Team Lead

Pure Flavor•Romulus, MI

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Team Lead is responsible for ensuring product quality, customer specifications, efficiency, and productivity targets are consistently met on the production line. The role monitors the flow of produce and packaging, orders labels, and completes documentation to ensure traceability. Working directly with the Production Supervisor, the Team Lead supports an efficient production workflow and ensures production requirements and reworked product meet product specifications and customer expectations. The role includes setting up and supplying the production line, directing and training workers, staging product and packaging for the next shift, maintaining inventory and traceability records, addressing quality and production variances, and ensuring compliance with hygiene, good manufacturing practices, food safety, and health and safety requirements. Hours may vary according to business needs, and flexibility is required. The work takes place in a refrigerated warehouse with temperatures ranging from 45–55°F. The environment can be loud due to packaging machinery and forklift operation. The role involves frequent standing, walking, bending, twisting, handling or feeling product or packaging, and reaching. Walking and lifting are regular requirements, with lifting up to 30 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds occasionally.

Requirements

High school diploma required.
Minimum of one year of production experience required.
Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices, health and safety, and food safety.
Proven ability to lead and motivate people.
Strong English skills, including understanding, reading, writing, and speaking.
Good problem-solving, dispute-resolution, time-management, and organizational skills.
Self-motivated, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Ability to work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment.
Flexibility to work hours that may vary depending on business needs.

Nice To Haves

Post-secondary education.
Experience in a leadership role.
Additional language skills.

Responsibilities

Work directly with the Production Supervisor to support an efficient production workflow and ensure production requirements and reworked product consistently match product specifications and customer expectations.
Perform daily pre-operational and post-operational checks and complete the corresponding documentation.
Set up the line and ensure it is supplied with the correct product and labels indicated by the production board; review changes and communicate them to line workers.
Direct workers’ tasks and instruct them in correct grading, sorting, and packing requirements to meet company standards and maximize quality and productivity.
Support and provide guidance to workers when necessary.
Stage product and packaging for the next shift using allocations.
Tag remaining products properly when jobs are completed and record them on repack sheets to maintain accurate inventory.
Complete administrative tasks associated with updating completed jobs and ensure traceability protocols are followed.
Communicate and address variances, quality issues, and concerns with the Production Supervisor; help identify causes and implement sustainable corrective action.
Monitor the working environment for compliance with company and statutory hygiene, good manufacturing practices, food safety, health, and safety policies and procedures.
Train employees and follow up with them.
Conduct team member audits.
Carry out other core expectations defined by the company.