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Summary Description:
**** This is a temporary position beginning upon date of hire through approximately 12/31/2025********
Provides guidance and direction to a team of hourly employees in the Processing Department. Make solid decisions pertaining to product quality, department safety, and department efficiency for team. Monitor all aspects of their team in the Processing Department including product testing, equipment operations, and employee actions. Take accurate product inventories and schedule employees to meet production needs. Builds an effective employee team by engaging, mentoring, and developing direct reports.
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Job Duties (Accountability Categories and Essential Functions/Key Responsibilities): NOTE: The job may include other “non-essential” responsibilities and duties that are not listed on this form.
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Accountability Category
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Essential Functions/Key Responsibilities
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% of Time
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1
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Leadership
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- Plans and schedules daily staffing needs to maximize labor efficiency and ensure production needs are met.
- Leads and coaches team employees in Processing Department by implementing programs in technical training, safety, quality, communications, performance recognition and internal employee development in order to ensure peak employee engagement and productivity.
- Builds and fosters strong working relationships, collaboration within their team and a positive work environment.
- Reinforces company and plant policies fairly and consistently.
- Ensures team employees have completed all required training.
- Responds to employee questions and concerns.
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35%
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2
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Production
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- Supervises the daily shift operations to ensure production standards and quality parameters are met.
- Achieves targeted production volumes.
- Determines equipment repair needs and initiates maintenance work orders to minimize production downtime.
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20%
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3
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Safety
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- Implements plant safety programs to ensure compliance and a safe working environment.
- Ensures work is accomplished in a safe manner and the workplace is free of safety hazards.
- Provides employees with the training, equipment, and tools to be able to safely perform their jobs.
- Leads and demonstrates safe practices.
- Participates in safety investigations and corrective actions.
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20%
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4
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Quality
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- Leads and executes the department’s quality systems to achieve quality goals.
- Oversees the sanitation program effectiveness to ensure food safety standards are met in the department.
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20%
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5
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Financial
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- Monitors team operations and makes recommendations for labor and manufacturing efficiency, cost savings, and quality improvements.
- Executing to the Department’s financial performance goals to assure that a quality product is provided at the least possible cost.
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5%
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Location Specific Detail:
Include any unique location specific details for this position that are not covered in the above job duties.
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Minimum Qualifications & Experience:
- College Degree in Food Science, Dairy Technology, or other related field, or equivalent work experience
- 5+ years of experience in food manufacturing environment, additional education may substitute experience where applicable
- 1+ year of experience leading, mentoring, and/or delegating work to others
- Proficient computer knowledge, with familiarity or ability to learn SAP or other manufacturing computer systems
Preferred Qualifications & Experience:
- Dairy/Cheese manufacturing experience
- Previous supervisory experience in manufacturing environment
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Knowledge, Skills & Abilities/Competencies:
- Technical knowledge of Processing process and equipment
- Working knowledge of food safety and sanitation practices
- Effective communication skills
- Effective people management skills
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Working Relationships:
- This position reports to the Processing Department Manager or a Senior Supervisor.
- Nonexempt (hourly) Processing Department employees report to the Processing Supervisor.
- This position will regularly interact with other production and support group supervisors. Regular interaction with other plant management.
Salary Range: Min $84,713 Mid $101,656
Leprino Foods Company supports a drug-free workplace and is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer – M/F/Disability/Veteran
If an offer of employment is extended, it would be contingent on passing a criminal background check, a hair follicle drug screen.
Leprino Foods Company utilizes the services of Psychemedics to perform our Hair Follicle Drug Testing. Additional information about this process can be obtained at www.psychemedics.com
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