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Production Manager

Crown Bakeries
Dickson, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 5/23/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/17/2026
Job Summary

Leads bakery operations, directly and through subordinates, in Production, Quality, and Sanitation to achieve all Safety, Quality, Reliability, and Financial goals in support of the Company Values of People, Product Quality, and Profit. This position is accountable for the day-to-day operations of the production departments.

Responsibilities

  • Execute plant-specific vision and mission to assure continuous improvement and alignment with the Enterprise vision for Production Department.
  • Direct and oversee production supervisors and their roles and responsibilities throughout the day.
  • Drives employee engagement, training, and development to maximize manufacturing, quality, safety, and productivity goal attainment.
  • Effectively communicate results and action plans to all employees and managers.
  • Ability to fill role of Plant Manager for short term absence.
  • Collaborates directly with production planning and materials management to optimize scheduled attainment and customer service.
  • Collaborate directly with human resources to ensure employee issues or concerns are correctly addressed and resolved.
  • Collaborate with finance to create and execute a production and capital budget to ensure that financial allocations and obligations are set, administered and met.
  • Initiate cost savings measures relating to crewing, standards and yields.
  • Ensure all plant operations and business is conducted in a safe and controlled environment.
  • Ensure all quality and regulatory standards, specifications, and policies are met or exceeded.
  • Collaborates with R&D in product development and implementation of plant trials.
  • Develops and prepares production budgets and monitors to ensure compliance.

Qualifications And Skills

  • BS or other relevant 4-year degree
  • Minimum 5 years related Food Manufacturing experience
  • Analysis skills for problem solving and decision making
  • Superior communication skills
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Problem solving skills using tools such as FMECA’s, RCA’s, and SPC
  • Social skills and etiquette for dining, travel, and meetings
  • Basic mathematical and statistical skills

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Must be able to lift 25 pounds, walk through a manufacturing plant and sit at a desk for long periods of time. Must have good vision, hearing, etc. to perform duties effectively. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

WORK CONDITIONS

This job operates in a production office environment. The employee is occasionally exposed to facility elements such as noise, dust, fumes and odors. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

EEO Statement

Crown Bakeries is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment. It is our policy to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law. We prohibit any such discrimination or harassment in our workplace and strive to foster a diverse and inclusive workforce. This EEO policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.

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