Operations Manager - Feed Mill

About The Role

Own the safe, efficient, and profitable operation of the Jerome feed mill by providing direct on‑site leadership, financial accountability, and independent oversight of third‑party operations, while driving continuous cost, throughput, and margin improvement.

• Own day‑to‑day operations of the Jerome feed mill, including production, maintenance, quality, safety, and logistics.
• Ensure the facility operates safely, reliably, and in compliance with regulatory, food safety, and Scoular standards.
• Set and enforce operating standards, KPIs, and expectations across Scoular employees and third‑party labor.
• Collaborate closely with quality control, accounting, administrative, trade, sales, and logistics teams to ensure alignment on production, cost management, customer commitments, and operational priorities.
• Drive continuous improvement focused on throughput, yield, uptime, labor efficiency, and cost per ton.
• Identify bottlenecks, waste, and non‑value‑added activities and implement corrective actions.

• Serve as Scoular’s on‑site authority over third‑party operators.
• Maintain all third‑party agreements, ensuring they are current, formally documented, and assist in drafting revisions and renegotiations as needed.
• Validate work performed versus work billed and ensure alignment with Scoular priorities.
• Establish scopes of work, performance expectations, and productivity benchmarks.
• Identify opportunities to reduce third‑party reliance or renegotiate task‑based pricing.
• Eliminate unnecessary or bill‑driven activities.

• Own site‑level P&L with understanding of fixed vs. variable costs, elevation rates and margin drivers.
• Understand product‑level economics including inputs, yields, processing, energy, and maintenance costs.
• Partner with Traders, Commercial, and Finance to optimize product mix and profitability.
• Develop and manage budgets, forecasts, and capital justifications.
• Translate financial performance into operational actions.

• On‑site lead partnering with Operations, Maintenance, EHS, FSQ, and HR matters.
• Coordinate with Traders, Supply Chain, Maintenance, IT, Engineering, and Finance.
• Ensure alignment between commercial decisions and operational execution.
• Provide clear, fact‑based updates to senior leadership.

• Lead and develop Scoular employees on site.
• Influence third‑party personnel through standards, data, and presence.
• Build a culture of ownership, safety, transparency, and continuous improvement.
• Identify talent and capability gaps and recommend staffing or structure changes.

• 5–10+ years of experience in feed milling, grain processing, or similar manufacturing environments.
• Direct experience operating or leading feed mill, pellet mill operations, and grain processing.
• Demonstrated responsibility for site‑level financial performance or cost management.
• Experience overseeing third‑party or contract operations.
• Managing multi‑department operations, including grain receiving, rail/truck logistics, warehousing.
• Working knowledge of FDA/FSMA, HACCP, and quality assurance programs for feed and grain manufacturing.
• Strong operational instincts combined with financial literacy.
• Comfortable working on the floor and in financial reviews.
• Independent and confident decision‑maker willing to challenge when necessary.
• High integrity and trusted judgment.
• Clear communicator able to explain operational realities to non‑operators.

• Previous role as Plant Manager, Site Manager, Operations Manager, or Plant General Manager.
• Hands‑on experience with throughput optimization, yield management, shrink, energy, and maintenance cost control.
• Ability to challenge legacy practices using data‑driven decision making.
• Experience translating P&L outcomes into operational changes.

Scoular has been leading the way in safe, reliable, and innovative supply chain solutions for over 130 years. Our business is feed and food, transportation and logistics, and our people are our passion. In everything we do, we put relationships first and always leave room for what’s possible. We are a…