Production Line Leader - MTC
Company: Danone
Location: Mount Crawford
Posted on: March 19, 2023
Job Description:
ABOUT THE JOB:
At Danone, manufacturing the best products and supplying them to
meet demand is a key driver for our plant teams. We have an opening
for a Production Line Leader based in Mount Crawford, VA.
The Production Line Leader is responsible for the results of a
line, value stream team, or technology group. Owns Production,
Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety and Morale (PQCDSM) results for
their area. The Production Leader is responsible for evaluating all
losses and developing plans to systematically eliminate those
losses. The Production leader directly coaches team leaders on
every shift and oversees 15 to 30 employees in packaging and/or
processing operations and makes sure all products coming off the
line have the highest quality possible. Accountable for supporting
3 shifts across 7 days of production. Displays servant leadership
abilities that help empower line employees to performance levels
that contribute to the achievement of corporate, plant, and
individual goals. In support of plant production, the Production
Leader will spend 60-80% of their time on the plant floor. This
position may be fixed on day shift or support off shifts;
independent of shift scheduled, this position is responsible to
coach and develop leads / teams on every shift within their
area/lines.
Additionally, you will:
- Ensure the Safety of our People and our products
- Owns and leads Autonomous Maintenance work processes and step
execution. Must develop personal mastery of AM through execution of
Learn-Do-Teach. Checks standards adherence to 5S and Clean,
Inspect, Lube execution daily.
- Creates equipment ownership concept in their area and
coaches/develops Equipment Owners on the floor to enable them to
achieve individual goals.
- Owns the budget and delivers year over year improvement for
their lines
- Support supply chain loss analysis/elimination. Solve process
instability problems. Coach necessity and use of Problem Solving
tools
- Drive cultural change by leading the organization engagement
surveys results
- Identify Skill gaps in organization - address using task based
training approach
- Execute or coach use of start-up management tools for new
initiatives.
- Coach use of Standard Work to eliminate NVA work, coach link to
effort reduction
- Creates, develops, and executes strategic plans to hit plant
goals and objectives set by business unit manager. Develop and
execute loss analysis, glide path and 90 day improvement plans for
the line(s). Prioritizes top losses for the year and creates action
plan to deliver. Creates visual Plan-Do-Check-Act Board for their
area to visualize plan and performance.
- Create Equipment & System ownership processes
- The Line Leader is responsible for system ownership of Daily
Direction Setting (DDS), Clean-Inspect-Lubricate (CIL) in support
of DaMaWay pillars (AM and Leadership)
- DDS-Sets direction for daily action planning to ensure success
in the areas of safety, quality, and performance. Owner of DDS
process for area. Develops daily plan for the day, focusing on
stops reduction, loss elimination and operator coaching.
- CIL-Execute and coach Clean-Inspect-Lubricate process as part
of AM process to support basic conditions of equipment.
- Utilizes principles of continuous improvement (Lean) and TPM to
drive production line improvement.
- Implements and follows all safety procedures as stated in MOS,
GMP, safety standards, and code of ethics. Owns Safety Incident
Elimination System for their area and coaches implementation.
Review incident investigations and ensure the actions to prevent
reoccurrence
- Maintains a safe and clean working environment for all
employees and visitors. Ensures all safety rules, plant rules, GMP,
and code of ethics are followed by employees, supervisors,
customers, and visitors at all times.
- Trains, disciplines (with advice from HR), and gives timely
performance appraisals to current leads and employees on aseptic
and/or ESL and/or Processing production teams. When needed,
documents notable items of associates, both positive and negative,
and places in personnel file.
- Conducts regularly scheduled team meetings including pre-shift
meetings, and tailgate meetings.
- Attends appropriate Union meetings and is able to justify
managerial actions to employees, Union Stewards, and Union
Leaders.
- Able to back-up or represent the production manager and
operations manager as required.
- Will be a member and valued contributor to one of Danone's
Operational Excellence Pillars
- Champion the deployment of business systems
- Lead / facilitate / participate in continuous improvement
events
- Other duties as assigned
ABOUT YOU:
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree required, preferably in engineering,
business, food science or related field, or five to ten years
related experience and/or training
- Experience with leading teams in a high paced manufacturing
environment preferred.
- Prior consumer packaging experience preferred.
- Planning, scheduling and project management experience
preferred. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to develop spreadsheets, understand product formulas
and percentages, calculate figures, proportions, area,
circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic
algebra and geometry.
- Ability to read data from charts, graphs, and instruments, and
find digressions.
- Strategic ability to create, design, and implement improvements
to current procedures.
- Able to think quickly on their feet, especially in emergency
situations.
- Can direct or participate in project management from concept to
closure, including
- Able to add and complete work of other production supervisors
as needed.
- Knows all the safety rules, plant rules, GMP, and code of
ethics and follows them strictly at all time.
At Danone North America, you'll work with some of the best-known
food and beverage brands in the world like Activia, Silk, Horizon
Organic, Two Good, Oikos, evian, and Happy Family. You'll be part
of the largest Certified B Corp--- in the world, working together
to make sure our brands create real benefits for people,
communities, and the planet. We have 6,000+ employees across the
U.S. and Canada. Come join our movement for a healthier world: One
Planet. One Health BY YOU.
Danone North America doesn't just welcome what makes you unique, we
value it. We're proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative
action employer. All hires to our team are based on qualifications,
merit and business needs. We recruit, employ, train and promote
regardless of race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status,
genetic characteristic or any other protected status. Faithful to
our values of openness and humanism, all of our employees share in
the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect.
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