3rd Shift Supervisor (Process Operations Lead)

The Role:

Kao is seeking a 3rd Shift Supervisor (Process Operations Lead) (also known as a Liquid Making Team Lead internally) who will manage the assigned Liquid Making Shift operation and personnel!

Reporting to the Processing Manager, you will coordinate production schedule requirements with Packaging Team Leader and will ensure production is achieved in safe, efficient, and high-quality manner. You will also optimize processes to improve safety, quality, or efficiency.

This is a third shift position, on site, working hours from 10pm - 6:30am,

• First weekly shift starts Sunday night at 10 PM
• Last weekly shift ends Friday at 6:30AM.
• Weekend coverage is occasionally necessary due to business needs.Paid supervisor over time.

At Kao, we offer amazing benefits that are available to you on your first day of employment (healthcare, 401(k) plus company match), 36 total days off (vacation + holidays + sick) and a reasonable salary range of $65,000 - $80,000, plus supervisor over time (when needed).

What you will do:

• Production management
  
  
  
  • Delivery of production schedule for the shift
  • Make decisions to overcome production constraints to deliver production schedule on time
  • Ensure all production records are filled out properly
  • Ensure compliance with all FDA Regulations, Good Manufacturing Practices, and Quality Assurance Standards
  
  
  
  
• People management and leadership
  
  
  
  • Provide guidance to the team
  • Ensure safety procedures, LOTO, PPE, and SOPs are being followed
  • Evaluate 3rd shift performance and skills thru formal performance assessment.
  • Manage 3rd shift hourly staff time-off.
  
  
  
  
• Communication and reporting
  
  
  
  • Identify, write, and obtain approval for all required Departmental Standard Operating Procedures and Work Instructions.
  • Audit and update current SOP's and WI's as required as needed and by company policy.
  • Report to Liquid Making Processing Manager any shift occurrences or foreseen technical and people risks.
  • Communicate with Packing 3rd Shift Team Lead and align on production occurrences as well as with Quality and Technical service teams.
  
  
  
  
• Liquid Making process knowledge
  
  
  
  • Familiarize with weighing process, batching/campaign process, and multi-tank making process (making, cooling and storage tanks).
  • Trouble shoot equipment and process issues affecting safety, quality, and production.
    
    
    
    • Examples: process lines, tank vessels, processing devices (FV, TIT, PIT, etc.), homogenizers, heat exchangers, pumps.
    • Communicate to the management and technical service team.
    
    
    
    
  • Effective utilization of Making Department personnel and processing equipment.
  • Evaluate current operations and provide suggestions for improvements to safety, quality, and efficiency.
  
  
  
  

What you will need:

• 8+ years' experience in a production environment: batch making process preferrable.
• or 8+ years' experience as a Plant Services. (maintenance) technician or Quality Services (lab tech) technician or a production technical support team.
• 5+ years' experience leading people.
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering - Preferred.

How we work: Having been selected among the World's Most Ethical Companies for 18 consecutive years, we are a company with a purpose and strong corporate values. We never compromise on quality and create our products with care for the consumer and the environment. At Kao, each employee can actively shape their job and their career. We work collaboratively to achieve our common goals, always aiming to deliver the best for our customers.

What we offer: A friendly and flexible work environment with great compensation packages, benefits package, ongoing development and the opportunity to enhance your skills and deliver tangible results. At Kao your voice will be heard. Your opinion really counts. We believe that change comes from taking opportunities into your own hands, so we value and reward thinking and new ideas.

Hiring Process: Kao embraces the diversity and the individual personalities of its people because we believe it is diversity that makes us strong. This is why we welcome applications from all areas of the global community.

Want to learn more: If you feel you are as unique as our products and want to find out why 33,000 people across the globe opted for a career with us please visit our Americas website (https://www.kao.com/americas/en/).

Kao USA is an equal opportunity employer, including disability/ vets.

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