The R&D Optimization Manager is responsible for identifying and executing initiatives that will reduce cost, improve efficiency, increase capacity, improve quality and / or simplify our operations. Role must work collaboratively across all functions. Key partners include: Cost Accounting, Capital teams, operations, sales, FSQA, Process Engineering and Innovation R&D team. Manager is responsible for team KPIs and project health tracking. Pork Quality team report through R&D Optimization manager. ... more details
The R&D Optimization Manager is responsible for identifying and executing initiatives that will reduce cost, improve efficiency, increase capacity, improve quality and / or simplify our operations. Role must work collaboratively across all functions. Key partners include: Cost Accounting, Capital teams, operations, sales, FSQA, Process Engineering and Innovation R&D team. Manager is responsible for team KPIs and project health tracking. Pork Quality team report through R&D Optimization manager. This team is responsible for ensuring Pork Quality analytics are achieved and work with Operations and Country View Family Farms to resolve any gaps to target.
Managerial & Leadership
Manages the R&D Optimization and Pork Quality teams to assure effectiveness of the team's activities, team member development and department growth
Leads and manages a team of technical resources to effectively deliver on corporate growth & profitability initiatives
Ability to generate & lead high profile technical initiatives, including planning, communication, and successful transition to ops
Ensure all active projects have executional plans and accountability to schedule adherence
Able to effectively build relationships & collaborate between cross functional departments
Effectively leads team to obtain and maintain regulatory compliance (formula / label) and approvals
Leads the products through Stage & Gate discovery, development, & launch processes - Supports the
PIR change management systems
Provide leadership to enhance food safety, quality, and costs of all products manufactured
Provide leadership of projects to enhance the quality of the companies raw pork supply through enhancement of the live production operations and producer partner supply of the company
Able to effectively build relationships & collaborate between cross functional departments and internal
R&D Innovation Team
Effectively manages the Project Load- Provides clear & regular communications & updates- written & verbal
Ensure appropriate commissioning and scaling to ensure successful hand-off
Ability to track resourcing and work with innovation activity to re-balance team support across innovation and optimization initiatives
Participate in process improvements efforts for processes owned by other departments
Systems Execution
Identifies new optimization project and platform concepts which can deliver capacity, efficiency, quality, compliance, and cost improvements
Proven track record of continuous improvement through process, product or productivity gains
Works with vendors to identify innovative materials, equipment, and processes, evaluate and implement to create incremental improvements
Provides input in all aspects of the company, supports company initiatives
Act as front line technical communicator with internal & external partners & customers
Owns and tracks optimization KPIs, Annual deliverables, and Quarterly deliverables
Ensure post mortems occur and learnings are applied to our innovation and optimization processes
As required, able to integrate and leverage capital system
Ability to define and refine project scopes
Able to draft and develop the team's ability to create and define effective testing plans. Ensure testing results are documented
Own the Optimization process. Accountable for linkage to other processes as well as the need to improve our optimization process.
Talent Management
Set expectations for direct reports
Coach direct reports for growth
Develop succession plan within team
Recruit and onboard new team members into open positions
Evaluate and implement team structure to match the vision for the R&D team
Oversee and manage SOPs for role and role of direct report
Assess and develop talent of team individually and collectively to improve capabilities
Team CFG
Attend and participate in Regular Technical Team Meetings
Attend re-occurring meetings for new product launches
Attend and lead as necessary, R&D staff meeting
Participate in on-boarding of team members in other departments
Attend and participate in PIR meeting
Participate & Lead as necessary in the KPI development with R&D team
Represents company at community events and supports various company events and meetings in positive manner
Qualifications:
Possess in depth knowledge of meat and poultry products and science; applies knowledge to deliver product & process solutions.
Sound understanding of Meat & Poultry Ingredient functionality
Committed to quality- has a solid foundation in Meat Plant GMP’s, HACCP, Specifications, & USDA/ FSIS Policies
The ability to: interact with others in a positive manner; understand others objectively; connect with others on personal level; persuading others to a given point of view.
The ability to take personal responsibility and action toward self-improvement and learning; a measure of how strongly a person feels the need to achieve.
The ability to: establish a process for activities that lead to the implementation of systems, procedures or outcomes; identify long range goals and design plans to attain them; understand the needs of a situation and establish effective action plans; evaluate future implications of current decisions and actions.
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