Night Shift Operations Lead

General Mills; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 71,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

General Mills in Cedar Rapids, IA seeks an Operations Team Leader for the 3rd shift (11pm - 7am) to guide the manufacturing shift and drive safety, quality and performance through people and processes.

You will lead daily direction, coach team members, manage platform improvements and ensure learning is meaningful while delivering Run and Improve results across Safety, Quality and Cost metrics.

Qualifications

• 1 year manufacturing or frontline leadership experience.
• Demonstrated leadership and working in a highly collaborative environment.
• Success in driving results through process and teamwork.
• Proven success reducing losses and improving performance in a manufacturing setting.
• Demonstrated technical capability and knowledge of unit operations and machinery (at least one production platform).
• Skilled at communicating between work groups, cross-functional resources, and other members of the plant.
• Foundational knowledge of data analysis systems (examples: SAP, Maximo, Manufacturing Analytics, MQIS) and decision making for results.

Responsibilities

• Lead food and human safety through Safety 2.0 leadership principles.
• Cultivate Human Safety Culture that reduces risk to our people and communities.
• Cultivate Food Safety Culture that is committed to manufacturing safe food that is compliant with policy and regulatory requirements.
• Role model Engaging Leader behaviors.
• Develop and implement strategies to maximize shift team effectiveness (communication and collaboration).
• Provide clear individual priorities and team goals to deliver platform priorities.
• Foster a positive and supportive team environment to foster employee engagement and retention, including dedicated floor time with the team.
• Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing development and demonstrate a willingness to receive and action feedback for performance improvement.
• Drive sustainable performance improvement through coaching, development, and capability building of the shift team.
• Driving System Utilization (DSU).
• Support the creation and execution of the platform improvement plan.
• Daily Direction Setting (DDS).
• Responsible for the execution, results and process health of Shift DDS, inclusive of changeovers.
• Operations Foundational Systems: Responsible to integrate operations foundation systems to secure equipment basic conditions across the shift.
• Produce safe quality product by running to target specification.
• Learning System: Responsible for the delivery of the shift learning plan.
• Identify skill gaps, develop training plans and track employee progress.

Skills

Frontline leadership

Team leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decisions

Results orientation

Safety culture

Tools

SAP

Maximo

Manufacturing Analytics

MQIS

Job description

General Mills in Cedar Rapids, IA seeks an Operations Team Leader for the 3rd shift (11pm - 7am) to guide the manufacturing shift and drive safety, quality and performance through people and processes.

You will lead daily direction, coach team members, manage platform improvements and ensure learning is meaningful while delivering Run and Improve results across Safety, Quality and Cost metrics.