Production Manager

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with.

In the USA, we develop, market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites, based across the country. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Join us as our next Production Manager, reporting to our Site Operations Director. You will manage and coordinate the production of intermediate or finished products, ensuring that all materials are produced and packaged on time and compliant to the guidelines of Good Manufacturing Practices and safety standards

This role will be based in Bethlehem, PA.

In this exciting role you will:

Production Management

• Control production, material flow, and inventory to achieve cost and quality targets and production schedules of the assigned production line(s).

• Develop and improve production processes and overall organization on basis of LEAN methods.

• Obtain functions and enhance machinery and equipment in collaboration with the engineering department.

• Identify and solve independently process and product related problems.

• Define and implement necessary investments.

• Work in close collaboration with other operative departments.

People Management

• Oversee development of work teams within the department through coaching and training, and engage team members through cascading of goals, visual performance boards, performance management and ongoing communications of factory changes and performance.

• Support employee involvement in safety, analytical problem solving, and lean projects, encouraging a teamwork atmosphere.

Technical Skills

• Expertise in world-class manufacturing concepts (LEAN).

• Expertise in product industrialization.

• Expertise in change management.

• Experience with business process/system redesign.

• Experience with financial concepts (e.g. OPEX, CAPEX).

• Understanding of ISO, FSCC, Food Safety (HACCP, AIB or equivalent), GHP and GMP requirements, EHS.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management or a related discipline.

• 4 to 7 years of experience in manufacturing operations with a background in supply chain, quality, and materials management.

• 2+ years of progressive experience in people management

Additional Qualification

• MBA or Master's Degree in a Technical field

What We Can Offer You:

• Healthcare Plan:

• Medical

• Dental

• Vision

• High matching 401k plan

• Vacation days

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At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives. You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.

Every essence of you enriches our world. Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.