What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Operations Lead - 6P/6A position at Post Consumer Brands?
Business Unit Overview
Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles 'n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea : To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.
Brand
Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We're always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we're growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That's where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.
Location Description
The Meadville, Pennsylvania facility is 135,000 square feet and home to about 290 hard working team members who are proud to produce iconic pet food brands like Rachael Ray® Nutrish®. Located along the banks of French Creek in Northwestern Pennsylvania and 45 minutes from Pittsburgh, Meadville is home to more than 13,000 full time residents and 2,000 Allegheny College students. Meadville is an active center for business, industry, education, the arts, recreation, service and tourism. Conneaut Lake, Pymatuning State Park and the Erie National Wildlife Refuge are wonderful places to appreciate the area's natural beauty.
Responsibilities
Purpose :
Operations Lead that has responsibility for defining, creating and achieving standard work and driving optimization of the assigned business unit. The ability to operate and understand the equipment and process in the business unit. Capable of investigating, identifying, and correcting non-routine or unique equipment issues. Demonstrates a high level of technical understanding, decision making and root cause analysis abilities. Identifies continuous improvement opportunities in the assigned area. Support, implement, and maintain food safety, food safety culture, and quality practices as required through SQF.
Primary Responsibilities :
- Understands and is fully trained on all requirements and responsibilities of the Specialist position.
- Maintains and demonstrates a high level of technical understanding regarding individual process and impact on yield, rate, and availability.
- Leads by example through information sharing, training, positive and respectful employee relations.
- Leads Basic Equipment Care (BEC) activities in assigned area.
- Investigates, identifies, and leverages resources to correct non-routine or unique equipment upset conditions that negatively impact safety, quality, rate, yield and uptime.
- Provides input into equipment modification / design or viewed as a resource for related improvements.
- Understands and takes ownership of both upstream and downstream impacts of changes and maximizes line performance.
- Acts as a contact for communication between team members, engineers, and maintenance to resolve issues, driving continuous improvement.
- Works with technical support teams in investigating and resolving product / equipment performance issues, as well as planning and completing preventative maintenance.
- Acts as key production resource in designing, planning, and executing quality, yield, and reliability improvement initiatives.
- Takes a key role in standard work and training material development.
- Foresees impending safety, quality, or production issues and creates a plan to prevent or minimize problems, working effectively with other support functions.
- Supports, implements, and maintains food safety practices as required through SQF or other requirements.
- Trains and coaches other employees learning new equipment, processes and / or procedures. Participates in the design and review of training material.
- May work in rotation as member of production team during emergency situations.
- Identifies and drives continuous improvement opportunities, by participating in special projects, assignments, and trainings.
- Act as back up to Operations Supervisor, including following Safety Leader Standard work.
- Participates in weekly safety walks.
- May participate in safety incident investigations.
- May participate as a member of one of the elements of the PSRMP safety program.
- Assists in other areas of the plant upon request.
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge and skills necessary to meet organizational objectives)
Experience :
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Necessary to perform essential functions of job with or without an accommodation)
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time
