Assistant Production Manager

This is a full time, non-exempt position and requires schedule flexibility to support a variety of shifts.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee production flow from roast to package and leads a staff of machine operators, production associates and material handlers in varying levels of experience and education.
• Accomplishes manufacturing results by communicating job expectations and plans.
• Monitors production expectations and provides appropriate coaching for job results.
• Utilize interpersonal skills necessary to effectively lead and involve team members and ensure individual and team levels of performance exceeding goals and expectations.
• Assists in maintaining work flow by monitoring steps of the process, setting processing variables, and observing control points and equipment.
• Communicate flow of production as well as any equipment, quality, safety or productivity issues to the Production Manager.
• Assists in the completion of production plans by scheduling and assigning personnel, accomplishing work results, establishing priorities, monitoring progress, revising schedules, resolving problems, and reporting results thru shift production summaries.
• Creates and revises systems and procedures by analyzing operating practices, record keeping systems, forms of control, and implementing change.
• Effectively motivate, train, and communicate with assigned team to assure superior levels of safety, reliability, cleanliness, and quality.
• Demonstrate ownership of the production facility by ensuring cleanliness, organization and attractiveness of the production floor.
• Effectively takes part in our employee safety committee, follows safety guidelines and ensures that safety concerns are being communicated down and upstream.
• Comply with, enforce, and educate team members on food safety, GMP and AIB requirements.
• Effectively coach, support, counsel, discipline, and develop direct reports to ensure the strategic intent and executions of strategies are realized.
• Complete other tasks (i.e. Kronos) or projects assigned by the Production Manager.

Qualifications:

• 5 plus years of supervisory experience in an industrial environment or warehouse pick/pack operation, or 3-5 years of experience in Peet’s Roasting Plant with a history of consistently good performance at Peet’s exceeding job expectations and acting as a role model for other employees.
• Knowledgeable in continuous improvement and quality methodologies (i.e. lean, six-sigma); green or black belt certified a plus
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Familiarity with packaging equipment along with good technical skills and the ability to demonstrate problem solving skills.
• Must be quality minded, self-motivated, analytical and results oriented.
• Ability to prioritize, plan, multi-function and manage time efficiently.
• Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook, production management tools, ERP and reporting systems.
• BA/BS preferred