire operations team to drive performance as well as focus on continuous improvement to contribute to the design, development, and execution of an operating model. This is an onsite role. Below is a breakdown of the main responsibilities:

Overall plant responsibilities

• Prepare department budget along with short- and long-term operations strategy in line with site goals and objectives.
• Prioritize operations urgencies and drive excellence.
• Establish and follow routines to meet daily production targets for 24/5 facility.
• Prepare departmental costs and variances with regards to productivity, short and long-range planning, labor scheduling, product scheduling, raw materials, packaging supplies, product weights, sanitation, and housekeeping.
• Manage Production Managers who are accountable for production staff and employees from other departments in the off shifts.
• Organize and facilitate production area activities to ensure conformance to establish requirements regarding quality, safety, environment, food safety, employee- relations, productivity and cost scheduled volume outputs.
• Responsible for employing, training, supervising, disciplining, and the discharging of the employees in the department as per company guidelines and policies.
• Reviews inventories and production plans with the Material/Scheduling planner.  Develops production and efficiency reports.
• Coordinates schedule demands with staff and product movement personnel.
• Responsible for the equipment and people performance including efficiencies, losses, waste, and yields.
• Manages the product processing and packaging areas from receiving raw materials into Production area to finished product, including CIP systems and sanitation of areas.
• Accountable for 3rd party audits/results as well as internal programs compliance and audits
• Reviews product and equipment specifications to ensure conformance to product specifications are realized.
• Reviews all nonconforming product or ingredients with Technical Department and prepares a plan to drive progress to short term and long-term improvements.
• Monitors department throughout shifts and assure employee compliance with GMP’s, sanitation, environment, safety, and other company requirements.
• Ensure supervisory and hourly coverage needs are met when needed. Perform the duties of a supervisor when needed. Ensure cross training and skill pool to meet the needs of the business.
• Perform training needs analyses, as appropriate, and initiates, develops, and/or coordinate the implementation of specific training and development programs for staff and associates.
• Continually analyses and reduces equipment downtime, usage losses and cost of production. Drive root cause corrective action for issues and continuous improvement in performance
• Responsible to meet plant targets related to Safety, People, Quality, Environment, Service, Productivity, Cost, Savings, Projects etc.
• Work with Production, Planning, Maintenance, Warehouse, Customer Service, Transportation, Product Development, Suppliers, Engineering, Quality, HR/LR, Associates and other related departments/teams in finding innovative ways to improve Performance of the site, and ensuring plant and company goals are met.
• Lead and/or support capital and OPEX projects.
• Work with leadership to develop and execute annual business plans to support business growth and performance.
• Support Employee involvement in Safety, Analytical Problem Solving, Project Planning, Vendor and Customer Relations, fostering a Team atmosphere.
• Participate in the ISO, GMP, FSSC, KORE and other internal audits and own the actions to drive improvements for development of proc