What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Manager (PM Shift) position at Flying Food Group?
Classification: Exempt
Salary Range:$ 70,000.00-$80,000.00
Reports to: General Manager
Date: April 2025
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Food Production Manager who is responsible for production of food packing in our PM SHIFTEssential Functions
- Provide direction, guidance and supervision to supervisors to enable them to work more effectively
- Knowledge of cold food production processes
- Improve production process to increase productivity and process controls
- Ensure food ready time is met daily for meal processing and packing
- Ensure no shortages occur and all special meals are produced to specification
- Ensure portions control is accurately measured and managed by supervisors and employees
- Train employee & supervisor in production processes and measurements
- Proactively manage employee relations issues to resolve them effectively and promptly
- Provide counsel supervisors in effective handling employee relations issues
- Ensure controls are in place to manage food costs and report waste
- Measure and manage productivity in the department to identify areas for improvement
- Manage rotation of produced cold meals and hot meals minimize waste
- Manage rotation of bulk food production to FIFO
- Hold regular communication meeting with employees to review production results
- Hold regular communication meeting with employees to review safety & hygiene
- Prepare and post employee shift schedules and communicate changes
- Manage production schedules and processes to minimize overtime
- Manage work force accountability and ensure employees have tools needed for production
- Ensure that HACCP standards are achieved and control documents are completed
- Provide daily feedback to employees through FACE2FACE communications
- Knowledge of internal policies and procedures
- Competent to work independently within area of expertise
- Knows and follows all safety requirements; strives to maintain a safe work environment.
- Effectively gives and receives feedback; willingly asks questions and seeks direction, as needed.
- Must be able to function within a team environment.
Skills and Qualifications
- Minimum of a B.A./B.S. degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Food Service experience required
- A minimum of 4-5 years supervising a food production environment
- Knowledge of Food Industry quality and sanitation standards and requirements
- Candidate bilingual in Chinese and or Spanish a plus
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Office suite, specifically in Excel, word and email
- Possess driver’s license
- Able to obtaine security clearance for airport badging purposes
Supervisory Responsibility
This position has supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment
This job operates in an office, hot and cold production environments and this position will routinely use standard office equipment and culinary equipment.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit/stand for long periods and reach with hands and arms. Push, pull, carry an lift up to 60 lbs.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time exempt position. Flexibility on hours and weekends is required.Travel
0 - 10%Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.Benefits
Flying Food Group, LLC offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes: medical, prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity plans, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, commuter benefit, retirement program 401(k), tuition reimbursement, and pet insurance.
Salary : $70,000 - $80,000