Senior Line Lead: Drive High-Impact Manufacturing

The Hershey Company; Robinson (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hershey Company in Robinson, IL is seeking a Line Lead to ensure safety, quality and efficiency in daily manufacturing operations. You will follow the handbook, adhere to regulatory requirements, and apply plant policies while guiding hourly staff across shifts.

Strong leadership, problem solving, and communication are essential as you drive continuous improvement in a high-speed environment. Minimum 3 years in manufacturing supervision, Bachelor’s degree preferred, and experience with SAP

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in manufacturing or in a high speed, complex environment.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite required.
• Minimum of 1 year in a supervisory capacity preferred.
• Food manufacturing experience preferred.
• SAP experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Independently perform all assignments except the most complex or unusual, only being given instructions as to the general results expected.
• Receives technical guidance on the most unusual or complex problems and supervisory approval on proposed plans for “one of a kind” projects.
• With minimal direction and input from senior leadership, independently proposes, plans, and executes projects to eliminate the root cause of manufacturing problems.
• Independently executes projects of extremely high complexity which have a large impact on the on the company's current and/or future business interests (projects may relate to any aspect of the business – people, procedures, policies, finances, equipment/processes) and/or products.
• Responsible for the financial planning, direction and management of hourly production personnel while safely and effectively meeting the needs of their departments/areas in the plant.
• Meets the maintenance needs of all departments in the plant.
• The position requires weekend work as assigned.
• To be considered, you must also be flexible for all shifts.

Skills

Leadership

Change management

Communication

Problem solving

Manufacturing supervision

Cost accounting understanding

Reading production reports

Regulatory compliance

Union contracts knowledge

General engineering understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

SAP

Job description

The Hershey Company in Robinson, IL is seeking a Line Lead to ensure safety, quality and efficiency in daily manufacturing operations. You will follow the handbook, adhere to regulatory requirements, and apply plant policies while guiding hourly staff across shifts.

Strong leadership, problem solving, and communication are essential as you drive continuous improvement in a high-speed environment. Minimum 3 years in manufacturing supervision, Bachelor’s degree preferred, and experience with SAP