Who are we:

We're a leading Northeast family-owned food, agricultural products, and agricultural services organization headquartered in Pennsylvania. We provide animal nutrition and feeds; specialty protein production, processing, and marketing; on-farm protein production services; and grain, fertilizer, and ingredient procurement.

We're a stable company with strong core values, great benefits, competitive wage structure, and a safe and healthy work environment. With over 850 team members, we're a growing company in an essential sector – agriculture!

Learn more here: https://www.thewengergroup.com

Position Summary:

The Mill Manager is responsible for directing and managing mill operations which includes the supervision of all employees at the mill, oversight of quality in receiving and all mill operations, inventory management, safety, driving production efficiencies, management of mill costs and meeting customer quality expectations. To accomplish these responsibilities, they will effectively collaborate with quality, procurement, nutrition, transportation and the financial areas of the Company.

They will work with the Transportation Supervisor in assessing driver performance. The manager is responsible for scheduling feed mill activities, managing the inventory of ingredients and supplies, preparing for and ensuring compliance with housekeeping audits, working with Maintenance Supervisor in scheduling preventive maintenance and participating in safety and leadership meetings.

The Mill Manager is responsible for compliance with all company policies, as well as local, state and federal laws and regulations. The manager is responsible for reporting monthly, financial and production activities. The Mill Manager is responsible for all activities that take place at their facility. The manager will operate standard office equipment, feed manufacturing equipment and computer automation equipment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Talent Management

• Manage and coordinate the daily mill labor planning, utilization and evaluation of performance.
• Responsible that all mill employees are properly trained in manufacturing, food safety, quality, safety and environmental policies
• Ensure appropriate and effective level of staffing requirements to fulfill production expectations within budget
• Works in collaboration with HR in recruiting mill talent.
• Provides effective leadership to drive engagement and morale of mill employees
• Provide development opportunities for all level employees in the mill

Milling Operations

• Understands WEM system and how it serves as a manufacturing process control systems and reconciles to inventory management in the Company's financial systems
• Responsible for the timely production of feed looking for opportunities for continuous improvements in mill efficiencies
• Supervise and coordinate with the Maintenance Supervisor the repair and maintenance of all equipment and coordinating repair and maintenance with feed production
• Effectively monitors and manages quality in each phase of the grind, mix, pellet and load out process and has broad and deep understanding of Quality Assurance Program
• Manages overall cleanliness and appearance of the facility
• Responsibility for the adherence to all mill safety procedures and programs with Safety Compliance Coordinator
• Responsible to comply with all environmental policies including relationships with vendor emergency cleanup needs working through the Facilities and Environmental Coordinator

Ingredient and Inventory Management

• Ensures the quality of ingredients from receipt through storage, including bin rotation and clean out.
• Ensures appropriate testing protocols are adhered to relative to ingredient receiving.
• Takes ownership for overall mill inventories in terms of accuracy of reporting and levels needed to sustain daily operations
• Coordinate with Nutrify, Transportation and Logistics all activities as they relate to feed production in regards to ingredients needed and product delivered.

Transportation and Delivery

• Assess driver performance in conjunction with the transportation supervisor
• Evaluate adequacy of load out and manage efficiency of related processes to reduce wait times

Customer Management

• Responsible for the quality of the finished product
• Foster a working relationship with the finished feed customers

Administrative and Other

• Coordinate reporting and record-keeping functions with mill supervisor and shift supervisors
• Review analyze and create reports on production records
• Prepare yearly and monitor period budgets
• Perform other duties as determined by the Regional Operations Manager

Who you are:

• Demonstrates Wenger's Core Values
• Ability to understand and follow Food Safety Standards – FSMA and SQF and State regulations
• Understanding of the financial drivers of the business and managing a budget
• Proficient math skills
• Strong computer skills, including MS Word and Excel
•  Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Proficient oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of various types of feed mill machinery
• General maintenance skills
• Commitment to develop a safe culture

Leadership Expectations

• Management experience with demonstrated leadership and team building capabilities
• Ability to collaborate and interact across all levels of the organization
• Positive attitude and able to motivate team members at all levels
• Ability to lead continuous improvement in operations and service levels
• Demonstrates desire to continue in personal professional and leadership development

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift up to 60 lbs. repeatedly and up to 100 lbs. on occasion
• Ability to climb ladders and work in high places
• Ability to work in confined spaces
• Ability to work in dusty conditions

Position Requirements 

• A minimum requirement of a high school degree
• An associate or college degree (BA or BS in agriculture, manufacturing or relevant industry) preferred
• Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in a feed mill or analogous manufacturing environment
• Minimum of 3 years of leadership experience required
• Able to understand and contribute to all functions in a Mill operation
• Knowledge of feed manufacturing techniques, equipment operation and maintenance
• Possess an advanced knowledge level of animal nutrition
• Ability to complete PCQI training

In addition to our more traditional benefits, we also offer great perks and numerous resources for professional development and team building:

• Promotional opportunities
• Rewards and recognition programs
• Robust onboarding and training program
• Employee Discount Programs (Perks at Work)
• Employee referral program
• Encouraging and collaborative culture 

What our benefits are:

• Paid Time Off, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Parental Leave, etc.
• Carebridge Employee Assistance Program

For all full-time members:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Medical Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Life Insurance/Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Pet Insurance

Each team member has the potential to earn a yearly bonus based on the achievement of company goals.

The Wenger Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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