Production Team Leader: Shift Excellence & Coaching

Bimbo Bakeries USA; Cicero (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Bimbo Bakeries USA is seeking a Production Team Leader to guide shift operations, drive safety and quality, and coach a diverse team toward world‑class performance. You will partner across functions to meet throughput, shipping on time, and cost targets while upholding our leadership behaviors and bakery standards.

Responsibilities include prioritizing shift work, solving problems, developing talent, and ensuring compliance with policies and regulations, with a strong emphasis on teamwork,

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• 2–5 years of experience in production, preferably in the food processing industry or fast‑paced manufacturing environment.
• Combination of education, training, and experience that results in demonstrated competency may be substituted.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), including the ability to lead difficult conversations.
• Proficiency‑level computer skills including MS Office applications; KRONOS knowledge is a plus.
• Strong organization skills and ability to handle multiple tasks and projects.
• Willingness to work varied shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Win the shift by ensuring that all aspects of the shift – product, equipment, and processes – adhere to world‑class standards for quality, efficiency, and safety.
• Foster a culture of associate engagement by respecting, including, and empowering all associates.
• Uphold and promote our E5 Leadership Behaviors: Embrace the Consumer, Ensure Operational Capabilities, Empower and Involve, Engage and Develop, and Expect Ownership and Accountability.
• Identify issues, assign actions to the appropriate team member, and follow up to ensure completion; escalated issues to department leaders as needed.
• Coach associates toward 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 stays on schedule.
• Prepare priorities for you and your team for the upcoming shift.
• Communicate and coordinate important issues with the right team members to solve problems, 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 and deliver on safety awareness programs to eliminate unsafe acts and conditions that contribute to workplace injuries.
• Comply with workplace standards, company policies, and government regulations.
• Ensure product quality, advising others on necessary formula and process adjustments to keep product runs within specification.
• 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, and overseeing appropriate staff scheduling.
• Utilize tablets and essential applications (SOMAX, Rever, Shift Guides, Intelex, and more) to keep processes running effectively.

Job description

Bimbo Bakeries USA is seeking a Production Team Leader to guide shift operations, drive safety and quality, and coach a diverse team toward world‑class performance. You will partner across functions to meet throughput, shipping on time, and cost targets while upholding our leadership behaviors and bakery standards.

Responsibilities include prioritizing shift work, solving problems, developing talent, and ensuring compliance with policies and regulations, with a strong emphasis on teamwork,