Management Trainee- Operations

Job Description

Management Trainee – Operations | Indiana Packers Corporation

The Tone:
This is a 24-week rotating management trainee program at Indiana Packers Corporation, located in Delphi, Indiana, designed to transition into a full-time supervisor role. Indiana Packers Corporation is a large, integrated producer of fresh and processed meats for retail, food service, and private label markets. This role is crucial for developing future operational leaders who will ensure safety, quality, and production goals are met in a world-class facility.

The TL;DR
• Role: Management Trainee (24-week program leading to Supervisor)
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Delphi, IN

• Mission: Gain comprehensive understanding of facility operations to lead a front-line team and achieve production goals.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft office products, enterprise software, database reporting tools

What You’ll Actually Do
• Training: Learn all areas of the processing facility as assigned to understand the full scope of operations.
• Communication: Communicate with department leaders regarding training progress, employee performance, discipline, compliance, motivation, and development.
• Supervision: Be accountable for directing departmental activities to meet established safety, quality, and production goals.
• Reporting: Accurately compile and complete daily records related to operational goals, including equipment downtime, product audits, employee job rotations, and yield tracking.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Recent college graduate with a bachelor’s degree in animal science, operations management, food science, agribusiness, or a related field from an accredited college.
• Experience: Entry-level professional with an academic background relevant to operations and animal/food science.
• Skills: Strong computer proficiency including Microsoft Office products, ability to learn enterprise software and database reporting tools, excellent communication skills (read, write, speak English), exemplary interpersonal skills, ability to operate professionally and confidentially with strong ethics, capability to work independently and identify solutions with minimal supervision, ability to multi-task in a dynamic environment, and consistent attendance.