Operations Manager - St. Johnston

Salary: € 35 000

Job Title: Operations Manager

Position: Permanent

Town/City: St. Johnston

County/Location: County Donegal

Contact: Julie Roddy on 028 713 60070 (Quote ref. no# eoc2)

Job Last Updated: 12/01/2012

Job Description

Candidates are responsible for all aspects of Operations in a multi-product environment as a member of the company's senior management team. Contribute to cross-functional strategic planning to achieve company objectives.

Ensure Costs, quality, yield and human resources are utilised to its optimum so as to continuously improve profitablity, customer satisfaction and overall company performance.

Job Role(s)

• Implement change through the site in line with the company strategic plan.
• Full management of the processing cycle, from animals in to finaly product despatched and delivered on time and at the correct cost.
• Work closely with senior management team to provide clear senior leadership and report on operational performance at senior management meetings.
• Ensure the delivery of agreed KPI's for all production, quality and customer satisfaction activities and take appropriate action where necessary with emphasis on service and profit.
• Co-ordinate and plan the processing schedule in the short, medium and long term taking account of customer requirements, seasonal variation and promotional plans.
• Objective Setting and Performance Management of middle management.
• Strategic Planning ensuring the most efficient use of company resources. (This includes staff training, waste reduction, energy management etc.)
• Identify areas of process failure and propose improvements and take necessary corrective action.
• Ensure compliance with all internal, customer and legislative environmental, Health and Safety, Food Safety and Quality requirements.

Qualifications Required

• Post secondary degree or comparable related experience.
• Relevant industrial management experience, preferably within a large food processing environment, of between 2 and 5 years. Experience running an BRC and An Bord Bia approved facility would be an asset.
• Proven strong skills in production planning, scheduling, budgeting, inventory control and project management.
• Excellent understanding of the food/meat industry.�
• Strong Business acumen and professionalism, with the ability to interface effectively at all levels.
• Demonstrated abilities in verbal and written communications and interpersonal skills.
• Highly developed leadership, interpersonal, and people management skills with strength in planning and objective setting for a team of people.
• Proven Continuous Improvement and change management experience willing to discover best practices and strive to achieve them.

How To Apply

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