Manufacturing Team Leader - Weekend

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At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive—whether you’re just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed.

As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family‑owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award‑winning dairy products that bring people together.

In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Break stone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go‑Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®.

At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy.

Midwest Yogurt, part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Manufacturing Team Leader based in Reed City, MI.

The Manufacturing Team Leader will work 12‑hour shifts, Friday – Monday (weekend coverage), 5am to 5pm.

• Educate, develop, and motivate a manufacturing work group to achieve required production results, improving individual technical skills, and enabling collaboration across boundaries
• Facilitate, coach, counsel, and guide the manufacturing work group to ensure that they are able to deliver results year‑over‑year through the use of continuous improvement tools and strategies
• Flex hours across 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shifts (if required) to support plant scheduling needs, to complete project work
• Develop and lead projects that will save on costs, reduce waste, improve safety, or improve production/sanitation key performance metrics throughout the plant
• Schedule operators and maintenance resources according to plant production needs
• Ensure that production facilities and finished products meet the company and government standards for quality, sanitation, and safety
• Be an incident commander in the event a pressing safety, maintenance, quality, or production incident occurs. Contact necessary resources to help manage the incident
• Working closely with line teams and supporting department personnel to drive production results, drive out losses, and support R&D or improvement initiatives happening on the off‑shifts across all platforms

• 2+ years of manufacturing leadership experience
• Ability to adjust schedule across 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shifts (if required) to support plant scheduling needs or to complete project work
• Experience troubleshooting technical problems and responding to technical challenges
• Demonstratable interpersonal communication and listening skills
• Demonstratable analytical and business judgment skills
• Must possess basic computer skills or the ability to learn a variety of computer programs

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or of another technical/scientific discipline
• Experience with Microsoft Office programs, SAP, Blue Yonder, Maximo, or other programs/applications typical of a manufacturing environment
• Previous food manufacturing leadership experience

At Lactalis, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options. We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement…