Senior Manager, Safety and Quality - #253236

Position Title: Senior Manager, Safety and Quality

Department: Manufacturing

Compensation Range: $140,000-180,000 USD

Location: Naperville, IL, USA

About AGI

Ag Growth International Inc. (“AGI”) is a provider of the physical equipment and digital technology solutions required to support global food infrastructure including grain, fertilizer, seed, feed, and food processing systems. With over 4,000 employees worldwide, and facilities and offices in Canada, the United States, Brazil, India, Europe, APAC, Australia, and Africa, AGI sells its products globally through a network of wholly owned subsidiaries and third-party dealers and distributors.

The Opportunity

As a key member of the AGI Global Operations Team, the Senior Manager of Safety and Quality will oversee all aspects of Safety and Quality Management programs and drive YOY performance benefits across multiple manufacturing and field service divisions. The leader will have global responsibility and be able to navigate through different country compliance requirements. Safety at AGI is our top priority and everyone’s responsibility – therefore, continuing building a stronger Safety culture is critical. In parallel, Quality represented by warranty dollars is a critical pillar in AGI to continue improving customer satisfaction, productivity, and margin expansion. Therefore, ability to work and influence engineering, sales, supply chain, manufacturing to change and improve processes, methods, tools, people is critical. Our goal is to continue improving our current performance on Safety for our employees by managing TRIR, LTIR to zero and HNP (Hazard, Near Miss, Property Damage) as leading indicator to increase YOY. Similarly, Quality Warranty expenses to the minimum cost or budget plans through YOY improvements. By doing this, we increase customer and employee satisfaction.

AGI’s current business footprint supports over 25+ manufacturing facilities globally, with notable business positions across North America, Brazil, LATAM, EMEA, India, and APAC. This role requires strong leadership, communication and confidence skills in front of business leaders: Production employees, C-level, BOD, senior level executives, Plant Managers, functional leaders, etc. This is a collaborative role that works closely with senior and executive leadership as well as product management, engineering, production, marketing and sales teams.

The Team

The role will report to the VP of Manufacturing. Senior Manager, Safety and Quality, will show a strong commitment to operational excellence; strong ownership; high energy; high degree of optimism and reality; and strong commitment to build the Safety and Quality talent bench and be accountable for Program development, implementation, and compliance; Risk and Audit assessments; Incident investigation and problem solving; Training and development; Emergency business preparedness; and country regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Promote AGI culture of safety and Quality as top priority
• Make decisions with confidence and conviction while overseeing global divisions on day-to-day basis on safety and quality performance
• Develop and implement Safety and Quality strategies that align with the company's overall business objectives
• Monitor and analyze safety and quality metrics to identify areas for improvement and implement corrective actions as needed
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, industry standards, and company policies
• Set clear goals and expectations on safety and quality within the global organization and capable of bringing the team together to achieve desired results
• Establish cadence with safety and quality leaders and divisional business leaders to review, plan, action on divisional performance metrics including opportunities for recovery and improvement
• Ensure continuous process improvement principles (“LEAN”, Kaizen and Kaikaku) are implemented effectively
• Cross-functional collaboration and communication for alignment is critical for success
• Provide leadership for employee relations through effective communications, coaching, training, and development.
  
  

Qualifications

• Post Secondary Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business or other
• 10+ years in Manufacturing environments (preferred industrial manufacturing)
• Strategic thinker and strong decision maker
• Strong Safety, EHS, Quality leadership
• Strong use of data to influence business decisions
• Strong communication and relationship building skills across all levels of the organization, from Direct Labor to CEO
• Ability to prioritize requirements and manage time effectively
• Proven ability to provide leadership to a team of diverse professionals
• Strong business analysis, financial analysis, and project management capabilities
• Experience operating within a matrix organization
• Effective collaborator across functional disciplines
• Able to influence without direct reporting authority
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with tactical execution
• Ability to thrive and grow in a continuously evolving environment
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required
• High energy/high impact attitude to continue growing professionally and make AGI more profitable is required
• MS Office Proficiency (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Teams)
• MS Power BI or other Business Intelligence tools a plus
• Spend management, inventory, logistics technology applications (use and deployment experience a plus)
• AI and ML awareness
  
  

Why AGI?

We’re leading the way in global food supply chain solutions and here’s how:

We’re the leading global expert in providing farmers, processors and commercial customers with the right equipment and customized engineering solutions to produce, protect and deliver the world’s grain, fertilizer, seed, feed and food supplies. Dedicated to safety, innovation and customization, AGI offers one of the largest catalogs of equipment and full-service planning and engineering services for the storage, blending, mixing, conveying, conditioning, and processing of agricultural products worldwide. Supported by an extensive in-country sales and service team, AGI provides a global distribution network and state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Canada, the United States, Brazil, India, France, and Italy.

Our Culture

Safety and teamwork are the cornerstones of our global culture. In all aspects of our business, diverse and inclusive teams work together to deliver quality products, solutions, and services for our customers around the world.

Benefits Offered

• Annual bonus plan
• Paid Time Off
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life and AD&D
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Voluntary Life
• Employee Assistance Program
• Spending Accounts
• 401k with match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with match
  
  

With AGI, you’re choosing an employer dedicated to strengthening and securing the global food supply chain.

AGI is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

Accommodations are available upon request for candidates with a disability taking part in the recruitment process and once hired.