What are the responsibilities and job description for the Team Lead - Packhouse position at Gotham Greens?
Team Leadership & Training
- Ownership of the effectiveness and efficiency of the Packhouse processes and employees
- Train new Packhouse Production Assistants in accordance with onboarding and training policies
- Proactive performance management of all Packhouse employees including delivery of any corrective actions in partnership with Human Resources in Food Safety, Employee Safety, Time & Attendance, Conduct, and Performance
- Lead daily team meetings to communicate schedule, goals, training needs, and any other announcements with the Packhouse team
- Manage labor costs, employee schedules, sick time, and PTO, minimize OT, and maintain a sense of urgency and daily efficiency
Production & Efficiency
- Adopt a continuous improvement mindset and apply LEAN principles to the Packhouse operations to optimize efficiency and reduce downtime.
- Communicate with team throughout the day to ensure that schedule is being met. Adapt schedule to achieve daily goals where needed.
- Order and manager inventory of all necessary materials.
- Set pace and schedule for the day based on production plan. Communicate schedule effectively to the team leads. Escalate issues with the schedule to plant leadership.
Employee & Food Safety Compliance
- Ensure that all employee and food safety requirements are being met, training is completed, and logs are filled out.
- Experience working in a manufacturing environment, ideally a food or packaged good manufacturing environment
- Hunger and curiosity to make processes better and more efficient
- Ability to connect with and inspire a diverse set of employees
