Team Lead - 2nd Shift, Sweeteners

Perfetti Van Melle•Loves Park, IL

About The Position

Perfetti Van Melle is seeking a Production Team Lead for its manufacturing team. The role performs functions associated with startup, shutdown, lockout, sanitation, and operation of packaging and/or process equipment to produce high-quality products that meet or exceed cost and quality targets. The Team Lead supports day-to-day plant activities in a team environment promoting safety, food safety, and clear communication. The role holds team members accountable to standards and commitments, assesses training needs, plans and delivers training, and helps teams meet work standards. It works proactively with cross-functional support teams, leaders, and floor operators; communicates with varied audiences; analyzes data; and leads data-informed decisions and DMAIC problem solving. The Team Lead also identifies and uses company resources, manages team conflict and non-technical issues, applies knowledge of HR practices, provides professional feedback, adapts leadership style to work situations, and contributes insight to employee evaluations.

Requirements

Two years of experience in a manufacturing environment; food manufacturing experience is preferred.
Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and similar documents.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to perform arithmetic using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Strong troubleshooting and problem-analysis skills.
Ability to wear required personal protective equipment, including safety shoes, safety glasses, hearing protection, uniform, hairnet, beard net, and a mask when required.
Ability to wear and use breathing-protection devices when required in occasionally dusty conditions caused by handling bulk products.
Ability to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, and occasionally sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.
Ability to talk, hear, and smell.
Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally push or pull 350-pound wheeled carts.
Close, distance, and peripheral vision abilities.
Flexibility to learn and work in other job functions to ensure a competent, trained workforce.
Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams.

Nice To Haves

Prior leadership experience.
High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
Experience in a food manufacturing environment.
Knowledge of SharePoint, SAP, Paycor, Smartsheet, and Power BI.

Responsibilities

Perform startup, shutdown, lockout, sanitation, and operation of packaging and/or process equipment.
Support day-to-day plant activities while promoting safety, food safety, and clear communication.
Hold others accountable for following standards and delivering on commitments, and follow escalation processes when applicable.
Assess training needs, plan and complete training, and coach or train others.
Assess work standards, make standards available, and hold teams to those standards.
Engage proactively with cross-functional support teams, leaders, and floor operators, and coach others to do the same.
Prepare written materials and deliver oral presentations using visual aids; communicate concise messages to varied audiences and escalate issues to senior leaders when needed.
Analyze data and train others in DMAIC problem-solving methods.
Lead decision-making using data and principles, involving appropriate people at the appropriate level.
Identify when company resources or information are needed; locate, evaluate, and use them effectively; coach others in doing so; and create or update resources when needed.
Manage conflict between team members and resolve non-technical team issues, involving HR when necessary.
Apply knowledge of HR practices, deliver feedback professionally and positively, adapt leadership style to work situations, and provide insight pertaining to employee evaluations.
Use Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams; other listed systems and tools include SharePoint, SAP, Paycor, Smartsheet, and Power BI.
Work overtime hours above the normal schedule to meet customer demand and learn or work in other job functions as needed.

Benefits

PTO including vacation, sick, personal, and pay-it-forward time off.
13 paid holidays.
401(k) with company match up to 8%.
Annual bonus potential and merit-based increases.
Comprehensive health insurance.
Annual well-being subsidy.
20 weeks of maternity leave and 12 weeks of paternity leave options.
Annual Sam's Club or Costco membership reimbursement.
Tuition-free college program or free continued education, including bachelor's and master's study.
Monthly candy allotment.