Team Leader - 2nd Shift

Job Summary

Team Leader – 2nd Shift 1pm to 11:30pm, 4 days/week.
Mary Anns Baking Company.
Full‑time, In‑Office – Sacramento, CA, United States.

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 employees based on individual performance and merit. We believe in a culture of winning and can only be accomplished by supporting our employee growth and development.

By providing frequent feedback and consistently measuring progress, we have achieved year‑over‑year growth since our first year of business.

• Ensure that you and your assigned team are following 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 that the product specifications are being adhered to.
• Ensure all materials being 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 assigned preventative maintenance to ensure readiness of equipment while limiting machine failure and downtime.
• Lead the proper and safe changeover of packaging/production equipment and materials to support scheduled production.
• Actively provide training to team members on equipment, tasks and processes to learn all aspects of packaging equipment operation and product/requirements.
• Facilitate the daily rotation of team members to support various packaging/production areas and provide rest and meal breaks/lunch rotations to support packaging needs.
• Lead the daily/weekly/monthly sanitation of production/packaging equipment, conveyors, tools, and associated work areas.
• Facilitate the return of unused packaging material to assigned locations.
• Monitor finished product quality with a focus on eliminating defects and increasing throughput.
• Actively communicate with other team members, team leaders, and supervisors to identify and resolve challenges while improving operational efficiencies.
• Perform routine safety checks to ensure the workspace is free from potential safety risks while working with the overall bakery team to promote a safe workplace environment.
• Actively lead, train, promote, participate, and practice 5S/6S methodology.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis exercises, assigned projects, and process improvement initiatives.
• Perform all other work as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent; associate’s 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 associated work processes to new team members and ongoing refresher training; leading huddles/tailgate meetings to assigned teams.

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