**Brand:** Bob Evans Farms **Categories:** Operations Administrative **Locations:** Xenia, Ohio **Position Type:** Regular Full-Time **Remote Eligible:** No **Req ID:** 28486 **Job Description** **Business Unit Overview** For 75 years, Bob Evans Farms has delivered delicious, quick-to-table, farm-inspired food that makes mealtime a little bit easier and a lot more delicious. We’re proud to be the #1-selling refrigerated dinner sides, including many varieties of feel-good favorites such as mashed potatoes and macaroni & cheese. We’re also a leading producer and distributor of sausage and bacon products, potato products, and egg products including liquid eggs. Our brand portfolio includes Bob Evans, Simply Potatoes, Egg Beaters and Owens Sausage. Bob Evans Farms is based in Columbus, Ohio. In September of 2017, Bob Evans Farms was acquired by Post Holdings, Inc. and is part of the Refrigerated Retail division. Other divisions of Post include Post Consumer Brands (Cereal), Weetabix (Cereal – UK), Michael Foods (Foodservice), and 8th Avenue Food & Provisions (Private Label). Post has aggressive growth plans for BEF, highlighted by the recent deployment of capital to support innovation, marketing and manufacturing. Responsibilities Under the direction of a Plant Manager, oversees the daily production operations of the plant. Monitors operations for efficiency and safety, ensuring that all applicable regulatory requirements are met/followed. Develops production schedules to meet internal goals as well as expectations of customers. Be involved with the plant SRMP program and ensure compliance with 16 elements. Manage plant operations, streamline processes, and increase efficiency. Manage facility operations including staffing levels, performance appraisals, discipline, etc. Oversee the production planning, staffing, and day-to-day manufacturing operations in a cost-effective manner for all departments. Prepare operational schedule and coordinate production activities to ensure production and quality products. Analyzes plant operations to ensure that facilities maintain a leadership position and help implement new processes and technologies. Implement expense controls, minimize shrink, and monitor labor and overhead costs utilizing Continuous Improvement techniques. Acts as a liaison with Procurement, Production Scheduler, Distribution, Sales and Customer Service to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction in helping to address customer inquiries, problems and concerns. Create and implement the annual business plan, identifying key improvement priorities, determining objectives to enhance performance. Utilize Oracle reporting to develop analytical tracking of operations to be used in day to day decision making. Follows all SQF principles pertinent to the position as specified by the SQF Practioner. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in a related field and or a combination of relevant education and experience equivalent Prior experience in food manufacturing and plant supervision is preferred Thorough knowledge of safety regulations, occupational hazards and related safety precautions in the work environment. Food safety and food security guidelines including good manufacturing practices and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points. Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)