Bakery Maintenance Team Lead — Shift Champion

Bimbo Bakeries USA; Kent (WA); On-site; USD 89,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Bimbo Bakeries USA is seeking a Maintenance Team Leader to drive world-class operations on the shift, ensuring quality, efficiency and safety. You will coach and develop a team, monitor KPI performance, and uphold our leadership behaviors while solving issues across departments.

The ideal candidate has 4–6 years of supervisory experience in manufacturing, a HS diploma or GED (College preferred), and strong computer skills.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years’ supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.
• HS Diploma/GED required; College Degree (or some college) preferred.
• Proficiency-level computer skills including MS Office applications.
• Willingness to work varied shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Win the shift by ensuring all shift aspects meet world-class standards for quality, efficiency, and safety.
• Foster a culture of Associate engagement by respecting, including, and empowering all Associates.
• Uphold E5 Leadership Behaviors: Embrace the Consumer; Ensure Operational Capabilities; Empower and Involve; Engage and Develop; Expect Ownership and Accountability.
• Identify issues, assign actions to the appropriate team member, and follow up to ensure it was completed.
• Escalate issues to department leaders, as needed.
• Coach Associates towards an independent, problem-solving mentality to consistently achieve world-class standards.
• Operate with a One Team mentality by collaborating across departments to solve issues and ensure production is to schedule.
• Prepare priorities for you and your team for the upcoming shift.
• Communicate and coordinate important issues with the right team members to solve issues, including cross-functional partners, incoming shift team leaders, and department leadership.
• Deliver on Key Performance Indicators for People, Quality, Safety, Service, and Cost.
• Engage and develop core competencies in Associates through onboarding, training, coaching, and consistent performance feedback.
• Achieve all safety goals.
• Deliver safety awareness programs to eliminate unsafe acts and conditions that contribute to workplace injuries.
• Comply with workplace standards, company policies and government regulations.
• Lead the team of associates to serve sales by achieving production schedule attainment, KPIs for throughput and shipping on time, in full.
• Ensure cost efficiency by reducing waste, decreasing downtime, generating productivity initiatives and overseeing appropriate staff scheduling.
• Utilize tablets and essential applications within the tablets, such as SOMAX, Rever, Shift Guides, Intelex, and more, to keep processes running effectively.

Skills

Leadership

Supervisory experience

Safety compliance

Education

HS Diploma/GED

College Degree (or some college)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Bimbo Bakeries USA is seeking a Maintenance Team Leader to drive world-class operations on the shift, ensuring quality, efficiency and safety. You will coach and develop a team, monitor KPI performance, and uphold our leadership behaviors while solving issues across departments.

The ideal candidate has 4–6 years of supervisory experience in manufacturing, a HS diploma or GED (College preferred), and strong computer skills.