Production Lead

Who Kerry Is:

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

Where You'll Work:

With over 45 plants across North America, the Owatonna, MN, USA plant is a part of our Beverage division that mass blends savory food ingredients. These dry blended ingredients improve taste and solubility in products like K-Cups, probiotics drinks, vinegar powders and blended rice’s which are packaged by our customers.  We are hiring career minded people to help meet growing demands for quality ingredients!  You'll have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment with people who care about what we do! If you’re looking for a manufacturing facility where you can build a career and have fun while you do it, we might be the team for you!

What You'll Do:

The Production Lead is responsible for the execution of the production schedule for processing products to meet established product quality specifications and packaging requirements while ensuring compliance to safety, environmental and regulatory policies. in this second shift role, you'll utilize your experience to ensure accuracy of inventory, maintaining raw ingredient levels, use and finished product accuracy on the production floor and in the SAP system. You'll perform a variety of duties, coordinating with the production associates and in collaboration with internal teams.

• Lead and coordinate employee element of assigned work group to maximize efficiency, participating in developing production schedules at weekly meeting.
• Become expert in cross functional departments and work streams, understanding and coordinating multiple operations.
• Utilize SAP and other software to perform transaction functions for material flow.
• Help the site implement new equipment, SOP’s, and complete related product qualification steps.
• Validate critical control point (CCP) instrumentation in the production process to ensure adherence to established quality assurance, GMP and regulatory procedures.
• Train and empower employees to effectively and safely perform tasks required for their job.

Our 2nd Shift Works from 4:00 pm - 2:30 am, Mon.-Thursday, Overtime is Available, Usually Not Mandatory

What You'll Need to Succeed:

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• High School Diploma or equivalency required, a 2-year, associate degree preferred.
• 2 to 5 years of experience in a related industry, food or chemical processing ideal.
• Leadership experience is desirable.
• MS product use, experience with SAP is preferred.
• Understanding of continuous improvement methods.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing methodology.