Director of Manufacturing

Director Of Manufacturing

Coca-Cola, with its many brands, has been recognized and enjoyed by people around the world for over a century. Founded in 1956, Coca-Cola Bottling Company High Country is a family owned, regional Bottler serving portions of Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. Every day we honor our core values of Honesty, Integrity, Trust, and Respect through encouraging our team members to develop, grow and serve. Together we become more effective and productive in life and work.

Refresh your career and join us in refreshing the world! Apply today! Salary for the Director of Manufacturing role is approximately $120,000.00 a year depending on experience. Robust benefits package including 100% paid employee health, dental and vision! 100% Employer Paid Life Insurance for Employees 401K With Employee Match Product Discounts Much more!

What will you do as a Director of Manufacturing? As part of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company High Country leadership team, the Director of Manufacturing is responsible for day-to-day activities of directing, controlling, and coordinating all phases of manufacturing. The position supports manufacturing for the entire company in a safe, efficient, and profitable manner in both Billings, MT and Bismarck, ND facilities. The Director of Manufacturing is responsible for continuously improving our safety, quality, and efficiency. Continuous improvement efforts must drive organizational, cultural, and process changes necessary to identify inefficiencies and improve workflow.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Manage annual department operating and capital budget, control expenses effectively, and provide explanation of budget variances to management.
• Responsible for all aspects of the budget for the production operations group including capital and expense planning, resource forecasting, and cost reductions, as necessary.
• Develop, maintain, and improve metrics monitoring performance and attainment of objectives and key results.
• Work with leadership team to minimize cost of goods sold for the company.
• Understanding of annual financial plan and ability to execute against that plan in all areas of manufacturing.
• Collaborate with operations and sales management teams in an effort to improve Coca-Cola North America quality indices.
• Direct manufacturing activities to ensure maximum quality is delivered safely, efficiently, and on-time.
• Responsible for cleanliness and organization of production and storages areas, preserving physical appearance of local company grounds, and managing machinery and local building repairs assigning and directing projects to the maintenance department employees as appropriate.
• Ability to drive a manufacturing organization to high levels of safety and performance as evidenced by a track record of consistent delivery and development of systems and processes to support customer and business needs.
• Assist manufacturing management with process equipment and product / package troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with leadership teams to ensure reliable and timely launch and ongoing supply of products produced to the marketplace.
• Ensures robust security procedures and training are in place, and that operations are following compliance as required by legislation and policy.
• Responsible for safety of employees supervised, the protection of machinery, and the prevention of widespread breakdown in production.
• Direct maintenance of local security and fire alarm systems.
• Monitor all Coca-Cola North America, Federal, and State communications and audits and implement any necessary changes.
• Interface with all local, state, and federal authorities with regard to functional areas.
• Work with leadership teams to continuously foster a positive work environment, develop employee incentive programs, and establish the organization as a premier employer.
• Coach and develop managers and team members to help them succeed, providing clarity, detecting and resolving issues, instrumenting a framework for continuous improvement, and ensuring teams have what they need to deliver with quality, autonomy, and purpose.
• Manages staff selection, performance, and development, to ensure team competencies and capabilities reach business goals and expectations.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong teams with a track record of personal engagement and positive relationships with colleagues, direct reports, team members, customers, and suppliers.
• Servant Leader mentality and philosophy, passionate about sharing knowledge, putting the needs of others first, and helping people develop and perform as highly as possible.
• Work with leadership teams to develop strategic direction of company including reviewing growth and expansion opportunities.
• High degree of ownership, a growth-oriented mindset, and a passion for enabling manufacturing teams to succeed in meeting performance, safety, and quality goals.
• Implementation of Manufacturing strategy; including KPIs.
• Keep up to date on information and technology affecting functional areas to increase innovation and ensure compliance and cost efficiencies.
• Develop, review, and implement strategies and actions resulting in continuous improvement in safety, product quality, product delivery, productivity, material utilization, customer service, workforce diversity, quality of work life, and lower total company manufacturing costs.
• Continuous improvement techniques with manufacturing processes and capabilities.
• Analyze statistical data and reports to identify areas for continuous improvement.
• Support cultural improvements and programs that are sustainable and employee engagement driven.
• Demonstrated ability to develop effective internal and external relationships across functional and geographic boundaries in pursuit of business goals.
• Conform with, abide by, and enforce all regulations, policies, work procedures, and processes.

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