Production Manager

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When you enjoy Arnold®, Brownberry®, Oroweat®, Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s®, or Marinela® products, you know Bimbo Bakeries USA is the place for you.

We have more than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes who bring fresh products to every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive environment that values diversity, promotes development, and lets associates be authentic.

Top Reasons to Work at Bimbo Bakeries USA

Salary Range: $98,000 – $127,400

Annual Bonus Eligibility

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Paid Time Off

401k & Company Match

Production Department Leaders help BBU bake with world‑class practices, win as one team, grow our people, and serve our customers. They embrace the consumer by producing high‑quality products and ensure operational capabilities by supporting their team in executing the Operations Excellence Playbook. Our Production Department Leaders empower and involve their team to achieve key performance metrics and equip each Team Leader to win their shift.

They create a compelling culture by engaging and developing their team through effective coaching strategies and expect ownership and accountability to help their team achieve results across people, safety, quality, service, and cost.

• Oversee the financial health of the production department, creating and maintaining annual budgets
• Lead the growth and development of Team Leaders and Associates
• Build a culture that values the person, the community, and always acts with integrity
• Partner with Business Unit leadership, bakery leadership team, and cross‑functional teams to identify and implement continuous improvement strategies
• Uphold and promote our E5 Leadership Behaviors:
  Embrace the Consumer, Ensure Operational Capabilities, Empower and Involve, Engage and Develop, and Expect Ownership and Accountability
• Coach Team Leaders toward an empowered, problem‑solving mentality to consistently achieve world‑class standards
• Operate with a One Team mentality by supporting Team Leaders in collaborating across departments to solve issues and ensure production is to schedule and shipment to order
• Set priorities for department and facilitate problem‑solving processes and teams to identify, implement, and communicate solutions
• Deliver on Key Performance Indicators for People, Quality, Safety, Service, and Cost
• Engage and develop core competencies in Team Leaders through onboarding, training, coaching, and consistent performance feedback
• Achieve all safety goals; deliver safety awareness programs in order to eliminate unsafe acts and conditions that contribute to workplace injuries; comply with workplace standards, company policies, and government regulations
• Ensure product quality by identifying, prioritizing, and bringing solutions to focus issues
• Manage budgets for capital investments, pan glazing, downtime, and damages
• Equip Team Leaders to serve sales by analyzing data to ensure all production processes are running efficiently and the team is set up for success

Operational Execution:
This role requires the ability to think strategically about business needs, set data‑based priorities, and build plans with Team Leaders, fellow Department Leaders, and their Bakery Leader to achieve improved business KPIs. The ideal candidate will have experience setting, achieving, and exceeding business performance targets and will consistently strive to achieve goals.

Set the Standard:
Overall responsibility for achievement of Operations Excellence standards and practices in the department. The ideal candidate will be organized and detail‑oriented, ensuring that standards and practices are followed meticulously.

Driving our Culture:
The Department Leader builds a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence, providing consistent leadership while emphasizing teamwork and collaboration that leads to high‑quality products and successful financial results.

Be a Change Leader:
Drive the realization of Operations Excellence efforts across manufacturing…