Title: VP Manufacturing Location: Kennewick, WA About Lamb Weston We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950's, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000+ team members around the world, it's our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people. We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow. We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you'd expect from the most inventive potato company in the world! Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries. Job Description Summary Accountable for multi-site plant operations which provide products that meet safety, quality, cost, volume and customer service criteria. Defines and recommends the strategic direction needed to achieve long-term operating and profit goals. Utilizes integrated talent management processes to develop and guide next level leaders throughout the operations division. Formulates short- and long-term operating objectives in areas such as talent development, quality improvement, cost reduction, manufacturing/processing efficiency, and new product development. Develops and implements plans to achieve appropriate production volumes and profit projections. Ensures that product quality is met within budget and safety standards are adhered to as a priority. Provides financial reports to management to review progress against goals. Collaborates with finance, planning, distribution, marketing, commercial, food safety/ quality, procurement, transportation and other departments in order to co ordinate all aspects of operations efficiently and effectively. Defines and directs administration of policies within context of company-wide policies. Job Description * Embeds life safety culture throughout the organization. Develops and implements overall operations safety initatives collaboratively with Corporate EHS * Drives food safety culture throughout the organization. Develops and implements overall operations food safety and quality initatives collaboratively with Corporate FSQ * Fosters a 'Speak Up' culture rooted in Lamb Weston values * Leads plant management to ensure Lamb Weston Operations' strategic plan connects to Lamb Weston's overall business strategies, is effectively deployed and executed against * Instills a zero-loss manufacturing culture focused on continuous improvement and delivering world class sustainable performance * Assesses, identifies, and develops talent to ensure future leaders are bench ready for growth assignments. Builds capability in the manufacturing organization * Sets, measures, and improves Plant Key Performance Indicators. Coaches plant management for excellence in ensuring delivery of products that meet quality, cost, volume, and service criteria * Defines and directs the framework and intent of the company's manufacturing policy * Key decision maker in the allocation of company resources (raw product, labor, capital improvement dollars) * Implements programs that drive sustainable and environmentally friendly manufacturing and packaging * Other duties as assigned Basic & Preferred Qualifications To view the full job description,

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