About LiDestri Food and Drink

LiDestri Food and Drink has grown from our roots as a pasta sauce and salsa manufacturer to become an R&D engine, formulating and producing innovative food products for our national and retailer brand partners. A family-run company based in Rochester, NY, LiDestri employs over 1,000 people across three U.S. locations. We have decades-long partnerships with some of the most respected consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and the most highly inventive retailer brands.

Excellent Pay and Benefits:

• Great career-pathing

• Professional development, including unlimited online training courses

• Health insurance with premium contributions

• Dental, vision, HSA

• 100% company paid life insurance and long-term disability

• 401k – with employer match

• Paid time off to include- vacation, sick pay, wellness time off, and 10 holidays

• Company bonuses

• And many more….

POSITION SUMMARY:

Manage all aspects of product preparation and oversee and monitor the performance of production as it relates to quality, safety, productivity, waste control, and scheduling.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage and complete work orders as determined by production schedule;

• Manage assigned production lines;

• Cross functional interaction to resolve technical problems, scheduling conflicts, equipment issues, etc.;

• Manage staff of hourly employees to include:

• scheduling personnel to meet production requirements;

• taking disciplinary action per company policy;

• drafting and delivering performance evaluations;

• training and development, timecard management, handling employee relations issues;

• Enforces safety and housekeeping rules and policies in areas of personnel and security;

• Coach, mentor and develop staff, including preparing and conducting employee performance appraisal;

• Maintain employee work schedules including timecard approval, work assignments, job rotation, training, vacations and paid time off;

• Report food safety & quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action;

REQUIRED EDUCATION, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• AS Degree with job experience is preferred;

• Ability to work with numbers, perform calculations, mechanically inclined;

• Good communication, verbal and written skills;

• Good leadership skills to influence and motivate associates;

• 5 plus years of production experience in high-speed canning/bottling operation;

• Some supervisory experience preferred;

• Proficiency with MS Office suite;

• Experience with ERP systems (i.e. Oracle, SAP, etc.);

• Proven leadership in aspects of the safety program;

• Multi-disciplinary understanding of the plant operations

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Ability to work in a manufacturing environment with exposure to:

• Long periods of standing/moving, working around moving mechanical parts/conveyors

• Loud environment, hot/cold, wet/dry conditions

• Lifting/carrying <50 pounds

• Frequent reaching/pulling/climbing stairs/stooping/kneeling/bending

  DISCLAIMER: The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed and is not an inclusive summary of job duties and responsibilities. The omission of specific statements of duties or responsibilities does not exclude them from the position. This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and the employee and is subject to change by the Company as the needs of the Company and requirements of the job change.