Plant Manager
Aramark
- Des Moines, IA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Ensure the market center is consistent in its management and application of safety tasks and activities.
- Manage the day-to-day production plant operation activities at market center. Ensure processing takes place in a safe, timely, cost-effective, and efficient manner. Activities to be managed include, but are not limited to:
- Wastewater / Environmental Compliance
- Receiving and soil sorting/classification
- Wash aisle
- Garment Finishing/Sortation
- Allied Finishing
- Bundling and distribution
- Sets and ensure plant operation goals are meet for the efficient, timely, quality and profitable completion of activities for a given product
- Work with market center management, identify and implement systems and methods that will improve safety, operating efficiency consistent with operating goals and cost constraints guidelines
- Analyze and react to production aspects of market center profit and loss (P&L) statement(s). Work with GM to proactively enhance positive results.
- Responsible for the hiring, placement, and removal of production plant operations staff within market center.
- Post-secondary education (four-years suggested) in Industrial and/or Mechanical Engineering/Technology, business or related discipline or equivalent business/work experience
- Four to six years experience in a corporate production environment with management experience included.
- Proven track record of increasing responsibility with documented business results
- Proven ability to build effective professional relationships cross-departmentally within a market center and operations support.
- Degree in Management or Industrial/Mechanical Engineering/Technology, business or related discipline or equivalent business/work experience
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to work within a fast-paced environment, yet willing and able to work effectively with ambiguous circumstances
- Experience with quality program standards such as Lean/Six Sigma Skills an asset
- Demonstrated capability with competencies for the position
- Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective processing and distribution of laundry. Linen, product and service
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Personnel and Human Resources — Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.