Team Captain

INW: Innovations in Nutrition and Wellness•Ogden, UT

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Team Captain will motivate team members to achieve daily goals and KPIs, coach and develop line associates to improve performance, and support company standards to ensure consistency in product creation. This role requires understanding standards and making good decisions in critical situations. The Team Captain will design and implement measurement systems to track productivity, play an active role in company lean initiatives, maintain line equipment, troubleshoot mechanical problems, and set up lines for production orders. Additionally, the Team Captain will support corporate ethics and standards by example and directive, set and measure progress towards daily, weekly, and monthly goals, and ensure compliance with SOPs and GMPs. This role also involves supporting company policies, procedures, programs, and activities, engaging in the proper use and care of equipment and materials, and recommending equipment purchases to improve operations. Other duties as assigned will also be part of this role.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent, some college preferred with technical training in maintenance manufacturing.
Familiarity with One Point Lesson Plans, Standard Work Instruction and other visual management tools.
Ability to communicate effectively, in both verbal and written formats.
Must be able to understand, speak, read and write in English in order to perform the essential functions of the job as they relate to comprehension of laws, regulations, standards, documents and other internal and external communications.
Must have knowledge of a variety of computer software applications in word processing, spreadsheets, and database software.
Ability to effectively present information to upper management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
Ability to, define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Nice To Haves

Lean experience preferred

Responsibilities

Motivate team members to achieve daily goals and KPI’s.
Coach and develop line associates to improve performance.
Support company standards to ensure consistency in product creation.
Understand standards and make good decisions in critical situations.
Design and implement measurement systems to easily track and document productivity of production lines.
Play an active role in company lean initiatives.
Maintain line equipment and trouble shoot mechanical problems.
Set up lines for production orders.
Support corporate ethics and standards, by example, and by directive.
Sets daily, weekly, and monthly goals; measures progress and reviews with management regularly.
Assures that the operation is compliant with the SOP’s, proposed GMP’s, and those procedures are adequately documented.
Support of and involvement in company, department, and/or safety policies, procedures, programs and activities.
Engage in proper use, care, and documentation of equipment and materials issued in work area.
Recommends equipment purchases to improve operations, i.e. reduce costs, improve quality, reduce lead-times, etc.
All other duties as assigned and needed.