Operations Line Leader (Line Manager)

Key Responsibilities

- System Owner Owns Human and Food safety for the line/system and the plan to improve

- Single point of ownership for the delivery of the line/system improvement; owns delivery of line targeted results including financials

- Provide ongoing performance feedback and coaching to team members

- Builds capability in operators to identify, measure and drive out losses on their equipment

- Owns identifying training gaps for the operators and technicians on the system as well as developing and ensuring execution of training plan to address these gaps

- Drive continuous improvement and total employee involvement in critical success areas by empowering employees to utilize lean manufacturing tools.

- Manage the team: on-shift safety, quality of product, execution of shift specific improvement plan actions

- Daily staffing and leading work of operators and technicians including:

• Shift Hand-offs
• Onboarding of new employees
• Support team development
• Support performance management and incentives programs
• Own accuracy and timeliness of performance metrics for shift
• Start-up and changeover execution

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, Engineering, Industrial Technology, or Management and 2+ years of related manufacturing experience
• Prior supervisory or lead experience is preferred
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrated capability in the application of Continuous Improvement tools
• Demonstrated basic technical capability on at least one product platform
• Shift flexibility including extended hours, weekends or holidays as needed