Description

Lactalis American Group is currently seeking candidates to join our Packaging team in Belmont, Wisconsin. 

Lactalis, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to nurturing the future by providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. We offer an enviable range of dairy brands including Galbani®, Président®, Kraft® Natural Cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond®, Parmalat®, Siggi’s®, and Stonyfield Organic® in addition to several brands imported from our affiliates in Europe. 

At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to building a safe, diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace and we know that our candidates come from many different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we still encourage you to apply and share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE! You may be just the perfect candidate for this or other roles within our company. 

Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities. 

From your PASSION to ours

The Packaging Supervisor will assist the department manager to enhance the technical and financial performances of the packaging department. Incumbent will supervise their team to meet the required efficiencies in terms of quality, cost, deadlines and food safety. 

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

· Supervise the packaging team’s work, integrate, training appraisal and discipline

· Leading the team by delegating, instilling of responsibilities, setting targets, communicating instructions and control

· Apply well defined standards with costs and budgets

· Analysis and evaluation of packaging efficiency data and determining the negative or positive net effect

· Lead and control various packaging parameters and implementing corrective actions

· Propose improvement plans, and technical and organizational improvements to management

· Works with Packaging Manager and Assistant Manager. Packaging in scheduling personnel and packaging schedule in a manner which maximizes the department’s production capability while meeting needs forecasted by sales

· Organize technical means: Plan action for preventative maintenance and cleaning breakdown

· Apply any environmental regulations and ensure they are respected. Propose improvements if necessary

· Apply safety rules and ensure they are implemented and followed

· Participate in analyzing occupational hazards as well as preventing potential risks

· Take necessary measures if people are performing unsafe acts or are in an unsafe environment

· Apply and enforce all quality programs

· Work closely with quality and food safety team to ensure the quality and specifications of product are continually met

Requirements

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Diary Science/ Chemistry or science related field preferred

• 2 Years experience in dairy production and/or food industry

• 2 Years experience in a management/ supervisory role

• Stable and dependable work history is required

Specialized Knowledge

• Packaging equipment and processes, quality, food safety and health and safely

• Process management, collective line management, line and non-line management, computer/office systems

Skills/Abilities

• Candidate will be analytical and be attentive to detail

• Ability to work under pressure and remain calm

• Demonstrate a sense of responsibility and high professional standards, honesty, integrity, and objectivity

The ideal candidate will be proactive and dynamic, flexible and receptive to new ideas, down to earth and pragmatic, analytical and attentive to detail. Capable of working independently in adherence to regulations, of managing stress and remaining calm under pressure, and be able to demonstrate an inquiring mind and well-developed observational skills. Will demonstrate a sense of responsibility and high professional standards, honesty and integrity, and objectivity. Possess values of ambition and engagement, with simplicity. 

Internal applicants must apply by July 1, 2024.