Production Team Lead

Production Team Lead-2nd shift at Dianne's Fine Desserts a division of Dessert Holdings.

Opportunity Overview

Are you ready to elevate your career 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!

Dianne's Fine Desserts, a subsidiary of Dessert Holdings, is looking for a Production Team Lead to join our team based in Le Center, Mn.  This individual is responsible for overseeing a production area of between 8-16 individuals, and for producing safe and quality food following production standards on specific assignments within required time.

Shift Hours Monday-Thursday, Occasional Friday 4:45pm-3:30am there is a $3.00 shift diff for 2nd shift.

What are the responsibilities?
 

• Coordinate department activities within a production area to ensure department and company production is met in a timely manner.
• Maintain tracking of daily KPI's and communicate progress to their team utilizing hour by hour boards.
• Promptly communicates any potential outages or shortcomings to Supervisor.
• Create daily action plan to achieve attainment goals and "win the day".
• Support autonomous maintenance through use of CID and CL standards.
• Coordinate and participate in Continuous Improvement, Safety and Quality initiatives.
• Ensure all required departmental checks are performed as required.
• Ensure machine operator hand off sheets are fully completed.
• Properly track and record downtime.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis / Investigations including but not limited to: Safety Incidents, Production Downtime, Food Safety/Quality, Food Waste issues.
• Provide feedback for the creation of work procedures as they pertain to Safety, Quality and Productivity.
• Promote Food Safety by following all standards.
• Complete daily production records and reports.
• Perform effective handoffs and communication at shift change with incoming Production Team Lead.
• Ensure the correct inventory of supplies is present for the required jobs to be performed.
• Must be able and willing to assume responsibility when supervisor is absent.
• Train new employees including new Production Team Leads.
• Ensures job rotation and breaks are done at regular intervals when necessary.
• Must be able to operate, and in some cases assemble production equipment.

QUALIFICATIONS:  

• High School Diploma or GED
• 1-2 years of Manufacturing related leadership experience, preferably food production.
• Bilingual English and Spanish or Somali(speaking/writing/ reading) preferred.
• Resourceful and problem-solving skills.
• Must have reliable transportation and be able to work a flexible schedule.
• Self-motivated individual