Production Lead (Food for Good Program)

Posted Jan 13

Full Job Description

Overview

Food for Good is a partnership between PepsiCo, local food distributors, local nonprofit organizations and the government to deliver healthy meals to children who depend on receiving breakfast and lunch at school. The success of this program depends on our field staff who lead the daily operations. The Production Lead leads all of Food for Good’s daily packing and warehouse operations including maintenance and safety. As a leader of the Foundation’s signature nutrition operation, the FFG Production Supervisor works collaboratively with local nonprofit partners to deliver on the Foundation’s nutrition priorities in the US.

Responsibilities

  • Create forecast for raw materials on a weekly basis
  • Ensure accurate inventory management practices are in place
  • Ensure accuracy in packing of orders
  • Manage frontline to team to pack all orders in timely fashion
  • Manage food safety and sanitation parameters in the warehouse
  • Understand compliance measures for programs and ensure team is following them
  • Creates menu for sponsors
  • Lead production team in a professional way, ensuring professional appearance, language and behaviors (PepsiCo code of conduct)
  • Understand process for contractor labor management and ensure we are complying-inclusive of accident investigation process
  • Ensure accuracy between systematic order and physical order being delivered
  • Report packing daily numbers, stories, and issues to the operations supervisor
  • Manage waste to minimal levels and lead correction of processes when we are off target
  • Help ensure equipment is working well and report outages to supervisor
  • Lead the daily interaction with nonprofit partners including customer service and orders
  • Interview and hire delivery staff for full time employees
  • Work with temp agency for sourcing contractor staff when needed
  • Ensure optimal customer service levels are being provided to internal and external customers

Role Responsibilities: The FFG Delivery Supervisor will lead everything related to FFG’s day-to-day delivery and overall operations in the designated city/territory, including:

  • Supervise all of Food for Good’s daily operations in the designated region
  • Support the Production Supervisor and warehouse/packing team
  • Be the key contact point for customers
  • Manage production equipment to include all safety and registration needs
  • Be the safety lead for the location and ensure all safety compliance needs are met

Qualifications

  • Be creative in responding to challenges and take initiative
  • Ability to problem solve
  • Proven track record leading production staff
  • Track record of exceptional customer service
  • Experience managing suppliers and inventory accurately and with minimal waste
  • Experience with basic facilities management
  • Strong relational, collaborative, and communication skills
  • Willingness to embrace ambiguity and a dynamic environment
  • Positive, highly-motivated, problem-solving attitude
  • Detail orientation
  • Effective time management and strong prioritization skills
  • Willingness to accommodate a flexible schedule that varies with seasonal duties
  • Functional PC skills including Microsoft Excel and Word
  • Covid-19 vaccination may be a condition of employment dependent on role and location. For specific information, please discuss role requirements with the recruiter

Additional Preferences:

  • Foodservice facility management experience
  • Warehouse operations experience
  • Experience managing a large frontline staff

EEO Statement

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