Plant Manager **Bimbo Bakeries USA** 1 Positions ID: 58081 Posted On 12/12/2024 **Job Overview** **Plant Manager** req36195 **Employment Type** : Regular **Location** : DUBUQUE,IA **_Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!_** More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves. **Description** : **Position Summary:** This position is responsible for all activities that occur within the manufacturing facility. The Plant Manager operates effectively as a leader with direct responsibility for manufacturing and key support process operations. The Plant Manager leads through influence in a matrix organization in relation to additional functions that occur at the facility, such as shipping and distribution. The purpose of this position is to achieve continuous improvements in the areas of safety, efficiency, quality, customer service and leadership to deliver financial profitability for the plant. **Key Job Responsibilities:** + Oversee manufacturing operations for a commercial baking facility consisting of hourly associates and a management staff. + Lead the achievement of a zero injury workplace by ensuring safe work conditions for associates and compliance with all state and federal regulations on environmental, health and safety issues. + With a focus on the front line and a bias for action, ensure associates have the tools resources and capabilities to succeed and deliver on expectations. + Understand, coach and teach the principles of the BBU Manufacturing Transformation, including lean tools, process capability and operational discipline. + Responsible for all aspects of operations and achieving key performance measurements related to personnel safety, quality and food safety, service, and cost, while continually improving process reliability and performance. + Build a culture of mutual respect, teamwork, and professionalism, demonstrating active support in the Company’s values and policies. + Extend capabilities to meet market needs and support profitable growth of the products produced by the facility. + Build an organization that is customer focused, flexible, and has a strong business acumen. + Conducts performance appraisals and talent assessments of the management team and recommends and/or implements appropriate training programs to address developmental needs. \#LI-TN1 **Position Requirements** : **Key Behavioral Competencies:** + **Results Orientation** . Focused on improving business results through introduction of incremental improvements in business practices; defines key issues and alternatives, evaluating costs, risks and benefits for the organization; emphasizes accountability and a sense of urgency. + **Change Leadership** . Encourages associates to identify improvement opportunities; sets realistic challenges for the team; influences others, internally and externally, to drive change efforts; encourages collaboration and innovation. + **Learning and Adopting Best Practices** . Able to learn new approaches and concepts, identify and develop new ideas or best practices, and apply them to their business; desire to learn (intellectual curiosity), creates a culture of continuous improvement and growth. + **Strategic Thinking with Business Insight** . Ability to understand the company’s competitive context; strong analytical and conceptual abilities to develop his/her own plan within the general company strategy and communicate clearly to the team. **People Oriented Leadership** . Focused on optimizing, developing, and improving work teams by achieving a balance between the productive and the humane, inspiring others to be better; increasing their productive performance and ensuring their personal development; operates in a team-based environment empowering the team and delegates responsibilities, ensuring ownership of decisions and promoting individual accountability. **Education and Work History:** + Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, Food Science, or a technical field a plus. A combination of education, training and experience that results in demonstrated competency to perform the work may be substituted. + 12+ years of increasingly responsible manufacturing experience, at least 5 years which must be in the food industry. + 4+ years of experience leading a high performance management team. + Demonstrated leadership of safety initiatives that drive a zero injury culture. + Participative management style and excellent organizational and communication skills. + Demonstrated track record leading the improvement of operations while delivering day to day performance. + In-depth knowledge of baking science and technology, process control and improvement tools. + Experience with programs that drive statistical processes and program systems in plant operations. The physical and mental demands described in each job posting are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of each job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of each job. Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, any other classification protected by law. Primary Contact 315326 Jennifer Nevers Generalist, Human Relations, Human Resources 563-235-7746 Phone Phone Phone Fax jennifer.nevers@grupobimbo.com Email True False False **Job Details** Categories Management/Executive Manufacturing Location Dubuque, IA Job Type Employee Full/Part Full Time Benefits Health Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Life Insurance Retirement Plan PTO (Paid Time Off) Tuition Reimbursement **Qualifications** Education Bachelors Experience 5-10 Years Company ID 910 Job REQ # \# Positions 1 Start Date 20241212 End Date 20250110 Featured Job TH Ad 0 TH Comments **Similar Jobs** Afterhours Fleet Manager Tucker Freight Lines Value Stream Manager I/II (1st shift) Andersen Windows & Doors Staffing Account Manager Sedona Staffing Services Driver Manager Tucker Freight Lines Driver Manager Tucker Freight Lines Store Manager Express Employment Professionals General Manager Specialized Recruiting Group Clinical Account Manager MedOne Pharmacy Benefit Solutions Sales Representative/Account Manager Bodensteiner Implement Co Sales Representative/Account Manager Bodensteiner Implement Co **Share this Job** Bimbo Bakeries USA **About the Company** Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA! Bimbo Bakeries USA is part of Grupo Bimbo, the world’s largest baking company with operations in 32 countries. Bimbo Bakeries USA (“BBUSA”) includes BBUSA and its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, including, but not limited to, Wholesome Harvest Baking, East Balt, and Acelerada. BBUSA employs 20,000 associates across the U.S. in bakeries, sales centers, corporate offices and on sales routes to ensure our consumers have the freshest products to feed their families at every meal. But our associates come to work for much more – the chance to feed their own lives through exciting work that offers the opportunity to make a real difference in their professional and personal lives every day Bimbo Bakeries USA is a leader in the baking industry, known for its category leading brands, innovative products, freshness and quality. As part of Grupo Bimbo, the world’s largest baking company, BBU is proud to share the company philosophy: Highly Productive and Deeply Humane in the U.S. **PURPOSE:** Building a sustainable, highly productive and deeply humane company. **MISSION:** Delicious and nutritious baked goods and snacks in the hands of all. **VISION:** In 2020 we transform the baking industry and expand our global leadership to better serve more consumers. **BELIEFS** • We value the person • We are one community • We get results • We compete and win • We are sharp operators • We act with integrity • We transcend and endure **Our History** Not everyone is familiar with the Bimbo Bakeries USA name. However, everyone in the U.S. has likely enjoyed at least one of our many products at one time or another. Some of our iconic brands and fresh products can trace their histories back to the late 1800s or early 1900s, when our traditions of freshness and value began. Bimbo Bakeries USA’s story begins in 1994, when Grupo Bimbo – Mexico’s largest baking company with operations in 33 countries – purchased La Hacienda, a California-based tortilla company. Bimbo Bakeries USA then entered the U.S. bread market in 1997 with the acquisition of Pacific Pride Bakeries of San Diego. The company grew again in 1998 with the purchase of Mrs Baird’s Bakeries in Texas, which at the time was the largest family-owned bakery in the U.S. The combined operations were renamed Bimbo Bakeries USA (BBU). In 2002, BBU acquired the Western U.S. baking business of George Weston Ltd., adding such iconic premium brands as Oroweat®, Entenmann’s®, Thomas’® and Boboli®. In 2009, Grupo Bimbo purchased the remaining U.S. fresh baked goods business of George Weston Ltd., adding brands such as Arnold®, Brownberry®, Freihofer’s® and Stroehmann®. In 2011, BBU completed its largest acquisition to date: Sara Lee’s North American Fresh Bakery business. Adding Sara Lee’s bread business doubled BBU in size, enabling us to better deliver on our mission, vision and values. Today, BBU operates more than 60 bakeries, employs more than 20,000 associates and distributes products through 11,000 sales routes throughout the United States.