Who Kerry Is:

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

Where You'll Work:

The Kerry plant in Byesville, OH, USA plant is a part of our Beverage division that makes fruit juice mixes, syrups, extracts and similar liquid ingredients. We are hiring career minded people to help meet growing demands for quality ingredients. You'll have the opportunity to work in a fast paced and fun environment! We feel good about our products that make food taste better - often strawberry, banana, coconut, or lemon! Our employees care - about their community, their team and the results we create every day. If you’re looking for a manufacturing facility where you can build a career and have fun while you do it, we might be the team for you.

What You'll Do:

The Production Lead supports the team by anticipating production challenges and bottlenecks, identifying solutions and utilizing resources to reduce error rates to increase efficiencies and facilitate productive results. The Production Lead works with the production operators on the floor and reports to the Production Supervisor.

What You Do:

• Assist in ensuring production needs are met and lines are running at optimum efficiency.
• Coach, mentor, assess, and assist production team members.
• Act as communication link between team members and supervisor.
• Manage relationships with internal support groups and with external resources.
• Identify and eliminate safety hazards; monitor team member safety practices and adherence to policies.
• Delegate to the team responsibility and resources needed to meet production goals (empower team members).
• Communicate with employee’s, other leads and Evaluate team member performance and progress and communicate that performance and progress to the supervisor.
• Advise team members on technical problem resolution.
• Lead basic day to day problem solving efforts.
• Perform relief duties and fill in for team members when needed.
• Ensure all production paperwork is properly filled out by each team member.
• Verify and enter codes.
• Lead process improvement efforts.
• Close out po’s in a timely manner
• Wear and utilize walkies daily when on clocked in
• Rotate lead breaks to make sure at least one lead is always on the floor and available (discuss this with each other and work this out at the beginning of the shift.)
• All other duties as required.

What You'll Need to Succeed:

• High School graduate or equivalent required.
• 1 yr. Manufacturing experience in a chemical or food processing facility.
• Ability to be aware of surroundings, especially moving equipment.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs. and the ability to kneel, bend over, squat, stoop, and carry.
• Ability to organize and plan ahead to maximize job efficiency.
• Prior safety training in a manufacturing environment.