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This role is part of our Purina Animal Nutrition business helping our network of local cooperatives, independent dealers and other large retailers serve producers, and animal owners throughout the United States. Through industry -leading R&D and committed partnerships, we innovate the nutrition products and practices that unlock the full potential of every animal for a healthier, more productive life.
In this position, you will coordinate all production processes. Take the forefront in safety and quality, employee engagement and coaching, and compliance with regulatory needs. Provide leadership for production, guidance, and supervision to hourly employees by directly supervising and coordinating the activities of employees. This includes production, housekeeping, quality control and distribution to ensure safety, production, quality, and cost standards are met. Continuous improvement is always our goal so you must be energized by making things better through projects and your daily work.
In addition, this position is charged with implementing and sustaining our company quality program to assure all products manufactured by our animal feed manufacturing plant comply with FDA/EQMS (Enterprise Quality Management Systems). Additional responsibilities include the facilitation and reporting of laboratory testing, training of production personnel, and monitoring special customer-driven projects.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate production, packing, and ingredient processing.
- Support safety and environmental programs to ensure full compliance.
- Provide leadership for production, guidance, and supervision to hourly employees by directly supervising and coordinating the activities of employees.
- Ensure safety, production, quality, and cost standards are met.
- Uphold and demonstrate the Land O’Lakes core values.
- Optimize efficiencies and meet plant objectives.
- Work closely with all members of management staff to ensure that the highest quality products meet scheduled commitments in a safe/efficient manner at the lowest possible cost.
Required (Basic) Experience & Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, Feed/Food Science, or related degree.
- 2+ years of responsibility in manufacturing environment (feed/food manufacturing strongly preferred), including supervisory accountability.
Required Competencies & Other Skills:
- Strong customer service, quality orientation, and the ability to work as part of a team.
- Proven leadership skills, strong written and verbal communication skills, problem-solving skills, and the ability to plan and organize.
- Unquestionable integrity, customer focus, organizational skills, and possesses strong attention to detail.
- Capacity for consistently meeting deadlines and managing multiple projects.
- Strong computer proficiency in Microsoft Office Suites and data entry.
- Proven ability to coach, make decision making, facilitate changes, manage conflict, and align performance with success.
Preferred Experience & Education:
- Previous animal science, feed manufacturing, quality, and/or regulatory experience preferred.
Preferred Competencies & Other Skills:
- Strong, motivational, leadership, and training skills.
- Handle customer complaints correctly and with urgency to communicate with all parties involved.
- Ability to execute Operator EQMS Standards training and development.
- Advanced safety training, HACCP training/certifications.
Percentage of Travel: Less than 10%.
Salary: $69,040 - $103,560
In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges
About Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.
Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k).
Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.
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