Line Shift Leader

Job Title

Danone North America offers a strong benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401k Plan, Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, and Paid Parental Bonding Leave, among other benefit plan options. $1.00 Shift Differential

Job Description

Key Responsibilities As a key member of our team, you play an important role in driving our mission forward. The following responsibilities outline the core expectations and contributions for your position:

• Ensure adherence to plant standards (including but not limited to GMP, AIB, FDA, IWS, Quality, Safety, Finance, ISO, CODES, Daily Direction Setting, Driving OE/PR). As a fundamental piece of the organization, your responsibility is to participate in and own the implementation and deployment of all company standards required to consistently produce high quality goods in a safe working environment. This could include IWS or related integrated work systems and corresponding pillars (Daily Direction Setting, Driving OE; Autonomous Maintenance; planned Maintenance; Focused Improvement; Education and Training; Environmental, Health and Safety; Quality; Organization) with the objective of owning your space, and the performance (Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Mobilization, Nature) and owning your continuous improvement of shift results.
• Demonstrate and maintain the skills and competencies defined in the Line Shift Leader Step up Card
• Create an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture in alignment with Danone Behaviors, respect and professionalism.
• Ensure team is complying with collective bargaining agreement, policies and procedures
• Lead your team through the execution of the RTT DMSs and IWS Phase Journey
• Act as the daily operations decision maker including leading problem-solving activities
• Effectively lead communication between shifts, team members and facility leaders and escalate to management/IWS Trio's accordingly
• Foster culture that minimizes Safety and Quality incidents and unplanned stops
• Track and Report shift daily metrics
• Implement planned activities from maintenance and production, partner with the technical and/or engineering teams to support all projects
• Assign team members to workstations and delegate tasks appropriately
• Build and maintain productive team culture and resolve conflicts effectively
• Use of OPL's to share learnings
• Maintain process and product quality on production line to meet quality specifications including all documentation and QMS standards.
• Support plant Compelling Business Needs (CBN)
• Implement individual and team training plans to schedule.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and plant requirements
• Conduct Daily Management Systems (DMS) health checks
• Engage team members in safety discussions daily, have discussions with team to address safety behaviors and corrections if applicable and complete root cause analysis and safety alert for incidents in the area
• Must be self-motivated, working independently towards departmental objective

About Us, We Offer and What's Next

At Danone North America, you'll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world like Activia, Silk, Two Good, Oikos, evian, and Happy Family. You'll be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps in the world, working together to make sure our brands create real benefits for people, communities, and the planet. We have 6,000+ employees across the U.S. and Canada. Come join our movement for a healthier world: One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone North America doesn't just welcome what makes you unique, we value it. We're proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All hires to our team are based on qualifications, merit and business needs. We recruit, employ, train and promote regardless of race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, genetic characteristic or any other protected status. Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all of our employees share in the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect.

About You

Education & Experience:HS diploma or equivalent2-3 years' experience leading shift teams in a manufacturing or related field preferredKnowledge, Skills & Abilities:Ability to lead and motivate others to meet business demandsIn depth understanding of and commitment to established values and strategyBasic understanding of computersMechanically inclinedGood oral and written communication skillsBasic math skillsAbility to resolve conflicts effectivelyDemonstrated ability to perform root cause analysis/problem solving