Plant Manager

Job Requirements

Key Behavioral Competencies: 

•       Results Orientation.  Focused on improving business results through introduction of incremental improvements in business practices; defines key issues and alternatives, evaluating costs, risks and benefits for the organization; emphasizes accountability and a sense of urgency.

•       Change Leadership. Encourages associates to identify improvement opportunities; sets realistic challenges for the team; influences others, internally and externally, to drive change efforts; encourages collaboration and innovation.

•       Learning and Adopting Best Practices. Able to learn new approaches and concepts, identify and develop new ideas or best practices, and apply them to their business; desire to learn (intellectual curiosity), creates a culture of continuous improvement and growth.

•       Strategic Thinking with Business Insight.  Ability to understand the company’s competitive context; strong analytical and conceptual abilities to develop his/her own plan within the general company strategy and communicate clearly to the team.

•       People Oriented Leadership.  Focused on optimizing, developing, and improving work teams by achieving a balance between the productive and the humane, inspiring others to be better; increasing their productive performance and ensuring their personal development; operates in a team-based environment empowering the team and delegates responsibilities, ensuring ownership of decisions and promoting individual accountability.

Education and Work History:

•       Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, Food Science, or a technical field a plus. A combination of education, training and experience that results in demonstrated competency to perform the work may be substituted.

•       12+ years of increasingly responsible manufacturing experience, at least 5 years which must be in the food industry.

•       4+ years of experience leading a high performance management team.

•       Demonstrated leadership of safety initiatives that drive a zero injury culture.

•       Participative management style and excellent organizational and communication skills.

•       Demonstrated track record leading the improvement of operations while delivering day to day performance.

•       In-depth knowledge of baking science and technology, process control and improvement tools.

•       Experience with programs that drive statistical processes and program systems in plant operations.

Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, disability, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.