Team Leader

Description

Location: Van Buren, IN

Department: Microwave, NAKS, Roll Stock

Shift: Days or Nights

Lead a High-Performing Team. Drive Results. Build Your Career.

As a Team Leader, you will oversee daily operations on a designated production line and play a key role in driving safety, quality, efficiency, and team development. This hands-on leadership role requires strong decision-making, clear communication, and a commitment to modeling the Weaver Culture.

What You'll Do:

Safety & Sanitation - Champion a Safety-First Culture:

• Enforce all safety protocols and SOPs while proactively identifying hazards, performing root-cause analysis, and implementing long-term corrective actions.
   
• Maintain a clean, organized production floor throughout the shift and ensure sanitation standards are met at shift end.
   
• Drive safety accountability across the team and escalate unresolved issues to EH&S leadership to support the goal of zero OSHA recordables. 

Quality & Food Safety - Protect the Product and the Brand:

• Ensure all GMPs, food safety practices, and sanitation procedures are followed, including verifying sanitation completion and startup documentation.
   
• Respond to quality incidents through Safety Chain, leading root-cause investigations and ensuring timely corrective-action closure.
   
• Conduct routine line checks, confirm documentation accuracy, and support monthly quality training to strengthen team understanding.

Production & Efficiency - Drive Performance and Results:

• Plan proactively for staffing, materials, and equipment readiness to maximize line efficiency and meet production schedules.
   
• Monitor and interpret OEE, downtime, scrap, and performance trends to make real-time operational adjustments.
   
• Oversee accurate downtime reporting in LEDS and End-of-Shift Reports, ensuring issues, root causes, and solutions are clearly documented.

Talent Development & Team Leadership - Build a High-Performing Team:

• Supervise and coach team members and Line Leads, providing ongoing feedback, recognition, and documented performance management.
   
• Lead effective pre-shift meetings focused on goals, safety, quality, and team alignment while encouraging cross-training and skill development.
   
• Maintain responsibility for attendance tracking, disciplinary actions, and fostering engagement aligned with the Weaver Culture.

Cross-Functional Collaboration - Work as One Team:

• Partner with Maintenance, Sanitation, and Quality teams to resolve issues and ensure consistent operational results.
   
• Actively participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives, WME workstreams, and internal improvement projects.
   
• Support alignment and communication across shifts to minimize disruptions and maintain smooth operations.
   

Systems & Reporting - Leverage Data to Drive Outcomes:

• Utilize AS400 to manage schedules, inventory, BOMs, scrap reporting, and reconciliation activities.
   
• Create clear and actionable downtime reports identifying issues, solutions, and responsible parties.
   
• Use Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, LEDS, Safety Chain, and Windows OS to support daily reporting and communication.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Serve as backup to the Department Manager during absences, supporting decision-making and shift leadership.
   
• Lead or support conflict resolution to maintain a positive, accountable work environment.
   
• Apply and coach basic problem-solving tools, monitor cell-level losses (scrap, downtime, waste), and manage skill matrix updates.

Weaver’s Mission & Values:

COMMITTED TO EACH OTHER
Show up every day ready to contribute.
Approach challenges with a problem-solving attitude.

TRUSTWORHY IN ALL RELATIONSHIPS
Communicate openly and honestly.

Meet goals and deadlines, keep promises, demonstrate reliability, and deliver on your commitments.

UNITED IN PURPOSE AS A TEAM
Support our teammates' individual and collective goals.
Acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of individuals and teammates.

FOSTER A CULTURE OF POSITIVITY
Approach challenges with the determination to turn them into opportunities.
Tackle projects with enthusiasm and a “can-do”, continuous im