Highlights
Our client is a well-established food manufacturing organization that supplies a broad portfolio of products to leading retail and foodservice customers across North America. The company operates multiple manufacturing facilities and is known for its commitment to operational excellence, continuous improvement, and long-term growth.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $120,000–$200,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://www.michaelpage.ca/ |
Description
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About Our Client
Our client is a well-established food manufacturing organization that supplies a broad portfolio of products to leading retail and foodservice customers across North America. The company operates multiple manufacturing facilities and is known for its commitment to operational excellence, continuous improvement, and long-term growth. This opportunity offers the chance to step into a highly visible leadership role with significant influence over site performance and culture.
Job Description
Lead all day-to-day manufacturing operations for the facility.
Drive operational excellence through safety, quality, service, and productivity improvements.
Build a culture of accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement.
Coach, mentor, and develop leaders across Production, Maintenance, Warehousing, and Continuous Improvement.
Monitor and improve key plant performance metrics and KPIs.
Partner cross-functionally with Quality, EHS, HR, and Operations leadership.
Support capital planning, budgeting, and long-term operational strategy.
Identify and execute initiatives to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance plant performance.
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.
The Successful Applicant
A successful 'Plant Manager' should have:
Required Qualifications:
Plant leadership experience within a manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated success leading a turnaround, transformation, or performance-improvement initiative.
Strong leadership, coaching, and accountability-focused management style.
Experience driving continuous improvement initiatives and operational excellence programs.
Proven ability to lead through change and influence teams at all levels of an organization.
Experience managing plant KPIs, budgets, and operational performance metrics.
Preferred Qualifications:
Food or beverage manufacturing experience.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Multi-department leadership experience within a complex manufacturing operation
What's on Offer
Salary range of $120,000 to $200,000.
Significant autonomy to drive change and improve site performance.
Competitive compensation package with high bonus potential.
Relocation assistance available for the right candidate.
Interested? Apply today
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About Company
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
Our business was established in Canada in 2005 when we opened our Toronto office. Our role is to work with employers and job seekers to facilitate a successful match. This can range from advising a global company on a candidate sourcing strategy to helping a job seeker find their dream job.
In Canada, we focus on recruiting for the following areas:
Banking and financial services
Digital and e-commerce
Engineering and manufacturing
Finance and accounting
Human resources
Information technology
Marketing
Oil and gas
Procurement and supply chain
Property and construction
Sales
An Established Brand
The Group has established a leading presence in many of the key markets for professional recruitment around the world and has positioned itself in certain other markets, which offer the opportunity for future growth. Within its current largest markets, Michael Page has also built a regional presence, including in the UK, France and Australia. Consequently, the Michael Page brand is among the most widely recognized brands in the professional recruitment industry.
A Market Leader
The role of a recruitment consultancy is to act as an intermediary, identifying and sourcing suitably qualified candidates on behalf of its clients. Candidates are recruited either for permanent or contract positions (typically for a fixed term) or on a temporary basis. Within the overall recruitment industry, the market for professional recruitment services is a specialist sector which has developed more recently. Michael Page is widely recognized as leading the development of this market around the world.
Learn the benefits of working with Michael Page yourself. Submit your resume or contact a Michael Page recruitment consultant today.