Production Leader; Klahn

Job Description

Job:
Production Leader

Shift: Nights

Location:

Mars Wrigley Topeka

Mars is looking to hire a Production Leader for our state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Topeka, Kansas! Being a Mars Associate is all about opportunity. The opportunity to do challenging, exciting work that shapes the world’s best-loved brands. To work with real purpose, supported by talented, friendly people from different backgrounds. Access the tools, training, and experience you need to positively impact our business, the planet, and, most importantly, your career.

Being a Mars associate is more than a job. It’s the opportunity to start your day tomorrow.

As part of our overall total compensation package, Mars offers a competitive benefits package to all associates:
Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance, Short- & Long-Term Disability, and 401k match. Associates are also immediately eligible (based on hire date) for up to three weeks of vacation, 12 Paid Holidays per year, Sick Pay, Maternity & Parental Leave, and annual bonus earning potential, plus many other ancillary benefits not listed here.

The Production Leader is a shift-based, front-line operations manager responsible for driving safety, quality, continuous improvement, and cost efficiency. Leading a team of approximately 15 production associates, this role delivers operational targets, manages performance, and fosters associate development and engagement. The Production Leader coordinates daily activities within established guidelines to ensure the highest quality and lowest cost production, while partnering with the Area Leadership Team to implement continuous improvement and Mars Supply Excellence (MSE) initiatives.

Responsibilities include building effective teams, managing training strategies, and enforcing organizational policies and standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conversion - Manage the efforts of operating teams of a multi-line, area, or technology on one shift in efficiently converting materials into quality products in a safe, secure, and sanitary manner within the product design specifications.
• Change Agent - Implement changes in methods, equipment, systems, and organization, as needed, to ensure that the objectives of the line/area are met and give input and recommendations for such changes by using a continuous improvement mindset.
• Mars Supply Excellence – Lead or participate in one or more MSE Pillars;
  Lead and support the implementation of Autonomous Maintenance (AM) and Autonomous Work Teams (AWTs) in area of responsibility;
  Lead key connection points and own reliability data collection accuracy.
• Area Ownership – Collaborate with the rest of the Area Leadership Team (Area Manager or Continuous Improvement Engineer, Continuous Improvement Specialist, Maintenance Coordinator) to create and execute the reliability strategy for the area of responsibility.
• Coaching – Coach operators to build their functional and leadership capabilities and to drive accountability in safety, Quality and Food Safety, Autonomous Maintenance, and team engagement.
• Line Operations - Coordinate materials, staffing and resources to support line operation and changeovers.
• Standards Implementation and Adherence – Ensure standards are implemented on shift and in areas of responsibility through effective communication, change management, consistent reinforcement, and coaching, guidance, and accountability measures.
• Associate Safety – Ensure safe working conditions, behaviors, and mindsets through the direct implementation of Mars Safety programs and driving a relentless focus among a team of operators.
• Food Safety and Product Quality – Ensure the ongoing production of safe and defect-free products consistent with the principles of Mars. HACCP proficiency is required; this manager owns ongoing training and championing of quality goals and improvements at the Area Shift level.
• Associate Advocacy - Manage associate relations issues and guide and direct the hiring, training, retraining, development, and motivation of Operations associates following self-managed, team-working principles with a minimum degree of guidance from the Area Manager or Value Stream Manager.
• Engagement…