We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950's, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000+ team members around the world, it's our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.
We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.
We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you'd expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!
Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.
Job Description Summary
Leads production staff to attain safety, food safety, quality and production goals. Leads team to identify, manage and execute the plant's process improvement opportunities. Manages and identifies problems or bottlenecks in production processes and resolves issues. Ensures production resources, including materials, equipment and human resources are available as needed to maintain production schedules. Supports continuous improvement goals in safety, quality, cost and customer service. Responsible for managing and owning various functions of the business and creating an engaged and team-oriented work force to improve business results.
Job Description
Identify problems or bottlenecks in production processes and resolves the issues.
Provide resources to position the team for success, including materials, equipment and human resources as needed to maintain production schedules.
Facilitate collaboratively on continuous improvement goals in safety, quality, cost, and customer service.
Oversee various functions of the business and maintain an engaged and team-oriented workforce to improve business results.
Function as a good corporate citizen, a partner in improving our sustainable responsibilities, and a supporter of the local community.
Participate in a training process that develops new Operations Team Leads into leaders capable of taking on future advancement opportunities within our growing company.
Help lead, teach and foster our World Class Safety/Wellness Culture, which helps us recruit and retain a talented workforce.
Help team members develop personally and maximize self-work to identify, manage, and execute the plants process improvement opportunities.
Empower the talent of production staff to attain production and quality goals.
Basic & Preferred Qualifications
Team Leader Production
High school diploma or GED equivalent required. Bachelors' degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Engineering, Food Science, Agricultural Sciences, or other Natural Science degrees preferred. Other degrees will be considered.
1-3 years supervisory experience preferred.
Previous experience working in a manufacturing environment preferred.
SAP experience preferred.
Understanding of manufacturing processes and loss
Knowledge of GMP's
Working knowledge of plant equipment and safety
Ability to distinguish normal/abnormal
Excellent communication, interpersonal, problem solving and organizational skills.
Previous experience in a food-processing or manufacturing environment is a plus.
Ability to work weekends and/or shift work with a strong work ethic and employment history.
Must be available for an 2nd shift position.
A self-motivated individual that is able to multi-task and lead others.
Industry-Competitive Benefits
Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:
Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
Paid Time Off
Financial Wellness - Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
Family-Friendly Employee events
Employee Assistance Program services - mental health and other concierge type services
Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Job Requisition ID: Req-255662
Time Type: Full time
Anticipated Close Date: 11/11/2024
In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $67,480.00 - $101,200.00
Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law
