Operations Manager

OSI Group, LLC, a food processing company, provides food products and solutions for the food industry. It supplies beef, pork, bacon and sausage, poultry and seafood, as well as vegetable, dough, fruit, and cheese based products. The company’s manufacturing facilities are located in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific zones. OSI Group, LLC was founded in 1909 as Otto Kolschwsky Meat Market and changed its name to Otto & Sons in 1928.

Responsible for managing production operations at the facility level to ensure that established goals and objectives with regards to quality, price, safety, efficiency and customer requirements are achieved.

• Establish production department objectives in the areas of quality, safety, productivity, and cost while seeking continuous improvement in all areas.
• Develop methods to monitor and measure department activity to identify areas of success and areas of opportunity in order to control production efficiency, manufacturing variances, material waste, labor expense and other indicators of profitability.
• Provide reporting managers with the information, training, direction, guidance and resources necessary to accomplish established individual, department and company objectives. Continuously monitor progress and results, providing direct reports with corrective action or re-direction as necessary.
• Ensure operational compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements in the areas of safety, employment, quality, work rules, good manufacturing practices, hazard analysis and critical control points, and others as established by communicating requirements to employees, validating understanding and correcting behavior as required.
• Participate in the development and implementation of new manufacturing processes, products and systems by providing information, ideas, and recommendations based on knowledge and experience in production.
• Work with new and potential customers during presentations, tours, and reviews by providing expertise in the area of production operations.
• Develop, implement and maintain operational policies and procedures that further and support objectives.
• Lead the coordination of activities across the Operations, Quality, Safety and Maintenance functions so that issues are addressed as they arise and to ensure the successful achievement of facility objectives in all areas.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Four year college degree in business management, production operations management, agricultural science, food science or equivalent communication and analytical ability acquired through work experience.
• Seven or more years supervising and managing departments and individuals involved in meat processing activities.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve manufacturing objectives in the areas of volume, cost and quality working through others.
• Working knowledge of good manufacturing practices, hazard analysis and critical control points, lean manufacturing and other food safety, quality and manufacturing principles.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities at one time using effective organizational skills and judgment in an environment of frequently changing circumstances.
• Ability to use the Microsoft Office suite of applications; specifically using Word to create and modify documents, Excel to record data and calculate results, and Outlook to communicate internally and externally.