Production Processing Manager
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Skills
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Chemical Engineering, Microbiology, Operations Management, Business, or a related field required.
- Minimum of eight years of progressive experience in food, beverage, dairy, or a similarly regulated manufacturing environment.
- At least five years of successful management experience in a comparable manufacturing operation.
- Minimum of three years of direct experience with aseptic or UHT processing required.
- Demonstrated career progression with increasing responsibility for people, operations, performance, and business results.
- Proven ability to lead through others, influence cross-functional teams, and contribute to broader site-level decisions.
- Experience leading in a high-speed, highly automated, and complex manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated interest and capability to grow into positions of broader operational and organizational responsibility.
Full description
About Kerry
Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.
About the role
The Production Processing Manager leads all aseptic beverage-processing operations, ensuring the safe, efficient, and compliant production of high-quality products. This position is a key member of the Site Leadership Team and contributes to broader plant strategy, operational performance, workforce development, and continuous improvement.
The ideal candidate is an experienced manufacturing leader with a progressive career history, strong business judgment, and the ability to lead beyond their immediate area of responsibility. This role provides opportunities to expand leadership scope over time based on demonstrated performance, capability, and organizational needs.
Key Responsibilities
Operations Leadership
- Lead day-to-day aseptic processing operations, including batching, mixing, blending, UHT/HTST processing, and sterilization.
- Ensure production targets are achieved for safety, quality, volume, yield, throughput, cost, and efficiency.
- Monitor and optimize Clean-in-Place (CIP) and Sterilize-in-Place (SIP) processes.
- Promote a safety-first culture and ensure consistent adherence to safe operating practices.
- Coordinate with Packaging, Quality, Sanitation, Maintenance, Warehouse, and Supply Chain teams to support seamless plant operations.
- Provide visible leadership on the production floor and ensure timely escalation and resolution of operational issues.
- Provide leadership coverage for broader site priorities when needed.
Site and Strategic Leadership
- Serve as an active member of the Site Leadership Team and contribute to the development and execution of site priorities.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives that improve overall plant safety, quality, service, cost, culture, and operational performance.
- Use operational and financial data to identify risks, evaluate opportunities, and make sound business recommendations.
- Support annual operating plans, departmental budgets, labor planning, capital priorities, and cost-improvement initiatives.
- Build effective partnerships across all site functions and influence decisions beyond the processing department.
- Support organizational change and create alignment around plant goals, expectations, and performance standards.