Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our specialized portfolio enterprise where we serve diverse businesses who support unique customers or markets, including animal nutrition and health, bioindustrial, road safety salt and Cargill joint ventures.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Assistant Plant Manager will provide strategic operational oversight for all production operating facilities with moderate presence in multiple regions or moderate degree of complexity. In this role, you will oversee and hold operating facilities accountable to standards for safety, quality, operational effectiveness and financial performance.

Key Accountabilities

• Execute routine operations of assigned area, ensuring direct reports are following policies and procedures related to employee, food and feed safety and environmental compliance.
• Monitor production outcomes, quantity, and quality to ensure customer and food safety requirements are within specifications.
• Partner with production supervisors to meet customer specifications and timeline.
• Administer production budget for a department, process, or shift and executes purchase orders and ensures timely payment of invoices
• Develop operational plans and monitors routine operations for all production processes for multiple departments, processes and shifts.
• Develop, supervise and provide coaching to direct reports including coaching company core values and guiding principles for assigned facilities or region.
• Responsible for personnel decisions related to hiring, performance and disciplinary actions for your direct reports. You will also spend time completing the same tasks as employees on your team.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum one year of directly related work experience
• Excellent leadership and communication skills and the ability to communicate with all levels in the plant
• Basic computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Lean six sigma

Preferred Qualifications

• One year of supervisory experience
• Minimum of two years of experience in production and warehouse management
• Feed mill experience

Position Information

• Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.
• This position is based in Lecompte, LA
• Schedule: Monday
• Friday | 8:00 am -5:00 pm

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet