Front Line Leader - Nutrition Manufacturing - Casa Grande, AZ
About The Position
The Front-Line Leader I works at Abbott Nutrition’s Casa Grande, Arizona manufacturing plant and leads a shift team in day-to-day production operations. With general direction and coaching from a direct manager, the leader develops the skills to deliver results across key performance areas, meet organizational expectations, and identify and manage improvement opportunities. The role focuses on tactical, short-term operational needs and primarily leads the direct reporting group, with manager support as needed. The position manages and guides operators to improve quality and line productivity, maintains a consistent presence on the production line, and helps ensure a safe work environment with complete training and compliance with applicable procedures. The leader coordinates shift starts, changes, and daily activities to meet production requirements and associated quality standards. The role also communicates team and site goals, participates in projects, tracks and reports established KPIs, and follows escalation processes. Budgetary accountability is limited to $2 million USD. The role is based at Abbott’s Casa Grande, Arizona plant and is a 12-hour night-shift position, 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., on a rotating schedule that provides every other weekend off. The position must meet applicable FDA, OSHA, and Abbott compliance standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science (BS) or Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.
- Four years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
Nice To Haves
- Experience managing people.
- Manufacturing experience.
- Batch-making experience.
Responsibilities
- Manage and guide operators to improve quality and increase productivity on the production line.
- Communicate daily with line personnel and maintain a constant line presence.
- Maintain a safe work environment and ensure 100% training and compliance with applicable procedures.
- Coordinate shift starts and changes.
- Lead and coordinate daily shift-team activities to meet production requirements and support multi-shift line results.
- Manage personnel and processes to ensure production meets associated quality standards.
- Promote team, department, and site goals through communication, direction, and guidance.
- Participate in team and department projects and execute assigned actions.
- Track, trend, and report established KPIs, communicating accomplishments, improvement opportunities, and planned actions to the functional manager and site leadership team.
- Follow escalation reporting processes and make and communicate decisions appropriate to the role’s accountability.
- Meet compliance standards, including FDA, OSHA, and Abbott policies and procedures.
Benefits
- Career development opportunities.
- Potential eligibility for free medical coverage in the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
- Retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
- FreeU education benefit, offering a path to earning a bachelor’s degree.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
