General Manager

General Manager– Thrive Freeze Dry (Modesto, CA)

Position Overview:

Thrive Freeze Dry is a rapidly growing freeze-dried food company seeking a General Manager to lead and oversee all aspects of plant and business operations in Modesto, CA. The General Manager will be responsible for driving operational excellence, fostering a culture of safety and continuous improvement, and ensuring the achievement of company goals in revenue, profitability, and compliance. This role requires strategic vision, strong leadership, and the ability to develop and empower teams to reach their full potential. 

Essential Functions

•    Lead strategic decision-making to achieve company revenue and profitability targets. 

•    Oversee all plant and business operations, ensuring safety, quality, production, and financial goals are consistently met. 

•    Identify and implement improvement initiatives, focusing on process efficiency, organizational capability, and cost containment. 

•    Ensure full compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, including USDA, FDA, FSMA, EPA, OSHA, HACCP, and SQF programs. 

•    Develop and manage operating and capital budgets for all business functions

•    Establish and maintain efficient production and business processes, including written SOPs, to achieve operational goals. 

•    Provide leadership across the organization, promoting a positive work environment and overseeing staffing strategies to ensure coverage, training, and motivation. 

•    Foster an environment of learning and continuous improvement, ensuring production schedules and business objectives are met in a cost-effective manner. 

Qualifications

•    Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Food Science, Operations, or a related field required. 

•    10 years of experience in food manufacturing or related industry, with progressive supervisory and leadership experience. 

•    Thorough knowledge of effective and efficient manufacturing and business management methods. 

Physical & Work Environment Requirements

•    Consistent and reliable attendance

•    Ability to occasionally work varied shifts and travel overnight. 

•    Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling; frequent fine finger dexterity. 

•    Work involves sitting, walking, and standing in a food manufacturing environment with occasional temperature variations. 

•    Unrestricted visual and audio abilities required for safet

Salary : $200,000 - $250,000