Join Land O’Lakes, Inc., and help us bring food from farmer to fork. We’re a global, Fortune 250 company and a farmer-owned cooperative. While benefits can vary by location and role, most offer:
 
•    Medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D; short- and long-term disability insurance 
•    Retirement savings plan and profit-sharing plan, both with company match
•    Paid time off and paid holidays, plus paid benefits for maternity and parental leaves

Manufacturing Supervisor role is responsible for leading both the production and sanitation process and team comprised of up to 70 hourly associates with the goal of creating a strong safety culture, positive employee relations & engagement and consistency throughout each of the teams.

Experience-Education (Required):

• Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Engineering, Chemistry or related field; or 5+ years working in Sanitation Manufacturing as a leader


• Proven history of delivering sustainable results with demonstrated success in LEAN/Six Sigma/TMM and Employee Relations

Competencies-Skills (Required):

• Strong Microsoft Office suite and written communication skills


• Ability to communicate with a variety of people & personalities


• Must be able to make quick decisions on the spot & support those decisions to your peers, employees, and plant leadership


• Ability to consistently meet deadlines, manage multiple projects & multi-task with ease


• Must be detail oriented and have excellent follow through


• Results orientation with track record of successful achievements


• Active listening skills are a must


• Ability to influence a positive employee environment


• Ability to drive safety & safe behaviors while maintaining the goal of preventing all injuries


• Must be able to influence change, innovation & lead those who oppose change


• Ability to manage a department operation budget


• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills with customers (internal/external)


• Working knowledge of FDA and OSHA regulations, GMP’s Sanitation and HACCP


• Experience and career history with a “Fortune 500” type companies strong desired


• Ensure proper staffing


• Provide technical direction and training for all sanitation associates


• Monitor daily execution of Master sanitation schedule


• Develop sanitation procedures


• Influence a positive employee environment


• Influence and drive change


• Food safety & Regulatory compliance


• Ensure that documented sanitation procedures are followed


• Enforce all safety regulatory compliance programs


• Audit equipment cleanliness


• Ensure that documented operations procedures are followed


• Enforce all safety procedure


• Able to make quick decisions on the spot and clearly communicate those decisions to associates

Experience-Education (Preferred):

• Previous experience working as a leader in a multi-faceted team is highly desirable


• High Speed Manufacturing


• Bilingual Spanish strongly preferred

Hours:  9PM – 7AM -  This role may require weekends or holidays as needed.

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including pre- and post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

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