Production Lead

INW: Innovations in Nutrition and Wellness•Carrollton, TX

About The Position

The Production Lead monitors production workflows and helps ensure the production assembly cell is actively engaged in meeting daily customer demand and the production schedule. The role provides training to the assembly cell, supports compliance with safety and quality standards, and participates directly in assembling or producing personal care or nutritional products. The Production Lead coordinates staffing, training, communication, materials, documentation, and daily production activities with the Production Supervisor and other teams. The position follows company Quality System policies and procedures, maintains accurate production and inventory records, supports continuous improvement, and leads daily start-up huddles. Although the role includes leading, training, and coaching manufacturing staff, it has no supervisory responsibilities. The job involves regularly standing, using hands, and talking or hearing; frequent walking and reaching; and occasional climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, tasting, or smelling. Lifting requirements range up to 10 pounds regularly, 25 pounds frequently, and 50 pounds occasionally. The work environment includes regular exposure to fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and electrical-shock risk; frequent vibration; and occasional wet or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, extreme temperatures, and moderate-to-loud noise.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED equivalent.
2–3 years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; the posting also states that 3 years of experience is preferred.
Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
Ability to analyze and solve problems.
Ability to work collaboratively with others.
Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Food and Drug manufacturing experience.
English language skills.
Ability to perform basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, including with American money and measurements of weight, volume, and distance.
Ability to convert and understand weight measurements including grams, milliliters, ounces, pounds, kilograms, and gallons.
Ability to follow detailed written or oral instructions and address problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to meet the described physical demands, including lifting and moving materials up to 50 pounds occasionally.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading teams or projects is strongly desired.
Bilingual English and Spanish language skills are preferred.

Responsibilities

Coordinate with the supervisor and other team leads to manage and prioritize staffing assignments to meet customer demand and the production schedule.
Execute and coordinate employee training so procedures are followed and quality requirements are met.
Use basic problem-solving skills to support stable work-cell operation.
Report quality, process, equipment, materials, and labor problems or concerns to the Production Supervisor.
Work with Technicians, Manufacturing Engineering, the Production Supervisor, Materials/Warehouse, Quality, and Sanitation teams to resolve issues.
Observe, maintain, coordinate, and complete standard work.
Complete lot acceptance activities for the assigned assembly cell.
Track and report daily, weekly, and monthly production metrics and facilitate regular team communication.
Identify and support continuous improvement efforts with the Production Supervisor.
Participate as a production assembly team member and assemble products.
Follow company Quality System policies and procedures, detailed assembly instructions, processes, and procedures.
Complete documentation required for business or regulatory purposes.
Maintain a clean and organized work area.
Communicate department status during meetings, management updates, and staff shift changes.
Lead, train, and coach manufacturing staff to meet production, fulfillment, and employee safety requirements.
Check employees entering the production room for compliance with cGMPs and company PPE requirements.
Work with the warehouse team to receive and verify daily production components.
Understand and follow work instructions and documents, including Bills of Materials (BOMs), fill tickets, change controls, deviations, non-conformance material reports, and rework instructions.
Learn and use the Deacom ERP system to maintain accurate inventory levels for materials used in daily production runs.
Maintain accurate material inventory in the production staging area.
Reconcile daily production materials and close production paperwork within 24 hours.
Submit change controls when BOM information does not match the process performed on the production floor.
Hold daily start-up huddles to communicate the day's plan and expectations for safety, quality, and efficiency.
Review production KPIs daily and work with the supervisor when efficiency is below expectations.