Team Leader - 1st Shift

Overview

Job Summary

Team Leader – 1st Shift 5:30 AM to 4:30 PM, 4 days/week.

Location:

Mary Anns Baking Company, Sacramento, CA, United States. Full-time, In-Office.

The Opportunity

You’re the kind of person who is always looking to learn. You want to grow into something greater and you’re looking for an employer that encourages and supports your professional development. Mary Anns Baking Company promotes advancement and rewards our employees based on individual performance and merit. Sure you’ll have exposure to the team, but all of our people are accountable for their success.

Competitive and focused, our team is on a mission to deliver excellence. We believe in supporting employee growth and development by providing frequent feedback and measuring progress, contributing to year-over-year growth since our first year of business. This is a culture of winning where we breed winners.

• Ensure that you and your assigned team follow all safety, GMP, and quality policies and regulations.
• Facilitate Daily Huddle/Tailgate meetings to communicate and educate team members on safety, food safety, production goals/results, and other organizational initiatives.
• Monitor all areas to ensure product quality and adherence to product specifications.
• Ensure all materials used are compliant with spec sheets and documented on daily production reports.
• Lead the setup of equipment and surrounding work areas, ensuring equipment and work areas are clean, properly calibrated, and safe to operate.
• Perform preventative maintenance to ensure readiness of equipment and minimize machine downtime.
• Lead the safe changeover of packaging/production equipment and materials to support scheduled production.
• Provide training to team members on equipment, tasks, and processes to learn all aspects of packaging equipment operation and product requirements.
• Facilitate daily rotation of team members to support various packaging/production areas and provide shift breaks to support packaging needs.
• Lead daily/weekly/monthly sanitation of production/packaging equipment, conveyors, tools, and work areas.
• Facilitate return of unused packaging material to assigned locations.
• Monitor finished product quality with a focus on eliminating defects and increasing throughput.
• Communicate with team members, team leaders, and supervisors to identify and resolve challenges and improve operational efficiencies.
• Perform routine safety checks to ensure a safe workspace in collaboration with the bakery team.
• Lead, train, promote, participate in, and practice 5S/6S methodology.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis, assigned projects, and process improvement initiatives.
• All other work as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent;
  Associate or Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Proven experience in a leadership role within a production environment.
• Ability to foster a culture of continuous learning and development.
• Commitment to achieving targets and measuring work results.
• Strong understanding of production metrics and performance analysis.
• Experience in setting and achieving individual and team performance goals.
• Experience in providing mentorship and training to new team members.
• Excellent communication skills for team collaboration and feedback.
• Knowledge of safety and operational standards in a production setting.
• Strong problem-solving skills to identify areas for improvement.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage team workload.
• 3+ years’ work experience operating advanced manufacturing equipment.
• 1+ years’ work experience in a leadership role, providing direction, guidance, and training to a team.
• 1+ years’ work experience providing hands-on training of advanced packaging/production equipment and related processes to new team members, leading huddles and tailgate meetings for assigned teams.

• Enjoy the vibrant atmosphere of our on-site location in Sacramento, CA, where collaboration and creativity thrive.
• Receive a competitive base salary that reflects your skills and contributions.