Food Manufacturing Plant Environment
- Actively support and participate in the plant’s safety process.
- Champion a culture that values individual differences, encourages associate involvement, and promotes continuous improvement.
- Support and develop a culture that provides consistent compliance with policy administration and work rules.
- Promote and develop a culture that supports a union free status (if non-union plant).
- Serve as liaison for local charitable, educational and civic organizations.
- Facilitate regular reviews of agreements and contracts with outside vendors to assure that costs for services provided are reasonable.
- Provide insight for employment law compliance.
- Assist in recruiting and staffing processes.
- Assist in successor planning, mentoring and Career Training Program (CTP) processes within the plant.
- Assist with the delivery of annual training plan to meets the needs of non-exempt level associates, including self-development.
- Assist with general orientation for all new associates.
- Assist with non-exempt compensation, incentive and benefit plans.
- Support and develop a forum for employee complaints/disputes/grievances.
- Encourage regular, timely, and open communication with all associates.
- Develop, support and maintain accurate associate data systems to support the needs of the operation and the company.
- Maintain accurate, well-organized and properly sorted associate hard copy files.
- Follow established programs, policies and practices to produce safe quality foods that meet regulatory and company requirements.
- Support the development, implementation, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of the SQF 2000 Systems.
- Accountable to the Kroger Manufacturing Food Safety and Quality Principles.
- Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.