Production Team Lead

Novolex • Woodridge, IL

23h • $24 - $30

About The Position

The Production Lead supports daily manufacturing operations by coordinating production floor activities while completing essential administrative and reporting functions. This role provides hands-on leadership to packing teams, ensures production readiness, maintains accurate documentation, and serves as a key communication link between production, warehouse, maintenance, and management. Candidates must expect to work in a one-team environment, where the actual work needed sometimes falls outside the normal job scope. One Team. One Novolex.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required
• 3–5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment
• Prior packing and/or production experience
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, SAP, and other systems.
• Ability to read and interpret production reports and product specifications.
• Basic to intermediate math skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Flexibility to work overtime, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Associate degree preferred
• Team lead or lead worker experience preferred
• Bilingual Spanish/English preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Assign packers and production lines based on staffing standards and schedules.
• Coordinate lunch and break schedules.
• Train new packers and support trainer development
• Reassign work and manage staff during downtime.
• Ensure production lines are clear and ready for setup.
• Communicate with warehouse, setup, and support teams.
• Review daily master cleaning records for completeness.
• Print and distribute production orders, labels, WIP tickets, and specifications.
• Compile, enter, and reconcile daily production reports.
• Maintain accurate staffing file per shift.
• Investigate and resolve production variances. (Ex. Locate missing printed LPNs at the end of a run)
• Enter and maintain data in SAP and other systems.
• Update, Print, and assemble all forms needed to support production.
• Prepare additional production and efficiency reports as needed.
• Maintain inventory of finished goods labels, product return labels, and production materials.
• Audit employees for PPE, Safety, and GMP compliance. Provide direction where needed.
• Generate Work orders for maintenance tasks needed.
• Ensure the production lines are staffed to standard.
• Complete and send the End of Shift Production Reports.
• Close the shift’s Production in Insight.
• Ensure all safety incidents are reported to the Supervisor, or Alternate, immediately.
• Perform weekly GMP/Product Safety Audits with packaging associates and communicate findings to the Supervisor and Quality Lead.
• Provide backup Supervisor coverage as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.
• At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.
• We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees