• Leads the Operation of the Plant to maintain personnel and process safety:
  • Maintains an environment in which personal safety is the top priority
  • Ensures the team works safe and the department maintains compliance of all health and safety regulations
  • Aligns department goals with complex goals and communicates the direction and priorities to the department leveraging a structured management system.
  • Coordinates operation of the production area to insure adherence to established product, environmental, safety and housekeeping quality guidelines set by the company
  • Demonstrates ADM Core Values in decision making and actions.
  • Collaborates with work groups across the organization to develop a strategic vision for the department that is put into action through the department deployment plan.
  • Supports Quality and the Food Safety Management Systems, may be a member of the Food Safety Team
  • Acts as a key stakeholder to the plant leadership team.
• Models the way of the Performance Excellence Journey:
  • Leads and Coaches the team to leverage continuous improvement tools to achieve department and plant KPI's.
  • Works closely with Supervisors, Subject Matter Experts, Department Engineers, and Operations Colleagues to deliver flawless execution of the department deployment plan.
  • Work in collaboration with Centers of Excellence to improve technology and reliability of the operations.
  • Conducts Daily Review and Response and works closely with the plant manager and steering team to adjust and adapt.
  • Leads Standard Work discussions with department team.
• Is an Effective Communicator:
  • Communicate timely with the Plant Manager to escalate situations that arise
  • Interprets and ensures consistent application of organizational policies and procedures
  • Takes on additional roles and responsibilities to continually develop self-and/or other teams

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work-related experience.

• 5+ years' experience in a leadership role
• Demonstrated Strong commitment and leadership in safety systems
• A strong understanding of corn processing
• Experience with Food Safety, GMP, and GFSI
• Strong organizational skills and ability to plan priorities effectively, including capital planning, production scheduling, maintenance planning and 5 year planning
• Proficient in mentoring, training, and development of colleagues with both operational and technical backgrounds.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) for coordination, training, and reporting
• Able to utilize independent judgement to solve problems, have excellent organizational skills to effectively handle multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and strive for continuous improvement and high expectations for direct reports.
• Ability to achieve and track excellence using performance driven metrics leveraging Performance Excellence or similar continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, TPS
• Microsoft Office

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