About Ingredion:

Join Ingredion, where innovation impacts lives worldwide! Without even realizing it, you’ve experienced our work in your favorite chocolate, your pet’s food, the paper you write on, and your everyday snacks. As a global powerhouse across more than 60 industries, we harness the potential of natural ingredients to transform lives. Whether you’re just starting your career or bringing years of experience, there's a place for you here to make a real difference. Be part of our team that values a wide range of perspectives and is committed to shaping a better world with every product we create.

Title: Plant Coordinator

Location: North Kansas City, MO

Reports To: Unit Manager- Wet Starch

Workplace Type: Onsite
 

Ingredion is hiring a Plant Coordinator to directly manage hourly production employees in accordance with daily safety, quality, productivity, and reliability goals.  This position also ensures compliance with other plant policies including HACCP, GMP, Food Safety, etc., as well as supports both production scheduling and planned and reactive maintenance activities. 

What you will do:

Ensuring compliance with all Plant Rules

Ensuring compliance with all plant productivity requirements

Ensuring operator accountability to their job requirements

Ensuring operator staffing is appropriate for shift requirements

Coordinating/supporting compliance with production schedule requirements

Coordinating all necessary Preventative and Reactive Maintenance requirements

Supporting plant cost control initiatives and measures

Coordinating/supporting Plant Loss Accounting (OEE) systems

Supporting operations support functions, including quality and maintenance

Supporting all safety and quality initiatives, including performing and assisting in investigations

Ensuring compliance with all plant safety procedures and guidelines

Coordinating/executing plant safety training requirements

Completing/executing all required safety and environmental inspections

Ensuring compliance with all incident and accident investigations/reporting/corrective action

Ensuring workforce compliance with all plant quality procedures and guidelines

Ensuring all production activities are performed in accordance with all ISO and GMP requirements

Supporting customer experience activities through internal/external customer visits; sales/commercial team plant visits; and translation of customer experience to plant metrics

Supporting continuous improvement projects and initiatives

Offering new ideas and thinking outside the box

Ensuring team adaptability, flexibility, and readiness to change

Professionally leading and managing production requirements with direct reports

Creating an environment conducive to teamwork on shift and with other supervisors and departments

Participating and/or leading teams

Coordinating completion of all employee training programs

Supporting employee coaching and counseling guidelines

Supporting progressive discipline program

Ensuring compliance with collective bargaining agreement between USW and Ingredion Incorporated

Supporting salaried performance management system and agreed requirements

Supporting plant management communication programs

Effectively communicate with all levels of the organization

Work with little direction and lead others in a challenging, dynamic union work environment

Possess excellent multi-tasking, time management, and organizational skills

Affect change through influence and good communication

Are willing to challenge the status quo for continuous improvement

Consistently demonstrate a high level of integrity, sincerity, and humility

Are proactive and innovative with a strong will to succeed

Who you are:

Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, business management or related field or 5 years of demonstrated effective supervisory experience

Proficiency with Microsoft Office Applications

Familiarity with SAP and Aspen.

Demonstrated analytical problem-solving skills

Assertive, creative, energetic, and positive thinking

Availability to work any shift, including holidays, nights, and weekends, including coverage for supervisor vacancies and vacations

Why Join Ingredion?   

Discover why Ingredion is the ideal place to advance your career with our exceptional rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive. Create the future with us and enjoy: 

Total Rewards Package – Competitive salary and performance-based pay recognizing your contributions to our success.

Comprehensive Benefits & Wellness Support – Health, long-term savings, and resources for your physical, mental, and emotional well-being. 

Flexible Work Arrangements – We value flexibility to support you both professionally and personally.

Career Growth – Learning, training, and development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement.

Employee Recognition Program – A culture of real-time appreciation, with personalized recognition rewards globally. 

Employee Discount Program – Provides exclusive discounts on everyday products, services, and travel.
 

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Ingredion seeks to provide a work environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. We will not tolerate any form of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, handicap or disability—mental or physical—marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability resulting from military service, or any other classification protected by law (“protected classifications”). We are committed to establishing and maintaining a work environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Ingredion provides accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If a job applicant requires an accommodation during the application process or through the selection process, we will work with the applicant to meet the job applicant's accommodation needs.

Relocation Available:

Yes, Within Region

Pay Range:

$81,680.00-$108,906.67 Annual

This pay range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data and applicable bargaining agreement (if any).

Incentive Compensation:

As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Ingredion Annual Incentive Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus.

Benefits:

Full-time roles are eligible for our comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental and vision coverage as well as a 401(k) plan with an competitive company match.