Operations management Trainee

Location

Owensboro, KY | United States

Job description

Operations Management Trainee

Specialty Foods Group, LLC - Owensboro, KY

Summary:

Our Operations Management Trainee Program is an entry level management position that offers exceptional hands-on experience. If you are a recent college graduate (within the last 12 months) or will be a college graduate (within the next 12 months), with a Bachelor's Degree in Animal Science, Operations Management, Food Science, Agribusiness or related field from an accredited college this is an opportunity to explore. Specialty Food Groups offers growth and stability!

The Management Trainee will spend several months in each department gaining a solid understanding of our operations through direct observation and shadowing. You will be an operations team member; rotation assignments through several departments is necessary to gain a real understanding of the business. After initial training, the Management Trainee will be assigned to specific front-line Supervisor duties. Being successful as a front-line supervisor will open opportunities for career growth in all facets of our business.

Responsibilities:

• Direct management of hourly team members including training, performance, discipline, compliance with company policies, and employee motivation and development.
• Accountability for directing departmental actives to meet safety, quality, and productivity goals.
• Accurate and complete record keeping of daily operations including equipment and line downtime, product audits, employee job rotations, and yield tracking information.

Education and Qualifications

• Recent college graduate (within the last 12 months) or will be a college graduate (within the next 12 months), with a Bachelor's Degree in Animal Science, Operations Management, Food Science, Agribusiness or related field from an accredited college.
• Strong Communication, leadership, and decision-making skills.
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office.
• Willingness to work daily or weekly overtime, likely on 2nd or 3rd shift for an extended period.

Compensation

• Competitive base salary with shift premium pay and annual performance bonus.
• 136 Hours Vacation in year 1.
• Relocation package.
• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401k, Supplemental Life, Accident and Illness insurance, and access to Employee Health Clinic.
• Tuition Reimbursement.

Benefits

We reward our team members with compensation and benefits above the competition, including three health care options (including an HSA), two dental options, two vision options, a very competitive 401(k) plan (with two different company match components), and several other supplemental benefits (including a generous tuition reimbursement program).

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

About Us

Specialty Foods Group LLC a division of Indiana Packers Corporation (IPC). IPC is a fully integrated retail, foodservice and private label producer of fresh and processed meats based in Delphi, Indiana. Since the start of operations in 1991, we have experienced rapid growth from a single pork processing company into a multi-plant diversified producer of fresh and processed meats, with locations throughout America's Heartland and revenues of approximately $1.5B.

SFG, located in Owensboro, KY, is best known for our national brand Kentucky Legend (the best-selling quarter-sliced ham in the United States) as well as several well-known regional brands, including Indiana Kitchen, Fischer's, Field, Mickelberry's, Kentuckian Gold, and Scott Pete. We now have pork processing facilities in Delphi & Frankfort, Indiana; Holland, Michigan; and Owensboro, Kentucky.

EOE, including Disability/Veteran

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