Plant Manager - Food Service - Baltimore Location (47863)
MASTER- HOLLY POULTRY
Baltimore, MD 21230, USA
Published 4 days ago
Full time
Plant Manager - Foodservice (Baltimore Campus)
The Plant Manager - Foodservice is responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of the Baltimore facility, ensuring production is executed safely, efficiently, and in alignment with quality standards, customer specifications, service levels, and cost expectations.
This role drives production performance across all shifts, with a strong focus on yield, labor efficiency, and operational consistency. The Plant Manager leads Production and Warehouse Managers and partners closely with Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Procurement, and Corporate Support teams to ensure customer requirements are met while maintaining high standards for safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.
Key Responsibilities
Production & Operational Execution
Safety & Compliance
Quality & Customer Specifications
Service Levels & Customer Execution
Leadership & Workforce Management
Maintenance & Reliability
Financial & Cost Performance
Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
The Plant Manager - Foodservice is responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of the Baltimore facility, ensuring production is executed safely, efficiently, and in alignment with quality standards, customer specifications, service levels, and cost expectations.
This role drives production performance across all shifts, with a strong focus on yield, labor efficiency, and operational consistency. The Plant Manager leads Production and Warehouse Managers and partners closely with Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Procurement, and Corporate Support teams to ensure customer requirements are met while maintaining high standards for safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.
Key Responsibilities
Production & Operational Execution
- Lead all day-to-day production operations to ensure efficient and consistent execution
- Drive performance against key metrics including yield, labor efficiency, throughput, and waste reduction
- Ensure all products meet defined customer specifications and quality requirements
- Monitor production performance and take immediate action to address gaps
Safety & Compliance
- Champion a strong safety culture across all production operations
- Ensure compliance with all OSHA, company safety standards, and regulatory requirements
- Hold leadership and frontline teams accountable for safe work practices
Quality & Customer Specifications
- Ensure strict adherence to customer product specifications, portioning requirements, and quality standards
- Maintain and enforce SQF, GMP, and HACCP programs
- Partner with Quality Assurance to ensure audit readiness and regulatory compliance
- Maintain strong working relationships with USDA representatives
Service Levels & Customer Execution
- Ensure production aligns with customer demand and order requirements
- Support achievement of fill rates, order accuracy, and on-time delivery targets
- Maintain consistency and reliability in production to meet customer expectations
Leadership & Workforce Management
- Lead, coach, and develop Production Managers, supervisors, and frontline employees
- Drive accountability across leadership for production performance, labor efficiency, and execution
- Foster a positive, high-performance work environment and maintain strong employee relations
- Ensure staffing levels and schedules align with production and service demands
- Reinforce a culture of accountability, safety, and continuous improvement
Maintenance & Reliability
- Partner with Maintenance to ensure equipment reliability and uptime
- Support preventive and predictive maintenance programs
- Minimize downtime and disruptions to production
- Ensure facility conditions meet safety and regulatory standards
Financial & Cost Performance
- Drive operational efficiency with a focus on cost control, yield improvement, and labor management
- Monitor plant performance and support cost reduction initiatives
- Contribute to achieving plant-level financial and operational goals
Continuous Improvement
- Partner with the Continuous Improvement Manager to support the execution of improvement initiatives across production operations
- Lead adherence to operational best practices and drive process standardization across all lines and shifts.Promote a culture of continuous improvement and accountability across production
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 5-7 years of experience in food manufacturing with an emphasis on yield optimization and operational efficiency. Poultry processing experience highly preferred.
- Experience leading production teams in a high-volume environment
- Comprehensive expertise in yield management, labor performance, and production metrics, combined with strong analytical and financial acumen to interpret data and drive continuous improvement in labor efficiency and yield outcomes.
- Experience utilizing Redzone or similar manufacturing execution systems (MES) to monitor performance, drive accountability, and improve production efficiency.
- Knowledge of food safety regulations and quality systems (USDA, HACCP, SQF)
- Proven ability to lead teams and drive operational results
- Strong communication and leadership skills
- Experience in a customer-driven or foodservice environment, preferred
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus