Production Manager

at  PepsiCo

Overview:
We are PepsiCo Supply Chain. We are the game changers, innovators, collaborators and history makers. We’re a diverse group, spread across 200 countries and territories, and united by a shared set of values and goals. You know our name through our amazing portfolio, including Tropicana, Pepsi, Frito-Lay, Quaker and Gatorade.
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The Production Manager is solely responsible for the Production in our Austin, Indiana facility and in conjunction with the Quality, Maintenance & Warehouse Managers responsible for the site productivity and reports directly to the Plant Manager. The Plant has 6 Production Lines, produces 40 million cases annually, and is a 24/7 faciliy.
In this role the Production Manager leads activities associated with the manufacturing/production department for the facility. Responsibilities include cost efficiency, continuous improvement on processes, service, and safety for an entire business unit across all shifts. The Production Manager will be developing a team consisting of hourly associates and salaried team members.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure team compliance with all safety policies and procedures
• Maintain product quality and sanitation standards.
• Optimize operational efficiencies to support the production, warehouse, and shipping of products.
• Identify and oversee operational improvements necessary to deliver the site annual operating plan (AOP). Ensure cost performance gaps are identified, action plans are developed and resources are properly allocated.
• Track operational output measures (i.e. efficiency, yield loss, product quality, inventory accuracy, transactional accuracy), anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of financial targets
• Develop the team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long term performance goals
• Deliver effective change leadership to drive business changes while minimizing people impact
• Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to assist the site team to solve operational issues. Motivate team members to achieve plan goals
• Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel
• Flex production plans on a shift by shift basis to prevent service issues and operational inefficiencies.
• Optimize ingredient and packaging material usage to minimize scrap loss.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, contracts and procedures.
• Lead and motivate the operations team in a manner consistent with the site Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles
• Coach teams to demonstrate continuous improvement in profitability margins, efficiencies and cost savings initiatives.
• Lead the organization in the development of natural work teams.
• Regular and predictable attendance at the work site
• You will/should have a regular presence on the plant floor
• Manager role will require off-shift and weekend work since site is a 24/7 operation and some travel (less than 5%)

• Ensure team compliance with all safety policies and procedures
• Maintain product quality and sanitation standards.
• Optimize operational efficiencies to support the production, warehouse, and shipping of products.
• Identify and oversee operational improvements necessary to deliver the site annual operating plan (AOP). Ensure cost performance gaps are identified, action plans are developed and resources are properly allocated.
• Track operational output measures (i.e. efficiency, yield loss, product quality, inventory accuracy, transactional accuracy), anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of financial targets
• Develop the team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long term performance goals
• Deliver effective change leadership to drive business changes while minimizing people impact
• Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to assist the site team to solve operational issues. Motivate team members to achieve plan goals
• Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel
• Flex production plans on a shift by shift basis to prevent service issues and operational inefficiencies.
• Optimize ingredient and packaging material usage to minimize scrap loss.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, contracts and procedures.
• Lead and motivate the operations team in a manner consistent with the site Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles
• Coach teams to demonstrate continuous improvement in profitability margins, efficiencies and cost savings initiatives.
• Lead the organization in the development of natural work teams.
• Regular and predictable attendance at the work site
• You will/should have a regular presence on the plant floor
• Manager role will require off-shift and weekend work since site is a 24/7 operation and some travel (less than 5%