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Plant Manager - Bakery/Food Manufacturing

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PLANT MANAGER (Bakery / Food Manufacturing)

Dessert Holdings is the leading premium dessert company in the world. We craft artisanal, scratch-made desserts at scale, combining culinary innovation with the finest real ingredients. With a rich heritage spanning seven distinctive brands, we bring unmatched expertise and tailored solutions to our Retail and Foodservice partners.

Dessert Holdings is looking for a dynamic

Plant Manager

responsible for plant operations in

Newburyport, MA . This individual is accountable for all aspects of plant performance to ensure business, operational, quality, and safety objectives are achieved through driving a culture of employee safety and food safety first in everything we do within the plant.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide leadership, direction, and training opportunities to Managers and Supervisors to achieve company goals and objectives

Identify, select, and develop talent to ensure "bench strength" and continued development and advancement of top talent within the organization

Build strong relationships across Quality, Safety, Operations, Technical Services and Commercialization teams while balancing priorities and driving culture

Oversee development and implementation of company standards, policies and procedures and ensure compliance in production operations

Manage assigned metrics and KPIs to drive improvement in plant output and results

Drive safety initiatives in a proactive manner and promote a safe work environment in daily operations

Partner with Quality to ensure quality programs (SQF, HACCP, GMP, etc.) are followed, and participate in investigation, corrective action, and prevention of food safety incidents and non-conformance

Analyze manufacturing variances of ingredient, materials, and labor usage, and develop strategies to reduce them and drive a continuous improvement culture

Enable and partner with product development team to ensure our ability to support speed to market and deliver premium desserts to our customers.

Work with Engineering, Maintenance and Sanitation teams to ensure optimization of plant layout, coordination of plant shutdowns for startups and new equipment installations, and ensure MSS is completed on time for deep cleaning events

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, Food Science, or a technical field

At least 15 years of Manufacturing leadership experience; food manufacturing or bakery experience

Workingknowledge of USDA, SQF, GMP as well as HACCP, sanitation, quality, and safety programs required

Demonstrated leadership in driving strong culture in a production environment

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Black/Green belt or other continuous improvement tools

Must thrive in a multi-cultural environment; bilingual English and Spanish a plus

About Dessert Holdings

Dessert Holdings is a collection of premium dessert companies and brands: The Original Cakerie, Lawler's Desserts, Atlanta Cheesecake Company, Steven Charles, Dianne's Fine Desserts, Kenny's Great Pies, and Willamette Valley Pie Company. Dessert Holdings is owned by Bain Capital, is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, employs more than 3,400 people across ten manufacturing facilities, and is continuing its journey of rapid growth.

EEO Statement

Dessert Holdings and its related entities provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to , , , , , , , , , or any other characteristics protected by law.

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