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Plant Manager – Food Manufacturing to 180,000 Albert Lea MN (relo avail)
Job Location:
Job Location:
Albert Lea, MN - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 160000 - 180000
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
28 August 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
26 November 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
OPEN JOB: Plant Manager Food Manufacturing
LOCATION:Albert Lea Minnesota
***Relocation Assistance Available
BASE SALARY: $160000 to $180000
INDUSTRY:Food & Beverages
JOB CATEGORY:Manufacturing - Plant Management
IDEAL CANDIDATE:
POSITION SUMMARY:
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Operational & Strategic Leadership
REQUIREMENTS:
If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity please respond back and include the following:
Upon receipt one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.
STEPHEN FLEISCHNER
Recruiting Manager
INTERMEDIA GROUP INC.
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LOCATION:Albert Lea Minnesota
***Relocation Assistance Available
BASE SALARY: $160000 to $180000
INDUSTRY:Food & Beverages
JOB CATEGORY:Manufacturing - Plant Management
IDEAL CANDIDATE:
- Bachelors degree
- 5-10 years of progressive manufacturing or processing leadership experience
- US Citizen or permanent resident
- Experience managing complex regulated manufacturing environments leading diverse leadership teams
- Compensation between $160k-180k
POSITION SUMMARY:
- The Plant Manager is responsible for the overall operational leadership safety quality financial performance and continuous improvement of one manufacturing facility producing extruded and agglomerated food.
- Provides both short-term tactical plans and long term strategic plans to the various business groups represented at the sites.
- This role ensures the facility operates efficiently safely and in compliance with applicable regulatory environmental and food safety standards while aligning operations with corporate strategy and growth objectives.
- The position is located in Albert Lea MN.
- The ideal candidate brings strong experience managing complex regulated manufacturing environments leading diverse leadership teams and driving performance across multiple departments.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Operational & Strategic Leadership
- Oversee day-to-day operations across multiple business and plants ensuring consistent performance operational discipline and delivery of customer commitments.
- Communicate develop and execute site-level strategies aligned with business goals for production quality cost and service
- Provide detailed communication with strategic and hands-on leadership for multiple departments ensuring safe efficient and compliant operations
- Establish standardized operating practices performance metrics and governance across the facility
- Ensure production plans meet customer demand while optimizing throughput yield and asset utilization
- Champion a strong safety culture ensuring compliance with OSHA EPA and chemical process safety (PSM) requirements
- Oversee process safety materials handling dust control waste management and environmental stewardship programs
- Lead audits inspections and corrective action plans related to safety quality and regulatory compliance
- Maintain a safe working environment by enforcing safety policies and procedures conducting regular safety audits and promoting a culture of safety awareness among employees
- Directly lead site leadership teams through daily example
- Build strong leadership capability through coaching performance management and succession planning
- Foster collaboration and alignment across Operations EHS Quality Engineering Supply Chain and HR
- Promote a culture of accountability engagement and continuous improvement
- Oversee asset reliability preventive and predictive maintenance strategies
- Ensure effective management of aging assets preventive maintenance programs and spare parts strategies
- Partner with Engineering on plant upgrades expansions debottlenecking and automation projects
- Lead Lean Manufacturing Six Sigma or Operational Excellence initiatives across site
- Drive standardization of systems processes and reporting
- Operational efficiencies to utilize staff in a cost effective way
- Lead change management initiatives to support growth and transformation
- Ensure learning from gaps quality and customer performance are institutionalized in plant processes and practices.
- Drive productivity improvements and cost reduction initiatives without compromising safety or quality
- Support strategic initiatives such as plant expansions new product introductions and process optimization
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelors degree
- 5-10 years of progressive manufacturing or processing leadership experience
- Experience leading in food regulated environments with strong safety initiatives
- Demonstrated success managing multiple complex manufacturing departments
- Deep understanding of employee and food safety quality systems nutrient production and regulatory requirements
- Proven financial and operational acumen including cost management
- Experience with asset-intensive operations R&D production coordination and reliability-focused maintenance strategies
- Excellent leadership communication and change management skills
If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity please respond back and include the following:
- MS WORD Resume
- required compensation.
- Contact information.
- Availability
Upon receipt one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.
STEPHEN FLEISCHNER
Recruiting Manager
INTERMEDIA GROUP INC.
EMAIL:
LINKEDIN: Experience:
Manager
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