Manufacturing Manager

Background & Purpose of the Job

As the Manufacturing Manager, you will lead the production and maintenance teams of our Waterbury operations. This position will play a key role in the implementation of World Class Manufacturing (WCM) standards at Waterbury resulting in improvements in Safety, Quality, productivity and Costs. We are the manufacturer for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

Who You Are & What You’ll Do

Reporting to the Factory Director, you will lead a motivated team of Manufacturing and maintenance Business Leads, Supervisors and Area Leads, electrical and manufacturing employees. You will be responsible for all key business metrics and for the site in the absence of the Factory Director, managing a 24/7 manufacturing operation to ensure compliance with Safety, Health, Environment and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) requirements.

You’re a born leader: Operations Manager is the critical role for the site, and the incumbent must be prepared to lead members of the site community to success.

You’re a strategy guru: As Strategic planning key to ensuring transition periods in and out of peak season is executed seamlessly.

You’re a teacher and a student: Participate in Regional Virtual Site (RVS) meetings and work with Personal Care network to share/gain best practice for implementation within site.

You’re a dot connector: Liaison with all key stakeholders (departments) to ensure full alignment with production schedule and key production milestones including Research & Development, Planning, Logistics and Brand.

You love to win, and have fun doing it: This role is critical to ensuring engagement between departments, with an emphasis on Safety/Quality collaboration. Develop and invest in human capital, specifically Purpose Driven Communities.

You’re a changemaker: Success is dependent on change, and the Operations Manager role is the Change Maker for the site – driving change to improve on all business metrics.

Additional Duties and Expectations of Role

What You’ll Need To Succeed

What We Can Offer You

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Pay: The pay range for this position is $110,700 to $166,000. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.

Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.

Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.

Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

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