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Site Manager - 2nd Shift

Johnsonville
Holton, KS Full Time
POSTED ON 11/21/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/28/2025
At Johnsonville, our Members are responsible for everything! If you’re passionate about making a difference, we want you to help make our products, our processes, our communities and each other better. As part of our manufacturing leadership and support group, you’ll help ensure production and maintenance Members have the resources and support needed to work safely and efficiently. The group will also ensure the products we produce are of only the highest quality and ready for consumers to enjoy.

Johnsonville, LLC

Site Manager – 2nd Shift

Holton, KS

Position Overview

Johnsonville is committed to becoming the best company in the world by offering the highest-quality products and creating a work environment that fosters personal growth and superlative performance by every Member.

As the 2nd Shift Site Manager, you will coach and develop Team Leaders and Members while overseeing operations across Production, Shipping, Sanitation, and Maintenance. You will serve as the senior-most leader on site during 2nd shift, ensuring safety, quality, service, and productivity objectives are met. This role also plays a key part in driving Reliability Excellence, continuous improvement, and alignment with The Johnsonville Way.

Responsibilities

Leadership & Culture

  • Exemplify and champion The Johnsonville Way daily.
  • Serve as the primary site leader on 2nd shift, ensuring alignment with first shift and maintaining operational continuity.
  • Champion the Reliability Excellence process and management systems to achieve superlative performance.
  • Promote a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement, striving for zero IFR year after year.
  • Foster Member engagement and ownership in safety, quality, cost, service, and Best Place to Work (BPTW) initiatives.
  • Promote and instill a culture of personal learning and professional development for all Members.

Operational Ownership & Strategy

  • Own safety, quality, and productivity results across Production, Shipping, Maintenance, and Sanitation.
  • Collaborate with the Operations Coordinator to develop and execute strategic plans and budgets.
  • Provide backup leadership coverage for peer roles when needed.
  • Facilitate and drive project, goal, and objective planning with teams under your leadership.
  • Drive cross-functional alignment and collaboration between Production, Shipping, Sanitation, and Maintenance.

Team & Member Development

  • Coach Team Leaders to own Member performance, development, and results.
  • Have dual ownership with Team Leaders on performance reviews, Personal Development Commitments, and disciplinary actions.
  • Lead hiring and onboarding efforts for new Members and new roles in collaboration with Team Leaders.
  • Develop future leaders and establish readiness pipelines within and beyond your department.

Continuous Improvement

  • Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives across the four end-states: safety, quality, cost, and service.
  • Identify trends in KPIs and partner with teams to problem-solve and eliminate issues at the root cause.
  • Facilitate Tier meetings to track and improve performance metrics (e.g., efficiency, yields, attainment).
  • Identify and share best practices across the Holton facility and Johnsonville network.

Planning & Execution

  • Collaborate with the Scheduler and Team Leaders on weekly production and sanitation scheduling.
  • Maintain a strong floor presence to enhance Member engagement, alignment, and accountability.
  • Attend and contribute to meetings related to safety, quality, continuous improvement, and productivity.

Education

  • High School Diploma or GED required
  • Bachelor's Degree preferred; experience and business knowledge will be considered in lieu of degree completion

Experience

  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience in manufacturing leadership/supervisory role required
  • Experience in the food industry is preferred
  • Experience in Sanitation preferred
  • Bi-lingual English and Spanish preferred

Skills And Competencies

  • Proven ability in developing and coaching others to greater levels of responsibility
  • Demonstrated communication and listening skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Experience using continuous improvement methodologies (5S, lean, Six Sigma, etc.) to improve products and processes
  • Demonstrated ability to problem solve effectively and efficiently
  • Ability to lead by example and involve others in the decision-making process
  • Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
  • Proven ability of "widening the circle of engagement and ownership"
  • Proven ability to motivate others and affect change; drive to achieve results
  • Willing to take calculated risks
  • Learning agility

Date: October 29, 2025

Location: Holton, KS

Coach: Senior Director of Manufacturing

Member Status: Full Time, Salaried

Shift: 2nd Shift; Flexibility with hours typically between 1pm-11pm

Travel: Minimal travel, up to 5% of your time

Reason for Posting: Member was been promoted!

Benefits: Members have potential for a monthly bonus and 401k with a company match. Members also have access to terrific benefits including affordable medical, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; disability and life insurance; and fertility and adoption assistance. Johnsonville also offers competitive paid time off, including paid parental time off and tuition reimbursement!

About Our Company

Since 1945, our family-owned band of sausage-makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave-able sausage. Today, we are 4,000 Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally. We call it The Johnsonville Way. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself!

How To Apply

External candidate: Apply on-line only at: careers.johnsonville.com

Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

#JVLIND

Johnsonville is an equal opportunity employer, including Vet/Disability.

We embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic, including protected veteran and disability status.

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