About the role
Third Processing Manager – Day Shift
At Pilgrim’s, Safety Is A Condition, which means the safety of our team members comes first - always.
Purpose and Scope/General Summary: We are looking for a Third Processing Manager for Pilgrim’s in Lufkin, Texas.
Pilgrim’s is seeking a Third Processing Manager to lead a high-performing team in a fast-paced production environment. This role is responsible for ensuring safety, quality, sanitation, budgeting, and productivity while driving continuous improvement through data analysis and process coordination. If you’re a hands-on leader who thrives in dynamic settings and enjoys making a direct impact, this is a great opportunity to grow with a company committed to excellence.
Responsibilities:
Basic Responsibilities:
- Manage daily shipping and labeling operations, including product flow, case labeling, palletizing, scanning, finished product storage, and trailer loading.
- Lead supervisors, leads, and team members to meet safety, quality, productivity, inventory accuracy, and on-time shipping goals.
- Coordinate with production, planning, sales, QA, and transportation to ensure orders are completed accurately and ready for scheduled pickup.
- Ensure case and pallet labels match product specifications, customer requirements, destination, and system information.
- Verify that all pallets are properly wrapped, labeled, scanned, and assigned to the correct storage location before shipment.
- Maintain accurate inventory through daily reconciliation, physical counts, and timely investigation of missing product or scanning discrepancies.
- Manage cooler, freezer, and dock space to maintain proper product rotation, control inventory age, and prevent congestion and product damage.
- Ensure load verification procedures prevent overages, shortages, incorrect products, and shipments to the wrong destination.
- Oversee trailer inspections, temperature verification, loading practices, seals, and shipping documentation.
- Maintain accurate yard inventory and verify trailer locations, load status, and shipment readiness.
- Coordinate the timely disposition of held, rejected, damaged, and rework product with QA and production.
- Manage staffing, labor hours, overtime, and departmental expenses to meet budget and operating goals.
- Monitor labeling and shipping equipment performance and coordinate repairs and preventive maintenance to reduce downtime.
- Review daily performance, investigate missed goals and shipping errors, and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Train and develop supervisors and team members, communicate clear expectations, and hold employees accountable for performance and compliance.
- Ensure complete shift handoffs covering open orders, inventory discrepancies, held product, equipment issues, and pending loads.
- Maintain sanitation, housekeeping, food safety, and safe work practices throughout shipping, labeling, and finished product storage areas.
- Conduct routine inspections and take immediate action to correct unsafe conditions, improper practices, and product handling concerns.
What You’ll Need:
- 5+ years experience in the poultry/food industry required with at least 3 years in a supervisory role. - Must have good leadership skills. - Must have the ability to interact with operational and processing management. - Must demonstrate critical thinking skills. - Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Must have the ability to organize and prioritize work.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office preferred (Word, Excel, etc) - SAP experience preferred. - Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external partners - Able to work evenings and weekends as required
Why Work for Pilgrim’s?
- Schedule: Monday – Friday with occasional weekends. - Benefits: Vision, Medical, and Dental coverage begin after 60 days of employment; - Paid Time Off: Sick leave, vacation, company observed holidays or, any other statutorily required paid leave; - 401(k): company match begins after the first year of service and follows the company vesting schedule; - Base salary range of $102,696 to $124,776; - Career Development: Our company is dedicated to supporting professional growth by offering continuous learning opportunities and a focus on career growth through various learning and development programs; - Better Futures
The Company is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our team members and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct drug, alcohol, and background checks for all new team members post-offer and prior to the start of employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of the third day of work.
About us: Pilgrim’s is a leading global food company with more than 62,000 team members worldwide. The company processes, prepares, packages, and delivers fresh, frozen, and value-added food products for customers in more than 100 countries. Pilgrim’s operates protein processing plants and prepared foods facilities in 14 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, the U.K, the Republic of Ireland and continental Europe.
Our vision: Become the best and most respected company in our industry creating the opportunity of a better future for our team members.
Our core values are: Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity, Sincerity
EOE, including disability/vets
Unsolicited Assistance: Pilgrim's does not accept unsolicited assistance from any recruitment vendors for any of our open jobs. All resumes or candidate profiles submitted by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee at Pilgrim's or via the applicant tracking system, in any form without a valid written request and search agreement previously approved by HR, will be solely owned by Pilgrim's. No fees will be paid should the candidate be hired by Pilgrim's because of an unsolicited referral.
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