Plant Manager

Memphis, TN - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 23-08-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Plant Manager is the strategic and operational leader of our 24/7 yeast manufacturing facility - a high-performing partially automated site serving a diverse and evolving agri-food market. This role drives cross-functional excellence across production safety quality engineering and people development. Through strong leadership proactive problem-solving and a passion for continuous improvement the Plant Manager ensures safe efficient and cost-effective operations while shaping a culture of accountability innovation and performance.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Oversees and ensure the proper functioning efficiency and cohesion of all site activities (production maintenance engineering quality health and safety environment human resources training) to accomplish site objectives in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Collaborates daily with key centralized functions (such as finance quality assurance laboratory engineering purchasing logistics sales and distribution).
Champions a strong health and safety culture focused on prevention as well as regulatory compliance
Monitors Key Performance Indicators in all relevant areas and manages performance for cost efficiency quality flexibility and productivity; Leads routine data-driven reviews with their team using a variety of platforms (Safety Chain Unix Cognos Grafana LEMS Alchemy etc.)
Maintains existing plant facilities and equipment; manage capital assets through acquisition and maintenance.
Develops the annual facility budget manages operational costs through continuous improvements in processes implements cost effective systems of control over capital operating expenditures manpower wages and salaries; updates a forecast of same in response to changes.
Coordinate the investigation and the resolution of plant non-conformities customer issues and/or complaints in close collaboration with the quality manager and initiates corrective actions in a timely manner against non-conformity.
Accompany site management team in problem solving employee mobilization and the application of the site rules and/or collective agreement within a framework of continuous improvement.
Provide leadership for employee relations through effective communications coaching training and development; Ensures the day-to-day management of human resources in collaboration with site leadership team including the selection and hiring processes of the sites personnel and succession planning for all functions.
Ensure compliance with all federal state/province and local regulations including environmental compliance and the renewal of all appropriate production licenses and permits.
Represent Lallemand in external communications such as the neighborhood the community at large relevant authorities and our sister plants (in collaboration with Lallemand corporate communications).
Serve as back-up for another site Manager functions when required.

Technical skills

Required

Bachelors degree in a related discipline in Science/Engineering/Operations management with emphasis in process control helpful
A minimum of 10 years of experience in operational management within a fast-paced production-driven environment
Knowledge of principles and practices of supervision and management. A demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others with integrity and respect. Ability to work successfully with unionized personnel where applicable.
Understanding of the procedures surrounding food industry standards. Working knowledge of GMP HACCP Food Safety and GFSI programs. Demonstrated ability for continuous process improvement using modern approaches to problem solving: Lean RCA PDCA.
Technical skills in materials and inventory management production scheduling and preventative maintenance.
Basic understanding of industrial equipment: pumps conveyors valves PLCs variable frequency drives etc.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

An asset

Experience with food or biological processes would be an asset
Fermentation Knowledge is a plus
Experience in Yeast industry Dairy industry or Brewery / Distillery is a plus

Personal abilities

Required

Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Strong leadership with a collaborative mindset; ability to develop and maintain productive and positive relationships with federal/state/local agencies vendors customers and employees other Business Units etc.
Ability to successfully negotiate contractual agreements by reading analyzing and interpreting complex documents.
Ability to effectively gather relevant data evaluate and present information and respond to questions from internal/external customers deliver results etc.
Good stress management adaptability and ability to prioritize tasks; strong organizational skills for the performance of a variety of complex administrative duties.

Oversees and ensure the proper functioning efficiency and cohesion of all site activities (production maintenance engineering quality health and safety environment human resources training) to accomplish site objectives in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Collaborates daily with key centralized functions (such as finance quality assurance laboratory engineering purchasing logistics sales and distribution).
Champions a strong health and safety culture focused on prevention as well as regulatory compliance
Monitors Key Performance Indicators in all relevant areas and manages performance for cost efficiency quality flexibility and productivity; Leads routine data-driven reviews with their team using a variety of platforms (Safety Chain Unix Cognos Grafana LEMS Alchemy etc.)
Maintains existing plant facilities and equipment; manage capital assets through acquisition and maintenance.
Develops the annual facility budget manages operational costs through continuous improvements in processes implements cost effective systems of control over capital operating expenditures manpower wages and salaries; updates a forecast of same in response to changes.
Coordinate the investigation and the resolution of plant non-conformities customer issues and/or complaints in close collaboration with the quality manager and initiates corrective actions in a timely manner against non-conformity.
Accompany site management team in problem solving employee mobilization and the application of the site rules and/or collective agreement within a framework of continuous improvement.
Provide leadership for employee relations through effective communications coaching training and development; Ensures the day-to-day management of human resources in collaboration with site leadership team including the selection and hiring processes of the sites personnel and succession planning for all functions.
Ensure compliance with all federal state/province and local regulations including environmental compliance and the renewal of all appropriate production licenses and permits.
Represent Lallemand in external communications such as the neighborhood the community at large relevant authorities and our sister plants (in collaboration with Lallemand corporate communications).
Serve as back-up for another site Manager functions when required.

Technical skills

Required

Bachelors degree in a related discipline in Science/Engineering/Operations management with emphasis in process control helpful
A minimum of 10 years of experience in operational management within a fast-paced production-driven environment
Knowledge of principles and practices of supervision and management. A demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others with integrity and respect. Ability to work successfully with unionized personnel where applicable.
Understanding of the procedures surrounding food industry standards. Working knowledge of GMP HACCP Food Safety and GFSI programs. Demonstrated ability for continuous process improvement using modern approaches to problem solving: Lean RCA PDCA.
Technical skills in materials and inventory management production scheduling and preventative maintenance.
Basic understanding of industrial equipment: pumps conveyors valves PLCs variable frequency drives etc.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

An asset

Experience with food or biological processes would be an asset
Fermentation Knowledge is a plus
Experience in Yeast industry Dairy industry or Brewery / Distillery is a plus

Personal abilities

Required

Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Strong leadership with a collaborative mindset; ability to develop and maintain productive and positive relationships with federal/state/local agencies vendors customers and employees other Business Units etc.
Ability to successfully negotiate contractual agreements by reading analyzing and interpreting complex documents.
Ability to effectively gather relevant data evaluate and present information and respond to questions from internal/external customers deliver results etc.
Good stress management adaptability and ability to prioritize tasks; strong organizational skills for the performance of a variety of complex administrative duties.