Pratt is America's 5th Largest Corrugated Packaging Company and the world's largest, privately-held 100% recycled paper and packaging company, with more than 4000 highly-skilled, green-collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability.

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Pratt Industries is looking for new talent to join our family.

Why Choose Us?

At Pratt Industries, we care about our employees by providing secure jobs, a safe work environment, and many supportive benefits. By investing in employees, we are able to offer growth opportunities to build a thriving, lifelong career.

Perks of Pratt?

• Paid Holidays from DAY ONE
• Insurance benefits and wellness reimbursement program within ONE MONTH of hire
• 1 Month: MONTHLY Gainsharing Bonus & 401(k) with match
• 6 Months: PAID vacation days
• 12 Months: FULL tuition reimbursement and PAID childbearing and parenting leave
• 401K Vesting
• Open Door policy

POSITION:

Santa Maria California

$67K - $76K – Full Time

POSITION TITLE: Central Site Manager

REPORTS TO: Strawberry Operations Manager

LOCATION: Santa Maria, CA

SUMMARY

The Central Site Manager shall be responsible for three separate locations within the Santa Maria region which includes the daily management and execution within all segments of safety, quality control, operations, production, facilities, transportation, compliance, packaging, sales and administration.

The Central Site Manager will have an integral understanding of every operation's costs, accounting, and ultimate impact to financials of the Company. As well as manage relationships with vendors, suppliers, agreements, and execution in all segments. The Central Site Manager will have the right combination of experience, education, talent, and passion for their work as a key contributor to Pratt Agriculture's forward success.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Experienced in Safety, Quality and Compliance Management
• Superior people management skills.
• Must display emotional control in time sensitive situations and be able to multi-task.
• Must drive team success, be, approachable, and have a coachable demeanor.
• Able to lead and communicate at a high level to Customer Support Staff, Production employees, Management and Customers
• Technologically and functionally advanced skills, MS Office Suite, Software systems, Apps, Portals, writing SOP's and Navigation
• General office duties, ordering supplies, scanning/faxing, filing, answering phones.
• Coordinates safety, environmental, incident investigation and training activities as well as on boarding new hires in cooperation with the Safety Manager, Human Resources Department.
• Monitor inventory and warehouse items. Provide input to management as to availability of stock, slow moving, and fast moving items, etc.
• Keep Strawberry Operations Manager and Production Supervisor informed regarding problems or situations that may affect the overall production operation of the managed locations and overall business.
• Initiate and drive investigation of customer improvement opportunities (CIO's) to Provide timely follow-up and implement effective corrective and preventative actions.
• Approve departmental production and support overtime and monitor staffing requirements consistent with demand.
• Works collaboratively with scheduling, warehousing, engineering, and quality to support and improve productivity and quality reliability through proactive production goals and standards.
• Ability to handle multiple conflicting priorities effectively and flexibly to meet company needs.
• Critical Thinking, Forensic Troubleshooting, Pattern recognition, Trend Identification, and Problem Solving skills.
• Ability to understand and interpret financial statements.
• Leads all manufacturing operations and shipping/receiving at three manufacturing locations with manufacturing department supervisors and production employees.
• Works closely with Strawberry Operations Mgr., management team and locations as a team collectively.
• Coordinates production in accordance with policies, principles, procedures and established goals.
• Develops and implements plans for efficient use of materials, machines, and employees, both Pratt employees and temporary associates.
• Reviews production costs, product quality, and modifies production to maintain and enhance profitable operation of plant.
• Directs preparation of production, human resources and labor/costs records.
• Responsible for meeting Central District budget goals per cost category.
• Maintains positive working relationship with other departments (Salinas Mfg Plant, other satellite facilities, Shipping, Sales, Accounting, Customer Service, Safety, Human Resources)
• Systematically reviews financial performance of the district to recommend to management opportunities for cost savings and sales growth.
• Comply with company policies and procedures.
• Have the ability to travel between Santa Maria region sites as well as other satellite facilities and Salinas manufacturing plant.
• Additional duties as assigned by management.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages subordinate supervisors and/or production.
• Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these units.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

EDUCATION and or EXPERIENCE

• High school diploma or GED plus college and/or appropriate technical courses five years as a proven manager in light industrial work environment preferred. College degree preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

• Spanish/English Bi-literacy Preferred

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY

• Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• The individual must have a working knowledge of case setup equipment.
• This role also supports the supervisor's role of teacher/trainer for his/her personnel.
• Cost issues in order to make daily decisions that will reduce overall costs and will help the supervisor find areas that require improvement.
• Budget development, adherence and analysis.
• Quality standards.
• Regulatory requirements including but not limited to wage and hour requirements, environmental and waste minimization, company policies, and personnel requirements including OSHA, DEQ and EEO.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit.
• The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES The individual must possess the following:

• Superior time management skills including the ability to manage multiple issues concurrently and the ability to lead an effective and efficient meeting.
• Teaching skills in order to function effectively as a teacher for his personnel both in the technical and administrative parts of the position.
• Excellent crisis manager who demonstrates high emotional control under adverse conditions and can lead personnel to a successful resolution.
• Excellent employee relations skills including being an active listener, understanding how to appraise personnel, applying both positive and corrective feedback, being able to resolve conflicts either involving the supervisor directly or as a third party, understands and demonstrates positive motivational skills including coaching and delegation techniques.
• Demonstrated confidence including providing a consistent leadership style with an acceptable level of professional assertiveness.
• Maintain a professional appearance to support the managerial role and representative of the company.

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