MANUFACTURING TEAM LEADER- BUFFALO PLANT, MILL & ELEVATOR
Posted on: 8 Mar 2023
Buffalo, NY
Job Description
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Manufacturing Team Leader will provide manufacturing leadership to deliver a world-class operation. Manufacturing Team Leader, motivate, and develop employees to achieve outstanding manufacturing results, while leveraging Continuous Improvement (Lean/TPM) tools, improving individual skills, and enhancing teamwork.
The Manufacturing Team Leader is responsible for providing direction and support to a production team?across 24/7 operation.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
This position is for a vacation relief role that will cover peers for 12-hour shifts (6am–6pm, 6pm-6am). When not covering vacations, the Manufacturing Team Leader will be working with the day shift supervisor & where business needs require.
Educate, develop, and motivate a manufacturing work group to achieve required production results, improving individual technical skills and enabling collaboration across boundaries.
Ensure that production facilities and finished products meet the company and government standards for quality, sanitation, and safety.
Establish and sustain sound relationships with all employees to foster an environment where innovative methods are used to involve others in creative solutions to issues.
Provide business leadership which demonstrates commitment to department and plant objectives on a day-to-day basis.
Facilitate, coach, counsel, and guide the manufacturing work group to ensure that they can deliver results year over year using continuous improvement tools and strategies.
Function as a technical resource in areas of system operations and product requirements
Facilitate the effective interchange of information between work groups, cross-functional resources, and other members of the plant and corporate teams.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
1-3 of relevant experience
High School degree required.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree preferred.
Demonstrated leadership skills.
Excellent interpersonal, communication and listening skills.
Ability to adjust to multiple demands, shifting work priorities, ambiguity, adversity, and change.
Demonstrated understanding of technology and providing solutions to technical challenges
Strong conceptual skills and ability to implement change.
Sound analytical and business judgment including demonstrated problem-solving and trouble-shooting skills.
Ability to plan, lead, and execute strategic initiatives in a complex environment.
Mature approach to challenging situations and environments
General Mills
Minneapolis, MN
General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded consumer foods worldwide. The company operates in five segments: North America Retail; Convenience Stores & Foodservice; Europe & Australia; Asia & Latin America; and Pet. It offers ready-to-eat cereals, refrigerated yogurt, soup, meal kits, refrigerated and frozen dough products, dessert and baking mixes, frozen pizza and pizza snacks, grain, fruit, and savory snacks, as well as organic products, including refrigerated yogurt, nutrition bars, meal kits, salty snacks, ready-to-eat cereal, and grain snacks. It also supplies branded and unbranded food products to the North American foodservice and commercial baking industries; and manufactures and markets pet food products, including dog and cat food.
The company markets its products under the Annie’s, Betty Crocker, Bisquick, Blue Buffalo, BLUE Basics, BLUE Freedom, BLUE Wilderness, Bugles, Cascadian Farm, Cheerios, Chex, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp, EPIC, Fiber One, Food Should Taste Good, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups, Gardetto’s, Go-Gurt, Gold Medal, Golden Grahams, Häagen-Dazs, Helpers, Jeno’s, Jus-Rol, Kitano, Kix, La Salteña, Lärabar, Latina, Liberté, Lucky Charms, Muir Glen, Nature Valley, Oatmeal Crisp, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Progresso, Raisin Nut Bran, Total, Totino’s, Trix, Wanchai Ferry, Wheaties, Yoki, and Yoplait trademarks.
General Mills sells its products directly, as well as through broker and distribution arrangements to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, natural food chains, e-commerce retailers, commercial and noncommercial foodservice distributors and operators, restaurants, convenience stores, and pet specialty stores, as well as drug, dollar, and discount chains. It operates 507 leased and 372 franchise branded ice cream parlors. The company was founded in 1866 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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IndustryManufacturing
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No. of Employees40, 000
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