Dairy Production Manager

Leads cheddar, whey, and intake production operations in a high-volume dairy plant, driving safety, quality, cost, and delivery performance while overseeing teams, optimizing processes, ensuring food safety compliance, and collaborating across functions to meet plant and business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end cheddar, whey, and intake production to meet plant performance objectives (Explicit)
• Drive performance on safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity metrics (Explicit)
• Champion Lean and continuous improvement initiatives across production areas (Explicit)
• Manage departmental budgets and implement cost-control measures (Explicit)
• Ensure compliance with food safety, quality, and regulatory standards (Explicit)
• Optimize processes to improve yield, consistency, and throughput (Explicit)
• Lead, coach, and develop production teams to build a high-performance culture (Explicit)
• Collaborate with Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and R&D to resolve issues and support product initiatives (Explicit)

Required Skills

• Production planning
• Lean manufacturing
• Continuous improvement
• Food safety (HACCP, GMP)
• Root cause analysis
• Budget management
• Team leadership
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Audit preparation
• Performance metric management