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General Mills · 1 day ago

Platform Leader - Covington, GA

Covington, GA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$94K/yr - $141K/yr

5+ years exp

General Mills is a company dedicated to making food the world loves, and they are seeking a Platform Leader to provide leadership for the Platform Team. This role involves managing Operations Supervisors and Platform Project Leaders, driving sustainable performance improvement, and ensuring safety and quality in operations.

Food and BeverageFood ProcessingManufacturingSnack FoodWholesale

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead Food and Human Safety through Safety 2.0 leadership principles and standards

Cultivate Human Safety Culture that reduces risk to our people and communities by increasing capability to identify and control critical risk

Cultivate Food Safety Culture that is committed to manufacturing safe food that is compliant with policy and regulatory requirements

Role model Engaging Leader behaviors

Develop and implement platform strategies to maximize team effectiveness (communication and collaboration)

Provide clear individual priorities and team goals to deliver platform priorities

Cultivate a positive and supportive team environment to foster employee engagement and retention, including dedicated 'floor time' with the team

Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing development and demonstrate a willingness to receive and action feedback for performance improvement

Drive sustainable performance improvement through coaching, development, and capability building of the platform team

Execute manager of people accountabilities

Accountable for the results and overall process health of Platform DSU to meet business needs (maximize throughput or minimize cost)

Partner with the Operations Manager to represent the platform and secure effective two-way communication with Supply Chain Managers and Make Business Leads

Accountable for the execution, results and process health of Platform DDS (inclusive of shift level DDS)

Responsible to represent the platform at Department DDS (if applicable)

Utilize, teach and coach standardization methods across equipment and processes (CIL/CL/DH/TOO)

Knowledgeable of the Maintenance and PM Systems (MPS, BE) to ensure engagement and support of those processes as tools to deliver reliable and consistent results

Produce safe quality product by running to target specification

Accountable for the overall learning plan of the platform

Build strong working knowledge to collect, analyze, and interpret manufacturing data from various sources to make informed decisions (Labor, Overuse, Performance)

Gain comprehensive understanding of the production system, equipment and the product transformation process

Acquire thorough understanding of inventory management principles, material specifications, quality control procedures, and traceability systems for Ingredients, Materials and Finished Products

Develop deep understanding of daily management processes and ownership across the team (examples: DH, CL, CIL, etc.)

Secure fluency of Theory of Operation (TOO) and Problem-Solving tools and processes (IR, UPS, QCO)

This position will provide backup support as needed, ensuring business continuity and operational efficiency

Operations Manager

Project Leader

Qualification

Manufacturing experienceSupply chain leadershipData analysis systemsTechnical capabilityProject ManagementCoaching skillsCommunication skillsTeam leadership

Required

5+ years of manufacturing experience

Demonstrated supply chain leadership and working in a highly collaborative environment

Success in driving results through process and teamwork

Proven success reducing losses and improving performance in a manufacturing setting

Demonstrated technical capability and knowledge of unit operations and manufacturing machinery (at least one production platform)

Skilled at communicating between work groups, cross-functional resources, and other members of the plant and corporate teams

Working knowledge of manufacturing data analysis systems (examples: SAP, Maximo, Manufacturing Analytics, MQIS) and proven success with decision making for results