R&D Operations Manager
Bowery Farming
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Kearny, NJ, USA
Posted on Saturday, April 13, 2024
At Bowery, we’re making wildly delicious food more accessible to everyone. Driven by our proprietary end-to-end technology, our farms are transforming the entire fresh food supply chain to be simpler, safer, and vastly more sustainable.
We have 5 farms in operation (including state-of-the-art R&D and innovation farms) and we’re just getting started. We’re backed by tech and agriculture industry leaders with $647M in equity and debt capital, and our products are sold in over 1,400 locations.
Working at Bowery is more than just a job. It’s a chance to make a global impact with first-of-its-kind technology and ridiculously good food. We’re always looking for passionate minds to grow (and eat) with us! Ready to make a real difference? Join us. We’d love to have you here.
P.s. Check out The Roots: Bowery Farming's People Podcast for all things Bowery culture, teams, leadership, and karaoke (yes, karaoke)
About The Role:
Bowery Farming is seeking an R&D Operations Manager who will be responsible for managing our R&D Operations and Facilities in Kearny, NJ. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Agricultural Systems Innovation, you will help to oversee the complete operation, which includes: people management and development, crop health, and experimental and operational excellence. You are an analytical problem solver who can set big goals, interpret data, and deliver business results. You will operate in a multidisciplinary environment with agricultural scientists, engineers, computer scientists and other functions and your work will meaningfully impact the evolution of the indoor agriculture industry.
What You'll Do:
- Responsible for the end-to-end operation of our R&D farms including team, system and facility management
- Oversee the R&D Operations team to ensure that the farm stays on schedule, from seeding to harvest, data collection and other relevant experimental tasks
- Onboard, train and develop Supervisors, R&D Specialists, Agricultural Technicians, Farmers and Maintenance Technicians
- Drive performance of farm operation, including safety, experimental quality and delivery, productivity and costs
- Implement all SOPs and drive compliance with crop plans in partnership with the Agricultural Sciences team
- Collect & analyze data in order to proactively identify production issues or develop plans to resolve existing issues
- Provide a safe working environment by maintaining quality equipment and enforcing adherence to developed work practices
- Ensure employees have the right tools, knowledge and equipment required to do their jobs effectively and safely
- Promote a culture of world-class performance and continuous improvement that values learning and a commitment to quality
- Establish trust and maintain open, positive relationships with team, customers and vendors
- Conduct regular, formal site condition inspections and develop solutions for systemic needs
Who You Are:
- Experience in manufacturing operations or engineering role with demonstrated ability to run a complex, automated operation
- Lean & Six Sigma process improvement techniques knowledge
- Experience managing an OSHA compliance program
- Skills driving continuous improvement initiatives & culture
- Excellent analytical, problem solving, and superior management skills
- Strong mentoring, coaching experience to a team with diverse levels of expertise
- Ability to influence and engage direct and indirect reports and peers
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
- Detail & process orientation
- Experience with farming and growing operations, and food safety and production is a plus
Benefits As Good As Our Greens:
- To support you and your family, we offer health, dental, and vision insurance; mental health resources; family forming support; long-term and short-term disability insurance; FSA; HSA and commuter benefits
- Company stock options so that you can reap the benefits of every Bowery win
- 401k Program
- The more balance, the better. We offer unlimited paid vacation, paid holiday - plus 16 weeks of paid parental leave so you can focus on what matters most
- From internal mobility to a mentorship program and curated L&D initiatives, we are fully invested in your growth
Our commitment to eliminating bias and ensuring pay equity goes beyond pay transparency. Click here (https://bit.ly/3CUwuUY) to learn more about how compensation works at Bowery, how we came up with the salary on this job posting, and what we’re doing to ensure your compensation is internally and externally equitable.
The salary for this role will be $70,000. If this role is of interest to you, we encourage you to apply no matter what so we can see your profile and background. You can trust us to make a leveling assessment based on your unique skills and experience and communicate that with you.
Bowery is an equal-opportunity employer - a place that celebrates unique backgrounds, qualities, and cultures that will enrich the workplace. We are attempting to redefine what a sustainable agricultural supply chain can look like. We cannot achieve this mission without a team that reflects the diversity of people who want fresh, locally grown food in regard to race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, national origin, religion, family status, disability, military status, and experience. We strongly encourage people from marginalized communities to apply to join our team.
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