Production Location Manager

**Description**:
We are looking to hire a **Production Location Manager in Aussonne, South of France**.

**Responsabilities**:

- Achieve annual plan and budget business targets
- Identify and interpret local issues and trends
- Develop annual production and workforce projections
- Assess and manage resource allocation (people, equipment, capacity, etc.)
- Lead and implement local production development plan; and provide input to annual and 1-year Production Operation plans
- Align local plans and goals with Production Operations, SM, and Company
- Communicate plans to plant employees and team and align individual goals
- Develop and submit capital & operational budgets for approval
- Monitor and approve expenditures
- Manage and communicated plan and priority changes
- Identify and resolve problems with the help as needed from the Production Manager, Supply Logistics, Supply Planning, etc.
- Engage in shop floor activities
- Champion Business Improvement and Productivity Initiatives
- Identify and prioritize productivity improvement opportunities utilizing E2W
- Sponsor projects, team members, timelines and deliverables to ensure productivity objectives are met
- Implement best productivity practices at plant and ensure these practices are sustained
- Initiate plans and processes which minimize production cost through effective utilization of human capital, equipment, facilities, material and capital
- Monitor Key Process Indicators (KPI) to ensure production processes are on target to meet our business objectives
- Leadership and Manager Accountability
- Direct responsibility for Production Supervisors and Production Employees
- Coach, support and develop employees in a manner that fosters effective collaboration and teamwork, demonstrating and modeling the Core Values.
- Enable and encourage direct reports to leverage their full potential and achieve business results.
- Establish and support individual and team performance goals that are attainable and aligned with business strategy
- Recognize and value employees through ongoing recognition of individual and team results
- Hold employees accountable for achieving performance results and demonstrating work behaviors that promote collaboration and teamwork in an effective manner while demonstrating and modeling the Core Values
- Actively encourage and support employee and career development; coach staff in stretch assignments and skill development critical to employees' jobs and overall career objectives.
- Achievement of seed quality plan standards
- Oversee Production Planning Manager who is directly responsible for; timing, flow, seed handing techniques, to ensure quality plan standards are met.
- Ensure quality management system is in place and effective
- Ensure regulatory compliance (safety, wage/hour laws, etc), adherence to quality and QMS standards, plant/field policies and standard operating procedures
- Oversee production of regulated and restricted products to comply with the regulatory standards
- Safety and Risk Management
- Promote health, safety, and environmentally friendly practices
- Ensure Process Safety Management is implemented and fully executed
- Model and enforce Lifesaving rules
- Facilitate audits and outcomes and action plans
- Foster a Safety Culture
- Ensure the environmental regulatory requirements are met
- Workman's comp management
- Lead efforts to properly manage injuries and drive incidents to zero
- Tactical Planning (6 - 12 months)
- Develop and monitor in conjunction with location management, local grower and vendor requirements
- Network with Production Improvement Coordinator and business improvement staff to identify focus areas for production and process improvement
- Participate and lead assigned E2W projects that can leverage personal skills, and provide an opportunity for development
- Lead the development of local KPI's and ensure analysis is conducted
- Network with maintenance manager to assess opportunities for asset upgrades via capital or operation expenses
- Network with Supply Chain leaders to establish distribution goals, and communication plans
- Review, communicate, and monitor progress on production operations goals
- Lead the review of operations and fixed cost projections and implement corrective actions to stay within budget
- Create annual Production Operation plan.
- Lead the development and review of the capital plans to aid in recommending items to include in the 3-year plan, and 1-year repair and maintenance plan
- Lead the development and review of the location's long-term acreage strategy and plans
- Lead the asset utilization strategy to improve autonomous maintenance through the EAM system and increase Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).

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**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor degree or equivalent preferred
- 7-10 years of experience in managing and leading a production facility
- Ability to lead leaders and influence/collaborate cross-functionally. Previous experience is