Operations Leadership Development Program (LDP) - Emerging Leader

Main tasks and responsibilities

• Utilize engineering, manufacturing, supply chain education and background
• Facilitate daily goal setting to achieve safety, quality, and productivity metrics and goals in all areas; report on shift results.
• Ensure effective and positive employee relations.
• Provide coaching and counseling to production operators and crew members.
• Drive continuous improvement activities and projects.
• Audit quality, safety, food safety, and environmental housekeeping procedures.
• Assist in performing preventative maintenance of equipment.
• Work overtime as needed, which may require extended shifts, weekends, and holidays.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Competencies

• Educational requirement: 4 year college degree in engineering, business, or sales discipline required.
• Professional background: Previous experience or strong desire to work in manufacturing organization, preferred.
• Knowledge and experience: Knowledge of, and experience with, printing and converting industry and equipment; preferred.
• Competencies: Demonstrated evidence of critical thinking, logic, patience, reasoning, empathy, continuous learning and development; Basic computer skills with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook; advanced skills preferred.
• Soft Skills: Customer Focus - dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; Respect and Teamwork - Relates well to people throughout the organization, builds appropriate rapport, and builds constructive and effective relationships; Leading Others - Is good at establishing clear directions; sets stretch objectives; distributes the workload appropriately; lays out work in a well-planned and organized manner; maintains two-way dialogue with others on work and results; brings out the best in people; is a clear communicator; Innovation & Problem Solving - Uses logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; looks beyond the obvious and does not stop at the first answers; Performance – sets goals and works to achieve them; understand the metrics of success; motivates and encourages self and others to achieve greatness.