Area Leader, Plant

Your Opportunity as the Area Leader

Leverage your leadership skills to drive business results while supporting our sandwich making technicians within our Longmont facility, where we make some of the most beloved Smucker products, Uncrustables! Encourage a positive working environment, ensuring safety and quality standards are at the forefront of operations.

Location: Longmont, CO

Work Arrangements: 100% onsite, day shift M-F (flexibility to work off-shifts or weekends as needed)

In this role you will:

• Lead sandwich making line and technicians to deliver key business results and drive overall area improvements.

• Engage and motivate team in meeting safety, quality, production, and cost targets.

• Ensure Key Performance Indicators are established for teams, oversee progress, and indicate where gaps exist to proactively create performance plans.

• Drive high-performance work culture by engaging with team members on the floor and coaching to problem solve, make decisions, and become self-reliant.

• Leverage High-Performance Organizational principles to develop leadership skills in individuals and the teams.

• Partner with Department Manager in developing and delivering business master plan, including key technical and organizational projects.

• Address gaps in line/area performance through the implementation and effective coaching of Smucker Continuous Improvement methodologies; foster a zero-loss culture.

• Ensure department issues are driven to root cause and eliminated.

• Understand company policies and procedures and apply consistently across your teams; administer any necessary discipline.

• Oversee training and qualification programs for designated line/area; participate in assessments, ensure effective training, and maintain consistent qualification standards

• Translate complex information into easily understandable messages to facilitate clear communication and expectations.

• Embrace change and build team buy-in to new initiatives and improvements.

• Manage time and attendance for designated line/area (including payroll approval).

• Provide performance-based feedback to team leaders and technicians, including annual Performance Appraisals.

The Right Place for You

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs. 

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 2 years of manufacturing operational experience

• 2 years of experience leading, supervising, or managing others

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role: 

• Prior people management experience in a high-performance work environment

• Ability to effectively engage on the plant floor

• Decisive, proactive, and strategic in decision making

• Strong analytical troubleshooting, problem-solving, and root cause identification skills

• Effectively works across organization boundaries and with diverse teams

• Self-motivated, organized, and able to learn new skills/technologies quickly

• Excellent presentation, written, and verbal communication skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Suite applications

Other information about the role:

• Colorado Specific Salary Range - $89,000 - $128,700

• This role is eligible for our Annual Incentive Plan bonus

• Please see our employee benefits here: https://www.jmsmucker.com/careers/why-smucker/employee-benefits

Salary : $89,000 - $128,700