Logistics Supervisor (Night Shift) - Geneva, IL

About the role

The Logistics Supervisor provides leadership for the whole shift. They establish effective relationships with all employees to foster a team workplace where cooperation, innovation, and manufacturing capabilities are used to solve problems. They drive sustainable performance through leveraging people and process and creating an environment where learning is meaningful for the business and the employee (connected to results, drives out losses, helps build the employee’s capability).

Responsibilities

• Lead food and human safety through Safety 2.0 leadership principles and standards.

• Cultivate Human Safety Culture that reduces risk to our people and communities by increasing capability to proactively discuss, identify and control risk.

• Cultivate Food Safety Culture that is committed to manufacturing safe food that is compliant with policy and regulatory requirements.

• Role model Engaging Leader behaviors.

• Develop and implement strategies to maximize shift team effectiveness (communication and collaboration).

• Provide clear individual priorities and team goals to deliver platform priorities.

• Cultivate a positive and supportive team environment to foster employee engagement and retention, including dedicated "floor time" with the team.

• Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing development and demonstrate a willingness to receive and action feedback for performance improvement.

• Drive sustainable performance improvement through coaching, development, and capability building of the shift team.

• Driving System Utilization (DSU) Support the creation and execution of the platform improvement plan.

• Daily Direction Setting (DDS) Responsible for the execution, results and process health of Shift DDS, inclusive of changeovers.

• Operations Foundational Systems Responsible to integrate operations foundation systems to secure equipment basic conditions across the shift.

• Produce safe quality product by running to target specification.

• Learning System Responsible for the delivery of the shift learning plan. Identify skill gaps, develop training plans and track employee progress.

• Gain working knowledge to collect, analyze and interpret manufacturing and logistics data to make informed decisions (overuse, performance).

• Build a comprehensive understanding of the production system, equipment and the product transformation process.

• Develop strong understanding of inventory management principles, material specifications, quality control procedures, and traceability systems for Ingredients, Materials and Finished Products.

• Deepen understanding of daily management and process ownership across the team (examples: DH, CL, CIL, etc.).

• Secure fluency of Theory of Operation (TOO) and Problem-Solving tools and processes (IR, UPS, QCO).

• Increase proficiency in labor and creating, maintaining, and utilizing a training/skills matrix to identify skill gaps, develop training plans and track employee progress.

• This position will provide backup support as needed, ensuring business continuity and operational efficiency.

Requirements

• High School Diploma

• 1 year manufacturing or frontline leadership experience

• Demonstrated leadership and working in a highly collaborative environment

• Success in driving results through process and teamwork

• Proven success reducing losses and improving performance in a manufacturing setting

• Demonstrated technical capability and knowledge of unit operations and machinery (at least one production platform)

• Skilled at communicating between work groups, cross-functional resources, and other members of the plant

• Foundational knowledge of data analysis systems (examples: SAP, Maximo, Manufacturing Analytics, MQIS, Blue Yonder, Rebus, iWarehouse) and decision making for results

Qualifications

• Associate's degree (Technical/Science/Engineering/Supply Chain/Operations/Logistics preferred)

• 2 years manufacturing experience

Skills

• Leadership

• Collaboration

• Teamwork

• Problem-solving

• Data analysis

• Manufacturing operations

• Inventory management

• Quality control

• Training and development

• Process improvement

• Employee engagement

Benefits

At General Mills, we strive for each employee's pay at any point in their career to reflect their experiences, performance, and skills for their current role. The salary range for this role represents the numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, education, skills, work experience, certifications, etc. As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range. Beyond base salary, General Mills offers a competitive Total Rewards package focusing on your overall well-being. We are proud to offer a foundation of health benefits, retirement and financial wellbeing, time off programs, wellbeing support and perks. Benefits may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors. You may also be eligible to participate in an annual incentive program. An incentive award, if any, depends on various factors, including, individual and organizational performance.

Pay

$70,100.00 - $105,200.00 / Annually

Schedule

Night’s shift (12 hours shift on a 2,3,2 schedule – 5:30 pm to 6:00 am)