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About the Role
About You
- 5+ years as a Plant Manager (or equivalent) in the food & beverage or packaging industry.
- Experience managing production frontline teams of varying sizes.
- Skilled with Microsoft Suite applications for reporting and communication.
- Knowledge of safety practices for working with factory equipment.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Possess a sense of urgency and ownership.
- Embraces a continuous improvement mindset.
- Mechanical expertise and proficiency with hand tools.
- SQF / PCQI certified.
- Lean Six Sigma experience.
- Electrical troubleshooting experience.
- Forklift certified.
- Proficiency in Spanish.
- Willingness to travel 90%-100% of the time.
Benefits
- Competitive salary range of $90k–$110k.
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge automation technology.
- Dynamic work environment with a focus on innovation.
Sojo Industries ("Sojo") is a fast-growing national industrial automation company that utilizes robotics, mobility and software to deliver efficient packaging and assembly solutions to the food and beverage industry. Sojo utilizes its proprietary mobile manufacturing offering, Sojo Flight, to eliminate freight costs, labor costs, packaging costs and harmful emissions by delivering on-site packaging services. Sojo also recently launched its e-commerce logistics solution, Sojo Connect, which focuses on the packing, assembling, storing, purchase order fulfillment and delivering of food and beverage products to leading digital marketplaces such as Amazon, Walmart and Instacart. Sojo has also developed its own proprietary blockchain-based track and trace software platform, Sojo Shield, which utilizes sophisticated data capture and geo-location technologies to enable customers to comply with federally mandated food safety requirements. Sojo manages a national footprint of bricks and mortar facilities across the country in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California and Texas and maintains mobile manufacturing sites in Indiana, Colorado and Utah. All locations rely on high speed automated lines that support a variety of packaging materials such as registered shrink, top loaded boxes, and side loaded cartons to name a few and incorporate robotics into the assembly process. The Sojo team is comprised of seasoned executives and operators from the food and beverage industry and customers include several Fortune 500 brands, distributors, and manufacturers.