Plant Manager

At Glanbia Inc., our portfolio centers around dairy and we have grown through acquisitions: With our colostrum plant in Ripon along with sites in AZ and SD, we now have over 40 years of bovine colostrum experience and a wealth of manufacturing knowledge and know-how under Glanbia Dairy Nutrition. Expect the same exceptional bovine colostrum production expertise and quality products.

We are hiring a Plant Manager for Ripon, CA. You will provide leadership where plant employees can improve and sustain a zero loss work culture that drives out injuries and ensures products are safe and meet quality specifications. You will manage a plant operation ensuring budget, output, and continuous improvement by engaging all employees.

Responsibilities include:

• Meet production goals which include such areas as yield, quality, and customer specifications.
• Optimize production operations through the strategic management of personnel, operational and mechanical resources.
• Meet goals and budgets set by senior management.
• Analyze daily and weekly reports and in a timely manner and oversee resolution of issues.
• Ensure safety within day to day operations and minimize losses within the plant
• Ensure that daily reports of environmental compliance or issues are available
• Resolve customer complaints, concerns and demands.
• Organize the workflow of Production Managers and Team Leaders to direct their short and long-term development.
• Review production and operating reports and resolve operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays.
• Identify training needs and conduct training when necessary.
• Utilizes GPS processes, driving zero losses and upholds the culture of Glanbia’s non-negotiables.
• Complies with all applicable food safety regulations and mandates (Safe Quality Foods, Food and Drug Admin, Pasteurized Milk Ordinanc

Qualifications/Skills:

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university; or a minimum of five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Understanding of TPM and similar continuous improvement methodologies.
• Typical Physical Activity: Must be able to lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds. Should be able to identify and distinguish colors, see clearly at 20 inches or closer and 20 feet or more, observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point, judge distances and spatial relationships, and adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus.
  • Typical Environmental Conditions: May be exposed to loud noise levels (i.e. manufacturing equipment). May be exposed to humidity, intense heat, and fumes and toxic chemicals. May work in areas with mechanical moving parts, above ground with risk of fall, or areas with risk of electrical shock.

Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwide.  The salary range for a CA based candidate is 100,000 - 125,000 plus an annual bonus. This range may not be applicable to other locations. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role. At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia our culture will celebrate individuality, knowing that together we are more.