Operations Lead (Production Supervisor)

This position directly manages hourly production employees in accordance with daily productivity, quality and safety goals.

This position also ensures compliance with other plant policies including HACCP, GMP, Food Safety, etc. as well as supports both production scheduling and planned & reactive maintenance activities.

As an Operations Lead, your responsibilities will include :

• Ensuring compliance with all Plant Rules
• Ensuring compliance with all plant productivity requirements
• Ensuring operators are accountable to their job requirements
• Ensuring operator staffing is appropriate for shift requirements
• Coordinating / Supporting compliance with production schedule requirements
• Coordinating all necessary Preventative & Reactive Maintenance requirements
• Supporting plant cost control initiatives & measures
• Coordinating / Supporting Plant Loss Accounting (OEE) systems
• Supporting outside departments, including the lab and maintenance

SHE & Quality

• Supporting all safety and quality initiatives, including performing and assisting in investigations
• Ensuring compliance with all plant safety procedures & guidelines.
• Coordinating / Executing plant safety training requirements
• Completing / Executing all required safety & environmental inspections
• Ensuring compliance with all Incident & Accident Investigation / Corrective Action Requirements
• Ensuring Workforce compliance with all plant quality procedures & guidelines.
• Ensuring all production activities are performed in accordance with all ISO and GMP requirements

The Operations Lead position is well-suited for you if you :

• Supports continuous improvement projects and initiatives
• Offers new ideas and thinks outside the box
• Ensures team adaptability, flexibility, and readiness to change.
• Professionally lead and manage production requirements with direct reports
• Create an environment conductive to teamwork on shift and with other supervisors
• Participate and / or lead teams
• Coordinate completion of new hourly employee training programs
• Support employee coaching & counseling guidelines
• Support HR progressive discipline program
• Ensure compliance with collective bargaining agreement between USW & Ingredion Incorporated
• Support salaried performance management system & agreed requirements
• Support Plant Management Communication Programs (MEI, Supervisor Development, etc.)

Qualified candidates will have :

• The ability to work a swing shift (working days, night and weekends)
• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field OR 5 years of demonstrated effective supervisory experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Applications
• Familiar with SAP
• Demonstrated analytical problem solving skills
• Assertive, creative, energetic and positive thinking

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Relocation Available :

Yes, Within Country

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Ingredion seeks to provide a work environment that is free from harassment and discrimination.

We will not tolerate any form of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, handicap or disability mental or physical marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability resulting from military service, or any other classification protected by law ( protected classifications ).

We are committed to establishing and maintaining a work environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Ingredion provides accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If a job applicant requires an accommodation during the application process or through the selection process, we will work with the applicant to meet the job applicant's accommodation needs.