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Overview
Shearer’s Foods, founded in 1974 and headquartered in Massillon, OH, is a leading manufacturer of salty snacks, cookies, and crackers. Specializing in private label and co-manufacturing, Shearer’s is the largest supplier of private brand salty snacks and second-largest supplier of private brand cookies and crackers.
With a strong focus on innovation, service, quality, and sustainability, Shearer’s has been awarded the food industry’s highest award for environmental sustainability, as well as multiple Supplier of the Year awards.
Operating 16 locations across North America and employing more than 5000 team members, Shearer’s is driven by its core values of People, Grow, Impact and Win. The company mission is to deliver exceptional products and services that make snacking a time to celebrate for our customers, colleagues, and community.
At Shearer’s Foods, we believe in a skills-first approach to recruitment and employment. This means focusing on what you can do and how you can grow, rather than traditional metrics alone. We are committed to adhering to anti-exclusion practices, removing barriers to access, and enhancing opportunities for all individuals based on merit and potential. Your skills, experience, and perspective are valuable—and we want to empower you to make your mark here with us.
Responsibilities
Plant Director
Phoenix Arizona – Relocation Available
We are a high growth, values driven organization looking for a Plant Director to lead manufacturing and functional operations at our Phoenix facility. You’ll shape and execute the plant’s manufacturing strategy and play a critical role in delivering outstanding customer satisfaction, achieving key business objectives, and building a high-performing, empowered team.
This role calls for a hands-on, visible leader who thrives in dynamic manufacturing environments and knows how to lead through change. You will partner with corporate maintenance, safety, and quality teams to ensure consistent, best-in-class systems that protect the consumer, the brand, and the business while driving growth across a diverse portfolio of salty snacks.
Your seat at the table:
Build, develop, and inspire a team of over 400 employees while driving a culture of high performance and collaborationDevelop and execute manufacturing strategies that drive sustainable improvement and growthOwn preventative maintenance execution and downtime reduction strategiesChampion continuous improvement and Lean initiatives to optimize performance and reliabilityServe as a key customer interface, ensuring product quality, service, and delivery expectations are consistently metLead change management initiatives that strengthen culture, processes, and results
Qualifications
What you bring to the table:
Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, operations management, or related field10+ years of experience in plant management or senior production operations management roles in food, beverage or CPG manufacturing environmentExperience with large-scale manufacturing environments including multiple lines and plus warehouse and distribution operationsExcellent leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate, engage, inspire and develop a team.Demonstrated success leading manufacturing operations, including production planning, safety initiatives, production scheduling, line setup and change out, production control, and production optimization.Strategic experience applying standards and metrics (e.g., KPIs) to safety, quality, production, labor and material variances, and employee relations and retentionHands-on experience with Lean/CI tools and systems, including: Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Centerlines, CILs (Clean, Inspect, Lubricate), Defect handling, 5S, Quick changeover / SMEDExperience in private label, co-manufacturing or PE backed companies is a plus
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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