Team Leader

Job Purpose and Impact

The Team Leader will provide strategic operational oversight for all production and operating process for a single plant with moderate complexity. In this role, you will oversee safety, quality, operational effectiveness and financial performance.

Key Accountabilities

• Execute routine operations of assigned area, ensuring direct reports are following policies and procedures related to employee, food and feed safety and environmental compliance.
• Work with the operation supervisors to meet Enterprise and Terminal standards for safety, housekeeping, operational effectiveness, reliability excellence and operator productivity.
• Monitor production outcomes, quantity, and quality to ensure customer and food safety requirements are within specifications.
• Partner with production supervisors to meet customer specifications and timeline.
• Administer production budget for a department, process, or shift and executes purchase orders and ensures timely payment of invoices.
• Develop operational plans and monitors routine operations for all production processes for multiple departments, processes, and shifts.
• Develop, supervise, and provide coaching to direct reports including coaching company core values and guiding principles.
• Responsible for personnel decisions related to hiring, performance and disciplinary actions for your direct reports. You will also spend time completing the same tasks as employees on your team.
• Contribute and lead IDEX, IWEX and IMEX meetings as required.
• Lead and develop a team, coach and make decisions related to talent management, hiring, performance, and disciplinary actions.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Diploma/certificate or bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience
• Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Lean six sigma
• Two years of supervisory experience
• Ability to partner and problem solve with a sense of urgency
• Ability to communicate effectively, provide feedback and address concerns