Glanbia

Plant Manager

Glanbia
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeTwin Falls • Idaho • United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong leadership in manufacturing operations, focusing on continuous improvement, food safety compliance, and effective communication across all organizational levels. Proven ability to manage plant performance, financials, and cross-functional team engagement.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Manufacturing Operations LeadershipContinuous Improvement MethodologiesFood Safety ComplianceRoot-Cause Problem-SolvingFinancial Performance Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Provide strategic direction and leadership for Twin Falls operations
  • Lead, coach and develop plant personnel and the plant leadership team
  • Create and sustain plant communication and daily management processes
  • Ensure operations meet production schedules, throughput targets and facility standards
  • Champion the Glanbia Performance System, TPM and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Ensure product quality and food safety through HACCP, SQF, SOPs, GMPs and mock recalls
  • Lead plant safety programs, injury and near-miss reviews, and safety culture
  • Manage plant financial performance and inventories against budget expectations
  • Lead root-cause analysis, troubleshooting and problem-solving for operational, quality and customer issues
  • Ensure compliance with environmental permits and regulatory requirements
  • Develop business justification for CAPEX projects and manage selected projects through completion
  • Oversee maintenance and reliability program development
  • Partner cross-functionally to strengthen employee engagement, site culture and operational performance
  • Provide after-hours leadership response for plant outages and emergencies when required

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university; and a minimum of seven years of related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Strong manufacturing operations and people leadership experience in a plant environment
  • Understanding of TPM, continuous improvement or similar operational excellence methodologies
  • Working knowledge of food safety, quality and manufacturing compliance requirements
  • Ability to interpret technical information, financial reports and operational data to make sound business decisions
  • Strong root-cause problem-solving, prioritization and decision-making skills
  • Ability to effectively communicate and present information across all levels of the organization
  • Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, coach others and build accountability across cross-functional teams
  • Minimal overnight travel, up to approximately 10%, may be required
  • Requires after-hours response for plant outages or emergencies

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Staff discounts
  • Generous family leave policy
  • Health and dental plan
  • 401K
  • Competitive compensation package
  • Career development on a global stage
  • Continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform

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Hard Skills
TPMHACCPSQFSOPsGMPsRoot-Cause AnalysisOperational Data InterpretationProject ManagementBudget ManagementQuality Assurance
Soft Skills
CoachingEffective CommunicationDecision-MakingInfluenceTeam Accountability
Industry Keywords
Plant OperationsProduction SchedulesSafety ProgramsEnvironmental ComplianceEmployee Engagement