Operations Line Leader (Line Manager)

Operations Line Leader (Line Centric Team Leadership)

Opportunity Overview

Are you ready to elevate your career in manufacturing operations and be a part of creating the world's best desserts? Dessert Holdings partners with some of North America's most iconic chains to bring people together to celebrate life's sweetest moments! We have an amazing opportunity to join a high-growth organization and pave the way for future career advancement.

Dessert Holdings is looking for a dynamicOperations Line Leader(leads a line-centric leadership team) to join our leadership team at our facility inAurora, COto achieve breakthrough production results. This individual will be responsible for all results for a line/area with up to 80 employees utilizing a rigorous Daily Direction Setting system in partnership with a Line Continuous Improvement Lead and a Maintenance Lead. This team will be responsible to determine priorities to drive out losses on a 24-hour, multiple-shift line or area. Through ownership of Safety, Quality, Production, Reliability and Material Usage Variants targets, this team will drive operational excellence for their area and foster employee engagement to achieve customer satisfaction.

The typical hiring range for this role is $90,000 to $110,000 annually and is based on several factors such as education, work experience, skills, certifications, location, etc. In addition to pay, Dessert Holdings offers benefits such as a choice of comprehensive medical plans, dental and vision insurance, paid vacation and holidays, and retirement contribution to all eligible employees.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• System Owner Owns Human and Food safety for the line/system and the plan to improve
• Single point of ownership for the delivery of the line/system improvement; owns delivery of line targeted results including financials
• Provide ongoing performance feedback and coaching to team members
• Builds capability in operators to identify, measure and drive out losses on their equipment
• Owns identifying training gaps for the operators and technicians on the system as well as developing and ensuring execution of training plan to address these gaps
• Drive continuous improvement and total employee involvement in critical success areas by empowering employees to utilize lean manufacturing tools.
• Manage the team: on-shift safety, quality of product, execution of shift specific improvement plan actions
• Daily staffing and leading work of operators and technicians including:
• Shift Hand-offs
• Onboarding of new employees
• Support team development
• Support performance management and incentives programs
• Own accuracy and timeliness of performance metrics for shift
• Start-up and changeover execution
• Prioritize and plan for various maintenance activities

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in business, Engineering, Industrial Technology, or Management and 2+ years of related manufacturing experience
• Prior supervisory or lead experience is preferred
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrated capability in the application of Continuous Improvement tools
• Demonstrated basic technical capability on at least one product platform
• Shift flexibility including extended hours, weekends or holidays as needed