Mfg Team Leader I - Snack Plant - Houston, TX

Job Responsibilities

Job Summary : Achieve superior self-manufacturing products through high quality, low-cost foods while continuing commitment to the growth, development, and training of our people and continually meeting our commitment to achieve superior service levels.

Essential Functions / Process Responsibilities :

• Development mode : Requires direct supervision, administers practices, policies; assigned to a team; focuses on day-to-day issues; mentored by Ops Ldr
• Management :
• Majority of the time spent using independent judgment making employment-related and business decisions, or effectively recommending such decisions (e.g., product- / dept-related strategies, hiring, promoting, disciplining, suspending, discharging, rewarding, or otherwise engage in resolving partner-related matters)
• Provides coaching, training, and development
• Administers certification tests
• Seeks out recommendation from appropriate leader on handling critical / complex situations
• Handles day-to-day tactical issues independently with little or no supervision
• Ensures compliance with internal practices and external policies, procedures, guidelines, and governance
• Communicates tactical plans and initiatives to effectively gain partner cooperation
• Provides input on staffing levels and participates in sourcing and interviewing candidates
• Identifies & develops team coordinators
• Processes each work injury
• Administers performance appraisals
• Executes production schedule to ensure on-time delivery in an efficient & effective manner
• Provides detailed shift summaries to other leaders
• Implements plans; prepares / communicates plans to achieve team goals to leader(s)
• Monitors / adjusts labor requirements to balance staffing levels and overtime costs
• Regularly reviews / communicates results with team
• Actively participates in the Hoshin objectives
• Ensures compliance with work instructions, standards, and product specifications

Preferred Education and Experience :

Preferred Key Competencies :

Physical and Other Requirements :