Plant Manager (Breast Debone and Ground Chicken)

Summary

Perdue Farms is hiring a Plant Manager (Breast Debone and Ground Chicken) to support our Rockingham, NC Harvest facility! The Plant Manager's (Breast Debone and Ground Chicken) primary responsibility is to provide leadership and direction in the production and maintenance operations to ensure timely and cost efficient production and distribution of Company products in a designated part of the plant. The Plant Manager (Breast Debone and Ground Chicken) will also provide day-to-day supervision of the management staff to achieve required production and quality standards in a safe manner, and for promoting and maintaining positive working relationships with the production group.

Principal and Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Established, measures and is accountable for operating and capital budgets for the operation in a manner to enable the operation to maintain a competitive position in the industry.
• Meets all facility operational plans, to ensure yield, birds per man hour, pounds per man hour, line efficiency, CSI and QI requirements are met.
• Ensures processes are in place to continuously reduce turnover, improve safety results as measured by the Safety scorecard and create the environment that will make the facility the Employer of Choice in the area.
• Ensures processes are in place to continually provide training to improve supervisory skills of staff and improve the skill set of the hourly production associates to maximize the results of individual and team efforts.
• Constantly develops new ideas and methods to improve operational performance and improve quality and customer reliability.
• Supports and promotes the Company's annual People, Products, Profitability and Planet goals through effective planning, communication, emphasizing the requirement for all team members to be efficient and effective in their respective responsibilities.

Minimum Education

• Bachelors degree in Business, Ag-business or related discipline

Experience Requirements

• 5 plus years related work experience.
• Should be computer literate with skill in Microsoft Office.
• Proven track record demonstrating ability to lead people and get results.
• Requires prior supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of and ability to provide strong customer orientation.
• Must be able to communicate to all levels of the organization; possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Must be able to travel to other facilities and plants for meetings and/or company business.

Environmental Factors and Physical Requirements

1. May need to move light equipment or supplies from one place to another. 2. May need to access files, supplies and equipment. 3. When in a plant environment: Exposure primarily consists of wet and moist floors which include metal and plastic grating surfaces. May be exposed to temperatures of 28 degrees to 100 degrees Fahrenheit with both ambient and 100% humidity. May handle product 25 degrees to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. May be exposed to noise ranges of 50 db to 110 db. May be exposed to all chemicals used in poultry, food, processing facility. Must wear and use protective and safety equipment required for the job as directed by the Company.