Team Leader Production - Richland, United States - Lamb Weston

Description

Title: Team Leader Production

Country: United States of America**About Lamb Weston**

Lamb Weston is a leading supplier of frozen potato, sweet potato, appetizer and vegetable products to restaurants and retailers around the world. For more than 60 years, weve produced innovative, inventive products that make life better for our customers and their customers.

**Job Description Summary**

Leads production staff to attain safety, food safety, quality and production goals. Leads team to identify, manage and execute the plant's process improvement opportunities. Manages and identifies problems or bottlenecks in production processes and resolves issues. Ensures production resources, including materials, equipment and human resources are available as needed to maintain production schedules. Supports continuous improvement goals in safety, quality, cost and customer service. Responsible for managing and owning various functions of the business and creating an engaged and team-oriented work force to improve business results.**Job Description**

Identify problems or bottlenecks in production processes and resolves the issues.

Provide resources to position the team for success, including materials, equipment and human resources as needed to maintain production schedules.

Facilitate collaboratively on continuous improvement goals in safety, quality, cost, and customer service.

Oversee various functions of the business and maintain an engaged and team-oriented workforce to improve business results.

Function as a good corporate citizen, a partner in improving our sustainable responsibilities, and a supporter of the local community.

Participate in a training process that develops new Operations Team Leads into leaders capable of taking on future advancement opportunities within our growing company.

Help lead, teach and foster our World Class Safety/Wellness Culture, which helps us recruit and retain a talented workforce.

Help team members develop personally and maximize self-work to identify, manage, and execute the plants process improvement opportunities.

Empower the talent of production staff to attain production and quality goals.

**Basic & Preferred Qualifications**

Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university, a minimum of four years related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and policy and procedure manuals.

Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions.

The ability to utilize personal computers and learn relevant software.

**PHYSICAL DEMANDS**

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel.

The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms, and taste and smell.

The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, and crouch.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Must be able to wear applicable personnel protective equipment to meet job requirements.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

**WORK ENVIRONMENT**

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.

The employee is frequently exposed to hot, cold, wet and/or humid conditions.

The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, cleaning chemicals, extreme heat, and vibration.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

**Industry-Competitive Benefits**

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

Paid Time Off

Financial Wellness Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

Family-Friendly Employee events

Employee Assistance Program services mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Job Requisition ID: Req

Time Type: Full time

***Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law***

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Started in 1950 on a small farm in the Northwest region of the U.S., Lamb Weston has grown to be one of the worlds largest frozen potato companies, happily delivering the delicious goodness of fries to more than 100 countries. Lamb Weston has created inventive products and processes that are standards in the industry. When we look at a potato, we see possibilities.

Our people are a valuable and integral part of our business and play a vital role in our success as an organization. At Lamb Weston we offer the financial stability and career potential of a true industry leader.

Lamb Weston will offer you the opportunity to put your education and skills to work as part of a great team, contributing to the achievement of the organizations goals and objectives. You will be challenged to take responsibility, drive results, show creativity, and display initiative - and you will be rewarded for your contributions and impact.

Lets explore the possibilities together.