The Boning Hall Production Manager in ABP Bandon reports directly to the Assistant Boning Hall Manager. This role is a key member of the management team and will work closely with the Boning Hall Manager, Assistant Boning Hall Manager, and other senior managers within ABP Bandon to set the strategic direction and deliver on its strategic objectives in the context of the overall ABP Ireland and Poland group strategy.
The Boning Hall Production Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of production targets, ensuring the safety and efficiency of the production line, and maintaining product quality. They will oversee all Boning Hall employees, ensuring consistency and compliance with boning, butchering, trimming, and packing requirements for premium cuts of meat for sale and consumption while maintaining strict timetables. The manager will coordinate department activities to produce products to agreed quantities and deadlines in a clean and hygienic environment, ensuring food safety, authenticity, legality, and quality.
In addition, the Boning Hall Production Manager will be responsible for continuous improvement and the development of the Boning Hall production team, playing a key role in implementing performance development plans for the team each year for the further expansion of the site production team.
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Ensure that the production/workload is produced with utmost efficiency and target yields attained, and product is dispatched correctly and on time to customers.
2. Plan and assist relevant supervisors to achieve workloads throughout all relevant areas.
3. Maximize the use of staff and capital resources at your disposal.
4. Ensure that the product is produced to customer specifications and quality.
5. Maintain correct working practices.
6. Ensure that rules of employment are followed, including absenteeism and holiday procedures.
7. Liaise with subcontractors supplying labor to ensure all company procedures are adhered to.
8. Ensure that all staff in the boning hall adhere to hygiene practices and company policy.
9. Liaise with the Food Safety Officer to ensure production compliance.
10. Monitor processes, materials, or surroundings to detect or assess problems.
11. Analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
12. Handle complaints and resolve conflicts or grievances.
13. Identify the training needs of others and instruct them.
14. Schedule work and activities, as well as the work of others.
15. Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and techniques for maximizing effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
16. Identify projects across the Boning Hall Production as part of the continuous improvement program, including the utilization of technology and slaughtering systems to streamline business processes and enhance customer service.
17. Use Strive and Success Factors for performance management to provide your team with opportunities to discuss their professional and personal development.
18. Use Lean tools to keep colleagues and team members informed and engaged.
19. Manage and support teams to ensure that staff receive continuing training and development.
20. Other duties as assigned.
The Person
You will be highly driven, with a relentless passion and excellent precision in the preparation of meat. Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead and manage teams within a fast-paced, dynamic, and changing environment are essential. You will be seen as a quick thinker with excellent on-the-job judgment and someone your team and peers respect.
Desired Criteria
* Commitment to company values: On It, Relentless Passion, and Belonging.
* Knife skills are essential.
* Commercial awareness and cost management skills are essential.
* Ability to make sound judgments and production decisions quickly under pressure while multitasking and working independently to meet deadlines.
* Excellent IT skills (particularly Excel).
The following personal characteristics are important for this position:
* Strong attention to detail.
* Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
* Proactive self-starter.
* Excellent influencing, persuasion, and negotiating skills.
* Ability to build positive relationships with colleagues within the company.
* Relentless drive for results supported by strong leadership skills and the ability to identify and develop talent and high performers, including succession planning.
* Demonstrable problem-solving ability.
* Record of achievement.
Key Accountabilities
1. Ensure that production/workload is produced efficiently and effectively.
2. Ensure the team is engaged and working to their full potential.
3. Decide production priorities consistent with customer demands and company profitability.
4. Ensure that all aspects of health and safety are adhered to.
5. Manage budgets and business plans for the Boning Hall department.
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