Ice Cream Factory Mix Room Lead

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 75,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc. in Laurel, Maryland is seeking a Mix Room Supervisor to lead production in the Mix Room, ensuring safe, efficient operation, planning staffing, and driving improvements to quality and cost targets.

You will develop production teams, optimize labor allocation, perform root-cause analyses, and maintain a clean, well-organized work area while upholding our high safety and food-quality standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree AND 2 years of leadership experience, • Strong mechanical aptitude and troubleshooting through root cause problem solving.
• OR 5 years of supervisory/management experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• OR 2 years in a leadership role in the United States Military.
• High energy level and excellent follow-up.
• 18 years of age or older.
• Aptitude for automated mechanical processes with good troubleshooting and diagnostic skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Mix Room area is clean, always organized and operating under control.
• Build and develop production teams with Ice Cream knowledge, train the “WHY”, not just the HOW.
• Correct allocation and use of labor, using crewing plans, registers, and break timings – no slack.
• Perform a root cause analysis and provide a solution to any issue.
• Maintain consistent skill coverage across all shifts, re-balance shifts where necessary.
• Keep life simple, do not over complicate the process, documentation, or methods.
• Ensure effective shift hand over between Mix Room teams that all issues are reported effectively.
• Drive the Mix Room process to meet demand of production while maintaining quality, and food safety.
• Manage, monitor, and control waste, labor and downtime to ensure that factory spend, and product costs are within budgeted requirements.
• Communicate effectively with all the teams, through meetings, memos, and team briefings on a regular basis.
• Carry out regular appraisals with your team to ensure that performance and effective training is taking place throughout production on a regular basis.
• Identify, develop, and deliver needed improvement plans for the department.
• Represent The Froneri Way of working through the behaviors and characteristics in our Operating Model and Core Values.

Skills

Leadership

Safety

Communication

Mentoring/Coaching

Problem solving

Organization

Education

Bachelor’s degree AND 2 years of leadership experience

5 years supervisory/management experience in manufacturing

Leadership role in United States Military

High energy level

18 years of age or older

Aptitude for automated mechanical processes

Tools

None specified

Job description

Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc. in Laurel, Maryland is seeking a Mix Room Supervisor to lead production in the Mix Room, ensuring safe, efficient operation, planning staffing, and driving improvements to quality and cost targets.

You will develop production teams, optimize labor allocation, perform root-cause analyses, and maintain a clean, well-organized work area while upholding our high safety and food-quality standards.