Position Description Summary

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Organizational Structure / Please refer to the Organization unit where this position is placed. For embedded positions, indicate Platform and BU. For non-embedded position indicate Corp.Function/Function. / Position Details / Below sections to be completed by HR as per Job Catalog.
Platform/ Corp. Function: / CPS / Job Title: / First-Line Production Supervisor II
Business Unit/Function: / CTCM / Job Band: / Supervisor II
Position Title (if different from Job Title) / Job Family/Sub-family / Build Operate Maintain/ Production Management
Reports To (Title): / Plant Operations Manager / Job Catalog Code: / BOM_PRO_M_15
Location :
(Country/City) / Springdale, Arkansas / New Position or Replacement: / Replacement
Cost Center: / 5209161 / TEDD # (for applicant travel):
Position Purpose/
Briefly explain the general purpose of the position. This statement should be a general summary of the accountabilities listed in the next section.

This position is responsible for the daily execution of the Operations and Performance within the Whole Bird / Bone-In-Breast (WB/BIB) Production Department in Spripngdale, AR. The focus of this position is safety, process efficiency, process improvement, customer solutions and personnel development.

Principal Accountabilities
Describe position responsibilities/duties, not tasks, listing the most important first. Use a separate statement for each responsibility. Most positions can be described in 5-8 major responsibility areas. Minor or occasional duties should be combined in one, last statement that must include the language “any other duties as assigned”. For each accountability listed, it is required to provide an estimate of the average percentage of time each responsibility requires using the following guidelines: No Duty should have a percentage less than 5% and all duties should add to 100%.

30% Operational/Reliability Excellence/Continuous Improvement

  • Develops operational plans and monitors day-to-day operations for the Whole Bird/ Bone-in-Breast (WB/BIB) department
  • Directly oversees and supervises daily operations of the WB/BIB department to achieve production throughput requirements including work flow, job assignments, scheduling, shift coverage, etc.
  • Identifies, aligns, and provides input to best in class operational practices. Utilizes deep technical skills (production experience, engineering) and relevant experience to identify and solve problems and recommend/ implement operating efficiencies.
  • Reviews performance measurements and deploys practices to promote operational efficiencies (yield, conversion costs, operational rates, energy efficiencies).
  • Aligns and implements reliability practices and ensures the reliability culture is foundational to operations (deploys reliability processes and metrics; focus on eliminating the root-cause of reliability problems).
  • Partners with maintenance and engineering management to develop approaches for meeting/tracking efficiency standards through scorecards, metrics, and costs.
  • Champions a culture that promotes operational excellence. Implements process improvements and supports business case for new investments/innovations.
  • Identifies opportunities for continuous improvements applicable to the entire business.
  • Responsible for aligning, deploying and executing CTCM reliability excellence vision and strategy, as well as direct program adinistration at the Springdale location.
  • Promotes a culture at the Springdale site that builds, operates and maintains the facility in an operationally sound, safe and reliable manner.
  • Implements leading reliability excellence practices and aggressively raises the performance of underperforming processes by monitoring Operational Excellence standards (safety metrics, plant yield, and utility usage).
  • Partners with Reliability Excellence COEs to identify, deploy and leverage opportunities for continuous improvements applicable to the Springdale site and overall BU.

25% Safety/Risk Management

  • Oversees/executes day-to-day operations for the WB/BIB deparment, ensuring direct reports are following policies and procedures related to employee safety and food/ feed safety.
  • Partners with Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) and Food Safety Quality and Regulatory (FSQR) experts to implement the most effective approach for complying with corporate policies and procedures.
  • Health and Safety: Enforces a culture of zero injury and illness.
  • Environmental: Understands and proactively avoids environmental impact and potential risks to the business
  • Food Safety: Directly monitors risks associated with products. Ensures Corporate/HACCP/USDA/FDA standards and requirements are met in all food and feed processes.
  • Educates and trains workforce in food safety fundamental and completes safety, good manufacturing practices (GMP)/ good hygiene practices (GHP) audits.
  • Documents and investigates EHS/Food Safety incidents to identify risks, root causes, recommends and implements corrective actions.
  • Member of Springdale site Food Safety Team and Safety Steering Team.
  • Participates in customer, third party, and regulatory audits as Operations representative.
  • Maintains thorough understanding of site emergency action plan and prepare responsible individuals to execute the plan. Tests the plan periodically to ensure feasibility and that all personnel can perform functions.
  • Leads by example by active participation in the Behavioral Based Safety program and by working closely with barrier removal and ergonomic teams.

20% People Management

  • Develops/supervises and provides coaching to department supervisors including coaching Cargill’s core values,Guiding Principles, and Cargill Leadership Expectations.
  • Develops planning for future production workforce needs and participates in selection of employees.
  • Implements department safety, FSQR, operational, and reliability training programs and controls / monitors employee performance.
  • Works with HR department to assist with employee coaching and disciplinary actions needed.
  • Accountable for production talent development and for overall training and on boarding new employees.
  • Focuses on department engagement, recognition, development and coaching.
  • Implements systems and process to maintain a highly engaged workforce. Holds direct reports accountable for actively addressing engagement issues and for identifying best practices in engagement.

15% Customer Focus/Product Innovation/Quality Management

  • Directly oversees and monitors production results, quantity and quality to ensure customer and food safety requirements are within specification. Works with production supervisors to meet customer specifications and timeline.
  • Oversees, documents and investigates quality issues that occur. Compiles related information and provides recommendations for improvements for review by production supervisors, facility manager, corporate, and FSQR specialists.
  • Measures quality performance in areas that impact the customer.
  • Supports customer relationships by meeting business objectives and by understanding how operational performance impacts internal and external customers.

10% Production Financial Performance/ Capital Planning Effectiveness

  • Responsible for preparing and managing the manufacturing budget for the WB/BIB departments.
  • Reviews conversion and yield metricsin WB/BIB. Finds and implements controls to ensure compliance.
  • Works with plant manager to develop and WB/BIB department budget and implements controls to ensure budget compliance.
  • Works with engineering, FSQR, EHS, and facility manager to provide input in the development of plant capital investment strategies.

Essential Functions/Requirements
Briefly explain specific requirements of the position. These may include environmental conditions, physical effort, travel requirements, etc. If not relevant, leave blank.
  • Routine physical activity including standing and walking for several hours at a time, typing, climbing, and lifting approximately 55 lbs
  • Occasionally travel as required (typically less than 10% of time)

Education, Experience, Skills
In bulleted statements, indicate the MINIMUM REQUIRED education, experience and skills for this position. Education includes formal education, certifications, accreditations, etc. Skills includeapplied knowledge and technical skills directly related to this position.
Immediately following all Required criteria, indicate the PREFERRED education, experience and skills for this position.

Required Qualifications

  • 4 year degree and/or 4 years supervisory experience
  • At least4 years of combined experience in production supervision, maintenance supervision or project management
  • Demonstrated computer proficiency
  • Strong organizational, leadership and planning skills
  • Strong team player
  • Demonstrated team building, leadership and conflict resolution skills
  • Demonstrated self-starter
  • Working knowledge of Food Safety, (USDA/FDA regulations) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Environmental regulations
  • Ability to communicate effectively both verbal and written within multiple levels of the organization
  • Demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others
  • Demonstrated effective systematic approach to problem solving
  • Ability to organize, coordinate and accomplish multiple tasks
  • Ability to adapt and learn in a changing work environment
  • Ability to travel as needed (less than 10%)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bilingual in either English/Spanish or English/Marshallese
  • Poultry Ag/Production experience
  • Working knowledge and experience with FSSC or BRC
  • Demonstrated project management experience
  • Reliability Excellence deployment experience
  • SAP experience

Competencies / Observable behaviors that encompass the applied knowledge, skills and attributes that distinguish and drive superior performance. Competencies and behaviors must align to Job Band identified on page 1.
Core:Individual must demonstrate strong integrity and conviction. As a manager with employees of multiple skills and abilities this person must be able to demonstrate strong sense of priorities, a drive for completion of tasks and the ability to communicate effectively with employees on the shop floor, to customers and to other employees within our organization (operations, customer service, logistics, QC, etc.). Individual must be able to ask and look for answers to questions that may not have been asked of them. They must be able to focus on accuracy on multiple tasks of varying complexity. They must demonstrate respect, encourage collaboration and be able to make decisions based on provided details.
People Leadership (if applicable). Individual must be able to lead and thrive in a diverse work force.
Job Family:
Place in the Organization / Identify where this position fits into the organizational structure (at least one level above and below, if applicable).
Indicate how many people this position is responsible for supervising, both the number of direct and indirect reports.

Number of People Supervised (ifapplicable)
Direct Indirect
Manager/Spvr: ______
IC-Professional: ____4______
IC-Support Staff: ______
Hourly/Production: ___4______160____
TOTAL: __4______160____

NOTE:
IC = Individual Contributor
Indirect = Reports to Direct

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Position Contacts/Challenges / Indicate the types of contacts/roles, both internal and external, that this position will interact with on a regular basis.
List the toughest challenges/issues that must be overcome to achieve the position accountabilities.
Internal / External Contacts / Challenges
  • Shop floor employees
  • Customers
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
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  • Varying degree of skill and ability
  • Level of detail depending on situation
  • Internal (schedules)/ External (level of detail as needed)
  • Managing various experience levels

Magnitude/Scope / Identify the areas that can be measured in a currency, percentage or unit, that can provide a reasonable indicator of position size. Examples may be revenue, net sales, operating budget, and number of employees, number of countries doing business in, volume, market share, and margin contribution.
Impact Area / Annual Amount
Product budgeted volume / 55 million pound production
Direct reports / Indirect Reports / 4 employees / 160 employees
Total budget / $6.6 million

Completed By:______John Schmid,PlantOperations Manager____Date:08/21/2017

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