Leads team members to identify, manage, and execute the plants process improvement opportunities. Manages production staff to attain production and quality goals. Identifies problems or bottlenecks in production processes and resolves issues. Ensures production resources including materials, equipment and human resources are available as needed to maintain production schedules. Supports continuous improvement goals in safety, quality, cost and customer service. Responsible for managing and owning various functions of the business and creating an engaged and team oriented work force in order to improve business results. Preferred 3 years related experience.

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

MO Excelsior Springs

Job Type:

Production Group

Job Posting Title:

Production Team Lead - D Shift

Job Description:

Schedule: 2-2-3 Schedule

Hours: 5:45 p.m. - 6:30 a.m.

Work Location: 1000 Italian Way, Excelsior Springs, MO 64024

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with match, STD/LTD/AD&D/Life, HSA, FSA, EAP, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Identity and Fraud Protection Plan, Legal, and Critical Illness.

Salary, based on experience and other qualifications: $31.55 per hour, plus $1.00 shift differential.

Responsibilities:

Supervises all production operations, conduct of food safety, and quality procedures of the plant to assure a safe, efficient, productive and positive work environment for the assigned shift.  This person consistently directs, coaches, trains and gives performance feedback to the associates on the line. All procedures and practices used are grounded in standards, regulations and laws addressing occupational safety (OSHA) and food safety and food quality (FDA) in addition to environmental safety (EPA) in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide shift-focused supervision to the production associates

• Communicate routinely with a professional manner with associates to assure that all understand the day’s production schedule, key issues, and challenges

• Provide supervision to the production of products during their shift assuring the implementation and monitoring of good manufacturing practices, quality and safety standards, QA monitoring and continuous improvement

• Participate in overseeing maintenance, sanitation, equipment, and organization on each shift for the plant

• Identifies problems or bottlenecks in production processes and resolves issues

• Assure daily documentation, analysis and trending of data regarding production, waste, maintenance issues, safety issues, employee issues and any other incidents.  Assure the implementation of all identified food quality and food safety standards, laws, good manufacturing practices, training and continuous improvement

• Ensures production resources including materials, equipment, and people resources are available as needed to maintain production schedules.

• Identify and document the skills, performance opportunities, learning needs, time and attendance of each production associate and teaches routinely

• Assure all associates are consistently trained in all required standards and expectations, including temporary employees

• Keep work environment clean, safe and positive

• Manage production performance against plant goals in safety, quality, CPS, cost, customer service and culture

• Manage and supervise all OSHA compliance training for production employees, including temporary employees

• Work with the management team to develop safe work practices and implement them for effective safety that result in zero recordable and lost time accidents and encourages safe work performance

• Exudes a high degree of inter-personal skills and has the ability to work well with everyone

• Assure fair and consistent application of policies, procedures, and discipline

• Follows and enforces standards for food safety and food quality production reflected in SQF as well as the regulations of major vendors and governmental agencies such as OSHA, FDA and EPA and assures associates are consistently trained in these standards and comply with all requirements

   

Supervisory Responsibilities

Manages production employees to include Packaging Machine Operators, Press Operators, Palletizing Machine Operators, Distribution personnel, and Temporary Employees, is responsible for the general direction, coordination, and evaluation of these units; Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications /Education/Experience/Skills :

• At least 3 years of production manufacturing experience preferred, food manufacturing preferred

• Working knowledge of production equipment and systems

• Working knowledge of food safety and food quality standards and regulations such as SQF or BRC and environmental and safety regulations preferred

• Competency in English language (read, write, speak); excellent written, oral, and listening skills.

• Requires basic mathematical skills to be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide combined with analytical skills used to track and trend data and be able to use that data to guide decisions and communications with associates

• Proficient use of Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

• Ability to facilitate cross-functional teams

• Ability to effectively present information to top management

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

   

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.  The employee frequently is required to walk, taste, and smell.  The employee is occasionally required to stand; sit; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, and crouch.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and color vision.  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts.  The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; and extreme heat.  The noise level is representative of a production environment.  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EEO Statement:

Winland Foods seeks to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool, and as a global company we believe our success is enhanced by fostering equity and inclusion in the workplace. Therefore, Winland Foods is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Winland Foods is a leading private label food manufacturer of pasta, dry dinners, condiments, syrups, and more with nearly 3,000 employees operating out of 14 production facilities in US, Canada, and Italy.

As a ‘newly’ established company, we are creating the building blocks for an innovative and agile organization that is purpose driven - delivering high quality food to our customers and communities. We foster an environment that encourages all employees to be heard, and values their contributions and ideas.

By joining Winland Foods, you become a part of a new team that values passion, collaboration, and strives to prosper with our customers.

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