Operations Team Leader - Night Shift

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country
Job Number #164415 - Hodges, South Carolina, United States

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.
 

The Operations Team Leader is responsible for leading production activities, developing collaborative partnerships with operational colleagues, and ensuring the achievement of key performance indicators and daily performance goals. This role emphasizes adherence to Factory Performance & Reliability (FP&R) practices and principles, quality, and safety standards within a value-driven, performance-based environment.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate the activities of up to 35 Operation Technicians engaged in production to ensure safety, innovation, technical expertise, analysis, and problem-solving skills.

• Incorporate FP&R, good manufacturing practices (GMPs), Lean Manufacturing, and Reliability Engineering in continuous improvement plans and systems.

• Establish and maintain effective KPI measurement, tracking, reporting tools, and corrective actions for continuous improvement.

• Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.

• Confer with other supervisors and facility leaders to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments.

• Form, develop, and mentor the team in a value-driven, performance-based environment.

• Conduct or coordinate training for team members in equipment operations, GMPs, quality, sanitation, maintenance, productivity, and safety procedures.

• Empower teams with information sharing, mentor, feedback, appraisals, and delegation to ensure the development of people, skills, teams, and organizational capabilities.

• Support the implementation of Quality Assurance and Food Safety initiatives.

• Ensure adherence to company policies, safety standards, and GMPs.

• Inspect materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions.

• Manage daily administrative tasks such as data entry for vacation, PTO, floating holidays, overtime, and attendance.

• Responsible for temporary worker management, including safety policies, GMPs, equipment training, scheduling, and time card approval processes.

• Apply continuous improvement methodologies to drive performance.

• Facilitate a problem-solving environment that values and rewards team member involvement.

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