Production Manager

Company Description

At Jack Link’s, we feed the journey. We take pride in rolling up our sleeves and getting things done together. Fueled by creativity, passion, and a commitment to doing things the right way, we tackle the hard stuff first and focus on real progress, bold moves, and no excuses. We create opportunities, celebrate wins, own our misses, and push forward as a team, knowing our strength comes from supporting one another and having fun along the way. We cultivate a workplace where passion meets purpose and our Team Members are inspired, recognized, and rewarded for their contributions. 

If you’re ready to make a difference and build something meaningful, we want you! 

Jack Link's Protein Snacks is a global leader in snacking and the No. 1 meat snack manufacturer worldwide. Headquartered in Minong, Wisconsin, Jack Link’s is strategically positioned with production, distribution, and support centers in key locations throughout North America, Brazil, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. This global network allows Jack Link's to deliver a wide variety of high-quality, great tasting protein snacks to consumers around the world. The company’s portfolio of brands includes Jack Link’s®, Lorissa’s Kitchen®, Wild River®, Golden Island®, Country Fresh Meats®, BiFi®, Peperami® , Mariani and Local Legends Meat Snacks.

Job Description

Summary:

The Senior Team Leader is responsible for the day-to-day production within Secondary Manufacturing. Supervises, motivates, and supports Team Members, applying a team approach and maintaining open communication. Plans, schedules, strategizes and oversees all production activities. Responsible for the effective and efficient planning and scheduling of personnel and equipment to reduce bottlenecks and problems.

• Maintains a professional appearance and demeanor that reflects Jack Link’s commitment to safety, quality, continuous improvement and respect for individuals.
• Identifies, through a proactive approach, potential cost-saving and efficiency gain opportunities to improve overall operations.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining a high level employee morale and dedication to serving customers.
• Assists with hiring and termination decisions.
• Initiate disciplinary measures according to company policy when needed and dismiss production employees when all corrective attempts have failed.
• Initiate hiring when needed to cover expanding workload or for replacement of substandard Team Members
• Supervise the Production Team to produce and prioritize jobs and, when necessary, reorganize to meet deadline changes and updates.
• Take all necessary actions to manage production costs and improve efficiencies.
• Communicates effectively with the Operations Manager and Production Team, informing and updating regularly to guarantee production and customer objectives are met.
• Maintains a safe and healthy working environment in accordance with all Company Safety, USDA and OSHA regulations.
• Drives safety, quality and productivity to ensure goals are met
• Approves direct reports time off requests
• Conducts formal performance reviews per company policy.
• Participates in Safety Committee.
• Follows system and procedures outlined in the company manuals. Ensures Company policies and procedures are followed
• Meet all assigned goals and assist others in accomplishing their goals.
• Meet all customer commitments through the production of timely, efficient and high quality products and service.
• Schedule, plan and conduct Morning afternoon production meetings.
• Oversees all staff scheduling and overtime.
• Ensures completion of production schedules with minimum waste.
• Ensures employee safety training is conducted as required by Company Policy.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Understands LEAN Principles. LEAN Six Sigma Greenbelt Certified Preferred.
• Knowledge of distribution center models and logistics processes
• Thorough understanding of safety rules and regulations as well as OSHA standards
• Ability to communicate professionally with people both inside and outside the organization
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Proficient with word processing, spreadsheet and power point software
• Familiarity with team building techniques
• Have working knowledge of operations including an automated workflow system

Experience and Education

• High school diploma or GED required, college degree preferred.
• 5 years experience in production, 3 years production management experience preferred
• Equivalent combination of education and experience

Additional Information

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to be successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to sit, and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work environment is a plant/office setting. It is clean and dry with climate-controlled environment.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Jack Link's is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

E-Verify
Jack Link's provides the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new Team Member’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. IMPORTANT: If the Government cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, we are required to provide you written instructions and an opportunity to contact SSA and/or DHS before taking adverse action against you, including terminating your employment. We do not use E-Verify to pre-screen job applicants or to re-verify current employees and may not limit or influence the choice of documents presented for use on the Form I-9. In order to determine whether Form I-9 documentation is valid, we use E-Verify’s photo screening tool to match the photograph appearing on some permanent resident and employment authorization cards with the official U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) photograph. If you believe that Jack Link’s has violated our responsibilities under this program or has discriminated against you during the verification process based upon your national origin or citizenship status, please call the Office of Special Counsel at 1-800-255-7688 (TDD: 1-800-237-2515).

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.