Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Competencies:
Knowledge of quality control policies and procedures for the manufacturing industry;
of demand and production planning processes at the plant and multiple plant levels;
of production tool tracking, capacity verification, engineering change and tracking, and
technical information tracking. Skills with Time management; multi-unit budgeting process; supervising, training, and mentoring other supervisors. Ability to mentor/develop managers and other contributors; to carry out manufacturing; to manage multiple plants; to manage an operating budget; and to develop short and long term workforce plans.
Education and Experience:
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in either agriculture or business administration or closely related field and ten (10) years’ experience: 1. in agriculture which involves at least three or more of the following areas: beef production, dairy production, poultry production, swine production, meat processing, food processing, vegetable production, or field crop production; Or 2. manufacturing or industrial plant operations. Four (4) years of the ten must have been in a progressively responsible supervisory or administrative role, within plant/operations management or agricultural management.