plant lead, rotating shift

About the role

The Starbucks Roasting Plant Lead assists the supervisor in managing day-to-day operations, ensuring task completion and adherence to quality, inventory, and customer service standards. This role involves leading and executing various manufacturing, distribution, and green coffee operations tasks, maintaining a safe and organized work environment, and providing training and coaching to team members.

Responsibilities

• Audit assigned functional areas daily to ensure quality, inventory accuracy, and customer service standards are met.
• Lead and carry out daily manufacturing, distribution, or green coffee operations tasks.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work environment.
• Oversee the execution of the master sanitation schedule.
• Provide training and coaching to team members on standard operating procedures, quality, and safety procedures and regulations.
• Recommend process improvements and support process and business changes.
• Create staffing schedules and communicate with temporary staffing agencies as needed.
• Review line communication boards for continuous improvement suggestions, enter work orders into the maintenance tracking system for issues requiring follow-up.
• Review and update Kronos to ensure accurate partner timesheets.
• Demonstrate and understand safety as a core value, follow safety guidelines, and actively engage in safety initiatives.
• Support food safety, legal, and quality programs.
• Maintain product quality through adherence to good manufacturing practices, Food Safety Preventative Controls, product specifications, and quality procedures.
• Perform other duties as needed to support business objectives and Starbucks Mission & Values.
• Maintain regular and consistent attendance and punctuality.

Requirements

• Experience with manufacturing or distribution environments (4 years).
• High School Diploma/GED or 4+ years of US military service.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• Basic math skills.
• Ability to follow verbal direction.
• Quickly assess and prioritize needs in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Manufacturing or automated distribution or warehouse systems (1 year).
• Team-building skills.
• Ability to provide technical leadership.
• Proficient computer skills, including the Microsoft Office suite.
• Ability to coach and mentor others.
• Ability to work with a diverse team environment.
• Ability to work in accordance with safety, quality, and sanitation standards, policies, and procedures.
• Familiarity with food safety regulatory requirements and global standards including Preventive Controls for Human Food (FDA Code of Federal Regulations) and the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI).
• Experience with the GFSI certification schemes (i.e., BRC and/or SQF) (preferred).

Skills

• Technical leadership.
• Training and coaching.
• Process improvement recommendations.
• Staffing scheduling.
• Line communication board review.
• Kronos timesheet management.
• Safety demonstration and compliance.
• Food safety support.
• Product quality maintenance.

Benefits

At Starbucks, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, and other voluntary insurance benefits. Additionally, partners can take advantage of short-term and long-term disability, paid parental leave, family expansion reimbursement, paid vacation, eight paid holidays, and two personal days per year. The company also offers a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, a discounted company stock program (S.I.P.), Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock), incentivized emergency savings, and financial well-being tools. Eligible partners can participate in the Starbucks College Achievement Plan, which provides 100% upfront tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor’s degree through Arizona State University’s online program. You will also have access to backup care and DACA reimbursement. Starbucks complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act. The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity.