<p>Position Summary</p><p>Our client is expanding their farming operations by constructing a new rice milling plant dedicated to producing high-quality rice flour. They are seeking an experienced and hands-on <strong>Plant Manager</strong> to lead the full launch and ongoing operations of the milling facility.</p><p>The Plant Manager will be responsible for overseeing daily production, managing a team of 20–30 employees, driving operational efficiency, and ensuring the plant meets quality, safety, and financial targets. This role combines strong operational leadership with sales and accounting responsibilities, making it ideal for a well-rounded manager who can grow the business from the ground up. Experience in grain or food milling is a significant plus.</p><p>Key Responsibilities</p><ul><li><strong>Operations & Production Leadership</strong></li><li>Oversee all aspects of the rice milling plant, including receiving paddy rice, milling, processing into rice flour, packaging, and shipping.</li><li>Develop and implement production schedules to meet customer demand while maximizing throughput and minimizing downtime.</li><li>Manage equipment maintenance, process improvements, and continuous efficiency initiatives.</li><li><strong>Team Management</strong></li><li>Directly supervise, hire, train, and develop a team of 20–30 employees (operators, technicians, quality assurance, and support staff).</li><li>Foster a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.</li><li>Conduct performance reviews, address disciplinary issues, and promote professional growth.</li><li><strong>Sales & Business Development</strong></li><li>Lead sales efforts for rice flour products, including identifying new customers (food manufacturers, distributors, bakeries, etc.), negotiating contracts, and managing key accounts.</li><li>Collaborate with the farming division to align supply with market demand.</li><li><strong>Accounting & Financial Oversight</strong></li><li>Manage plant-level budgeting, cost control, inventory valuation, and profitability tracking.</li><li>Prepare monthly financial reports, variance analysis, and forecasts for executive leadership.</li><li>Oversee raw material costing, yield tracking, and pricing strategies.</li><li><strong>Quality, Safety & Compliance</strong></li><li>Ensure full compliance with food safety standards (HACCP, FDA, FSMA, etc.) and maintain certifications.</li><li>Implement and enforce all workplace safety policies and environmental regulations.</li><li>Monitor product quality and implement corrective actions as needed.</li><li><strong>Additional Duties</strong></li><li>Coordinate with the upstream farming operations for timely and consistent raw rice supply.</li><li>Manage inventory of finished goods, packaging materials, and spare parts.</li><li>Prepare the plant for future expansion and process upgrades.</li></ul><p><br></p>
RESPONSIBILITIES <br>Financial Reconciliation & Reporting<br>• Validate that all inventory related transactions (receipts, issues, transfers, adjustments, scrap, returns) are accurately recorded in Parity (inventory system) by the Operations team daily.<br>• Post Inventory transactions in Great Plains (accounting system)<br>• Reconcile inventory between GP and Parity<br>• Reconcile outside warehouse inventory to GP. <br>• Process inventory transactions for sales from outside warehouses to move finished goods from PB to PFFI within GP to support sales order fulfillment.<br>• Investigate and resolve discrepancies related to inventory quantities, units of measure, and transaction timing.<br>• Validate monthly transactions in financial reporting systems. <br>Transaction Validation & Compliance<br>• Review transactions entered by operations, procurement, and warehouse teams to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with company policies.<br>• Identify incorrect or missing transactions and follow up with responsible teams to correct them.<br>• Monitor open POs, unmatched receipts, and unposted transactions to ensure timely resolution.<br>• Validate BOM accuracy, production reporting, and WIP movements as needed.<br>Process Monitoring & Issue Resolution<br>• Track recurring errors or process gaps and escalate systemic issues to management.<br>• Collaborate with cross functional teams to correct root causes of inventory inaccuracies.<br>• Support cycle count and physical inventory processes by validating results and ensuring proper adjustments are recorded.<br>• Maintain documentation of reconciliation procedures and transaction workflows.<br>• Maintain standardized reports and dashboards for monitoring inventory accuracy<br><br>Most important keys: <br>• Bachelors is a must <br>• Needs to be a thinker, who is willing to be trained<br>• Heavy reconciliations of data between different systems and resolving discrepancies with operating and accounting teams (standard month end, journal entries, etc)<br>• 1+ years experience would be ideal, open to college grad at lower comp<br>• Communicating issues to leadership and operations (corporate and onsite) and begin able to identify them- will need to be meticulous and detail oriented- great communicator to leadership at the plant onsite with them<br>• Training included<br>• Willing to evolve into an accounting role<br>• Software- Great Plains (Accounting System), and Parity (Inventory System)