Production Manager

At PepsiCo, you’ll discover a place where our mission is to create smiles around the world. With a portfolio of more than 500 beloved brands including, Gatorade, Lay’s and Quaker, our work touches millions of people every day.

At the heart of the company is a team of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who collaborate to innovate and turn ideas into action. Driven by innovation and a focus on creating joyful moments through food and drinks, our decisions are guided by consumer centricity, creating opportunities for our associates to do meaningful work and make a lasting impact in the communities we serve.

Whatever your role, you’ll be part of a global community that values your ideas and empowers you to make an impact, on your career and on the world around you.

As the Production Manager, you'll spearhead all operations within our manufacturing/production department, overseeing every aspect of our facility's output. Your primary focus will be on cultivating a dynamic team culture, nurturing talent, and driving top-notch performance standards. With a keen eye on cost efficiency and process optimization, you'll champion continuous improvement initiatives across all shifts, ensuring unparalleled service and safety standards throughout our entire business unit. At the helm of a substantial workforce comprising 80+ hourly associates and 5+ salaried professionals, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping our organization's success.

• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits designed to fit your unique needs.
• A dynamic and inclusive culture that promotes you to bring your whole-self to work.
• Inspiring positive change for people and the planet with sustainability goals. 
• A supportive team that will encourage and help develop your professional growth.

Total compensation: $97,200 - $184,400

• →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 coordinate 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 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 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. 
• →Coach teams to demonstrate continuous improvement in profitability margins, efficiencies and cost savings initiatives. 
• →This role requires regular presence on the plant floor
• →This role requires someone that is able to manage multiples priorities in a fast-paced environment. 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required. Preferably in engineering, business, operations management, or similar field 
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in manufacturing preferred. Preferably food/beverage experience 
• Experience developing/coaching hourly and supervisory staff required.
• Lean Six Sigma Experience preferred, demonstrated by successful completion of a major improvement project. 
• Must possess strong skills, knowledge and capability in TPM or lean manufacturing, finance and accounting, project management, leadership, and statistics/logical problem solving. 
• Solid working knowledge of the following business enterprises: HSE/quality regulatory compliance, processing/packaging/warehouse operations, maintenance and engineering, ingredient and package material procurement, production planning & deployment, sales and marketing, research and development, and excellent communication, facilitation and influence skills. 
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback 
• Ability to lead a team-based approach to decision making 
• Demonstrated ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment 
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to get results through mentoring other 
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills.
• Experience managing large teams in a 24/7 environment.

At PepsiCo, you’ll discover a place where our mission is to create smiles around the world. With a portfolio of more than 500 beloved brands including, Gatorade, Lay’s and Quaker, our work touches millions of people every day. 

At the heart of the company is a team of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who collaborate to innovate and turn ideas into action. Driven by innovation and a focus on creating joyful moments through food and drinks, our decisions are guided by consumer centricity, creating opportunities for our associates to do meaningful work and make a lasting impact in the communities we serve. 

Whatever your role, you’ll be part of a global community that values your ideas and empowers you to make an impact, on your career and on the world around you.