Manufacturing Manager – Bottling

BestCo Inc.

is a privately-held manufacturer located and operated in Mooresville, North Carolina.

BestCo is known industry-wide as a leading developer and marketer of innovative, consumer health care products for retailers and marketers of OTC drug products and dietary supplements.

BestCo specializes in manufacturing solid dose lozenges, soft chews, and other confectionery-based delivery forms of consumer healthcare products for both private label and contract manufacturing partners.

BestCo combines nearly a century’s worth of confectionery experience with emerging consumer healthcare insights to create unique products for our customers.

BestCo strives to be a pioneer and innovator in the field of confectionery delivery forms of OTC drugs and dietary supplements.BestCo is currently searching for a  Manufacturing Manager
– 8-hour Day Shift to be located at our Mooresville, North Carolina facility.

PRIMARY PURPOSE :

The Manufacturing Manager will be a proven leader with an excellent track record of achieving operational results in safety, quality, and production.

He / She will utilize a data driven waste reduction strategy to eliminate losses in assigned departments.

The Manufacturing Manager must possess skills utilizing employees within his / her direct span of control, as well as, working cross-functionally with peers and support group resources to achieve results.

The Manufacturing Manager will mentor and motivate a team of 4 to 6 Production Supervisors / Production Coordinators, 1 or more Process / Packaging Engineers, and up to 110 production associates within assigned department / departments.

Span of responsibility and accountability can be increased beyond this as business needs dictate by the VP of Manufacturing.

He / She will develop manufacturing strategies to reduce downtime and improve product flow, utilizing lean value stream mapping to identify needed kaizen activities.

He / She will assess and identify equipment / process / technology upgrades and employee development and training needs.

The Manufacturing Manager works closely with Engineering, Maintenance, Continuous Improvement, Planning, Quality, Safety, and Logistics to effectively plan, direct, and coordinate all activities of production to include safety, quality, production, and cost control.

The Manufacturing Manager assures that the highest standards of safety are followed to protect our employees and that all SOP’s and GMP’s are strictly followed to ensure product quality and consumer safety.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Works safely, complies with all environmental, health and safety policies and procedures.

  Identifies and eliminates hazards.

  Supports initiatives that foster an environment where employees take personal responsibility for safety.

• Ensure that deviations and CAPAs are addressed right the first time and monitors health of manufacturing quality systems.

  Sponsors all investigations within assigned areas and works closely with Quality department to determine root causes.

• Daily responsibilities include the development and tracking of operational, compliance and other performance KPI’s /metrics.

  Evaluates, develops and implements continuous improvements and best practices for their areas.

  This includes evaluating their areas (and upstream/downstream areas) for efficiency and effectiveness improvement opportunities.

• Works with Maintenance and Engineering to troubleshoot process problems and identify solutions that reduce downtime in a cost-effective manner.

  Works to assure that department equipment and technology keep up with ever changing customer needs while providing return on investment.

• Develops and implements operating methods and procedures designed to eliminate operating problems and improve product quality.
• Develops broad understanding with the team of equipment, processes, and communications.
• Works to understand, document, develop, and improve standard work that supports consistent manufacturing performance.
• Holds all employees accountable for following standard work and meeting company core values.
• Responsible for the development of team members to prepare them for future promotion (building bench strength).

  Actively participates in hiring the best talent and works to develop an exceptional workforce.

• Actively participates/contributes to technology transfer, start-ups, design and implementation of process changes, typically working on cross-functional teams.
• Responsible for ensuring customer orders/requirements are met with effective production schedules.

  Partners with supply chain to develop manufacturing schedules to meet planning commitments, and ensures resources are available and prepared to meet these commitments

• Drives ‘World Class’ production output without sacrificing safety, housekeeping, or quality.
• Responsible for working with finance department to establish and maintaining annual department budget to maximize plant profitability.

  Maintains adequate plant staffing and controls labor and other overhead costs.

• Participates on a variety of strategy related cross-functional teams to optimize product development and launch, manufacturing capacity utilization, and organizational development.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:

This job has Supervisory responsibilities

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or other technical discipline and at least 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing support role or manufacturing management role (or a combination of both)

or

• a Bachelor’s degree in another discipline and at least 7 years’ experience in a manufacturing management role

or

• At least 10 years’ manufacturing management experience with at least 5 years of manufacturing management experience at BestCo
• Familiarity with lean tools, six sigma, kaizen, and other continuous improvement methods
• Familiarity with annual budgeting process

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ten or more years of engineering or manufacturing management experience
• Experience in a Continuous Improvement / Manufacturing Excellence / Operational Excellence role with demonstrated ability to drive efficiency improvement and cost down projects to deliver significant results
• Training / certification and experience in continuous improvement methods (lean, six sigma, Kaizen, etc).
• Experience developing annual operating budgets
• Experience in Pharmaceutical, Food, Chemical, or Consumer Goods manufacturing
• Experience supervising and developing direct reports

“NO OUTSIDE RECRUITING AGENCIES”

All offers of employment are conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation, drug screen, and employment eligibility verification (E-verify).

BestCo is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

41 CFR 60-1.35(c)