Lactalis North America is currently seeking candidates to join our Whey team in Nampa, ID. 

Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.

If you are looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirt, hands-on responsibility and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!

Lactalis North America: inviting you to share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE.  

From your PASSION to ours

The Senior Operations Manager is responsible for the overall management and direction of manufacturing processes ensuring performance, volume and quality goals are met by utilizing efficient methods, along with maintaining appropriate staffing and labor cost levels.

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Analyzes manufacturing data and identify trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement; identifies and utilizes methods to assure manufacturing processes are more efficient and effective (reducing waste, reducing labor cost, etc.). 
• Successfully achieves department projects and goals within budget.
• Directs adjustments of the manufacturing processes to maintain conformance with standards, specifications, and customer requirements. 
• Ensures compliance with workplace and government-mandated standards (FDA, USDA, OSHA, etc.).
• Responsible for preparing a variety of reports and presenting them to top management, including corrective actions or adjustments as required. 
• Responsible for the overall safety of personnel through continual inspection of the department and processes, making necessary changes to ensure efficiency is not compromised by safety and health concerns.
• Confers with the Assistant Manager and/or other Managers to coordinate departmental activities.
• Will be required to explain variances in labor costs and productivity. 
• Ensures adherence to GMP, GSP, FSSC practices, and QC policies and procedures, and proper maintenance of equipment. 
• Assists the Plant Director in preparing annual budgets and Cap Ex projects, including collection, preparation, and presentation of data to top management. 
• Cooperates with other management in establishing and communicating company policies, operating procedures, and goals.
• Ensures quality assurance programs prevent or eliminate defects in new or existing products.
• Ensures successful completion of department specific initiatives (e.g., capital projects).
• Oversees the interviewing and hiring of employees to include appraising performance, rewarding, and coaching employees; and addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, duties, and responsibilities and it does not proscribe or restrict other tasks that may be assigned.

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree from four-year college or technical school.

Experience

• 3 – 4 years related experience in field.
• Food production and packaging, or related experience.

Skills / Abilities

• Microsoft Office Proficient; Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Basic algebra skills.

Specialized Knowledge

• Solid working knowledge of equipment and process; HTST pasteurization process, filtration of whey/milk on the membrane system to include, but not limited to, Ultrafiltration, Reverse Osmosis, Microfiltration, Nanofiltration, Evaporators, and Whey or Milk dryer.
• Mechanically incline to be able to work with Maintenance department.