Job Title: Front-Line Leader I/II –2nd Shift Packaging

Department / Division: Cosmetics Plant/ Manufacturing

Location: Ada, MI

What do we need:

We are looking to hire Front-Line Leaders for our Cosmetics Manufacturing Plant. You will be responsible for planning and incorporating goals to achieve operational excellence in safety, quality, delivery and team development.

What’s special about this team:

The Cosmetics facility is responsible for prestige Amway brands within the beauty portfolio. This role provides the opportunity to learn, develop and grow into multiple skillsets across a variety of roles with training and development opportunities available in the versatile flow-to-work environment. This role will provide a leadership opportunity to influence manufacturing teams, deepen your leadership skills, and be a part of the key decision-making processes. This role will operate on a 2nd shift schedule working Monday through Friday, 3:00pm - 11:00pm or a 4/10 schedule working 3:00pm – 1:00am. This position may require scheduling flexibility to train on 1st shift (7:00am - 3:00pm, Monday - Friday) up to two months depending on capability. As a Front-Line Leader in the plant, you will be part of a collaborative team, learning all aspects of the plant’s operations. This role will have a focused career progression with a skill development system that allows for multiple avenues to promotion. The Cosmetics department is a GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) facility that produces products that fall under the definition of a drug, which subjects us to standards that meet the requirement of the United States FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and other equivalent agencies around the globe.

What’s special about this role:

The Front-Line Leader (FLL) role will be responsible for leading, coordinating, and supervising activities during a single shift within our Packaging operations. They are expected to deliver operational excellence in safety, quality and the delivery of products to our customers. The FLL will achieve results through leading and assisting manufacturing technicians with technical support, incident management to safety and quality outages, coaching and mentoring.

Responsibilities will include:

Demonstrating capabilities of an entry-level leader and setting direction for the shift while driving activities that support business goals, effectively communicating across all levels, responding to situations and challenges and encouraging and rewarding team members. The FLL will perform functions associated with safety and productivity on a designated shift and functional job family while maintaining a high level of quality.

Required qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience within in a manufacturing setting and leadership experience highly preferred
• High school diploma
• Must be capable of lifting 0 – 50 lbs
• Proficiently able to read, speak, and write in English in order to understand instructions, standard operating procedures, and safety warnings/notifications/trainings/processes
• Ability to read, interpret, and verbally communicate GMP & FDA documentation and regulation
• Prior experience with manufacturing food products, troubleshooting and repairing manufacturing equipment, or working in cGMP environment

Skills to be successful in the role:

• Basic computer skills to include an ability to learn and use company MRP (JDE/DcLink), MES (CAC), and PMC systems, related software, databases and applications to include use of typical office suite software packages
• Interact with/lead cross-functional teams to achieve defined outcomes through partnering, constructive and positive collaboration with culturally diverse team members, internal customers and external suppliers, respects and values differences and opinions of others
• Understand customer needs and expectations and consistently look for ways to exceed the customer’s expectations.
• Build trust and integrity through open, timely, honest and constructive verbal and written communication with internal team members, internal customers and external suppliers to include effective delivery of and acceptance of feedback
• Successfully adapt and adjust to changing approaches, processes, ideas, tools, and technique

Physical requirements of position:

• Frequent bending and continuous twisting for the purpose of working on equipment from below level to overhead, picking, gathering and packing orders from shelves to conveyors and loading and combining orders, adding raw materials to blends and weigh-up
• Frequent computer operation (e.g.; typing, reading monitor, etc.) for up to 6 hours.
• Frequent gripping for up to 6 hours, for the purpose of operating hand and power tools, equipment hand controls, gripping ropes and/or chains, and selecting and grabbing product for mixing, packing, or shipping/receiving
• Continuous lifting and carrying of 50-pound packed boxes and equipment
• Continuous standing and walking up to 8 hours.
• Continuous use of upper body (arms, wrists, hands) for up to 12 hours
• Continuous twisting for the purpose of picking, gathering and packing orders from shelves to conveyors, adding raw materials in weigh-up and blending, and turning while driving moving vehicles
• Frequent climbing for the purpose of climbing on and off equipment on ladders.

This role is “Not” eligible for sponsorship.