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Plant Manager – Food Manufacturing - to $180,000 - Albert Lea MN (relo avail)

  • Albert Lea, MN
  • $160,000 to $180,000
OPEN JOB: Plant Manager – Food Manufacturing
LOCATION: Albert Lea, Minnesota
***Relocation Assistance Available
BASE SALARY: $160,000 to $180,000
INDUSTRY: Food & Beverages
JOB CATEGORY: Manufacturing - Plant Management

IDEAL CANDIDATE:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Food Science, Manufacturing, or related field
  • 5-10+ years of progressive manufacturing or processing leadership experience
  • US Citizen or permanent resident
  • Experience managing complex, regulated manufacturing environments, leading diverse leadership teams
  • Compensation between $160k-180k

POSITION SUMMARY:
  • The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall operational leadership, safety, quality, financial performance, and continuous improvement of one manufacturing facility producing extruded and agglomerated food.
  • Provides both short-term tactical plans and long term strategic plans to the various business groups represented at the sites.
  • This role ensures the facility operates efficiently, safely, and in compliance with applicable regulatory, environmental, and food safety standards, while aligning operations with corporate strategy and growth objectives.
  • The position is located in Albert Lea, MN.
  • The ideal candidate brings strong experience managing complex, regulated manufacturing environments, leading diverse leadership teams, and driving performance across multiple departments.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Operational & Strategic Leadership
  • Oversee day-to-day operations across multiple business and plants, ensuring consistent performance, operational discipline, and delivery of customer commitments.
  • Communicate, develop and execute site-level strategies aligned with business goals for production, quality, cost, and service
  • Provide detailed communication, with strategic and hands-on leadership for multiple departments, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant operations
  • Establish standardized operating practices, performance metrics, and governance across the facility
  • Ensure production plans meet customer demand while optimizing throughput, yield, and asset utilization
Safety, Environmental & Regulatory Compliance
  • Champion a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance with OSHA, EPA, and chemical process safety (PSM) requirements
  • Oversee process safety, materials handling, dust control, waste management, and environmental stewardship programs
  • Lead audits, inspections, and corrective action plans related to safety, quality, and regulatory compliance
  • Maintain a safe working environment by enforcing safety policies and procedures, conducting regular safety audits, and promoting a culture of safety awareness among employees
Leadership & Talent Development
  • Directly lead site leadership teams, through daily example
  • Build strong leadership capability through coaching, performance management, and succession planning
  • Foster collaboration and alignment across Operations, EHS, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, and HR
  • Promote a culture of accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement
Maintenance, Reliability & Engineering
  • Oversee asset reliability, preventive and predictive maintenance strategies
  • Ensure effective management of aging assets, preventive maintenance programs, and spare parts strategies
  • Partner with Engineering on plant upgrades, expansions, debottlenecking, and automation projects
Continuous Improvement & Change Leadership
  • Lead Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or Operational Excellence initiatives across site
  • Drive standardization of systems, processes, and reporting
  • Operational efficiencies to utilize staff in a cost effective way
  • Lead change management initiatives to support growth and transformation
  • Ensure learning from gaps quality and customer performance are institutionalized in plant processes and practices.
Financial & Business Performance
  • Drive productivity improvements and cost reduction initiatives without compromising safety or quality
  • Support strategic initiatives such as plant expansions, new product introductions, and process optimization

REQUIREMENTS:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Food Science, Manufacturing, or related field
  • 5-10+ years of progressive manufacturing or processing leadership experience
  • Experience leading in food regulated environments with strong safety initiatives
  • Demonstrated success managing multiple complex manufacturing departments
  • Deep understanding of employee and food safety, quality systems, nutrient production, and regulatory requirements
  • Proven financial and operational acumen, including cost management
  • Experience with asset-intensive operations, R&D production coordination, and reliability-focused maintenance strategies
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and change management skills

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please respond back and include the following:
 
  • MS WORD Resume
  • required compensation.
  • Contact information.
  • Availability
 
Upon receipt, one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.


STEPHEN FLEISCHNER
Recruiting Manager
INTERMEDIA GROUP, INC.
EMAIL: sfleischner@intermediagroup.com
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevefleischner/