Team Lead

Why Choose Us

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food beverage and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice restaurant delivery and carryout food processing grocery and retail and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin paper molded fiber aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories 250 brands and over 39000 SKUs.

Our Sustainability Commitment

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

Team Lead

KinstonNC

Compensation Includes

• Starting Pay Rate of $28.41 - $35.45/hourdepending on experience - paid weekly

Available Shift

• 2nd: 4:00pm - 12:00am

Overview

As the Lead Person you will be expected to provide strong leadership direction and coaching for a full team of hourly employees in one of the plant departments.

Responsibilities

• Understand the production schedule and ensure the schedule is followed without over-runs or shortages
• Assist with minor machine adjustments and repairs as needed and assist the operators with troubleshooting
• Perform daily date code audits.
• Consistently monitor quality in cups thermoforming case packing and padlocker printing or forming departments
• Monitor and track labor and pounds produced to achieve maximum efficiency
• Ability and willingness to operate equipment as necessary
• Accurately complete SAP confirmations for product produced at shift end
• Verify material consumption using the end of shift verification process and track your teams performance and post results of your operation daily
• Work proactively with the QA department and maintenance to assure the highest quality products are produced with the fewest deviations from specifications
• Enhance the GMP and housekeeping of your department through weekly audits 5S implementation and the strict application of expectations so the area is audit ready at all times
• Monitor WIP corrugate and other materials for quality and when lacking properly process the material by tagging it with a Reject tag blocking it in SAP and communicating with everyone as to the issue and location of the questionable material
• Effectively conduct Tool Box Talks each week with your team to foster a Safety First culture and prevent accidents
• Conduct and participate in weekly Safety Gembas in the plant to assure unsafe conditions and behaviors are fixed immediatel

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent college or technical college coursework highly desired
• Strong computer skills (Minimum above average ability in MS Word Excel Power Point and Outlook Access desired)
• Experience with creating Excel spreadsheets using formulas and macros
• Ability to learn SAP and complete production reports with minimal errors
• Ability to conduct effective and accurate performance reviews for each of your team members
• Ability to create standard work and SWIS documents and effectively train against them
• Assure log sheets are complete and accurate and visual management is applied daily to help achieve goals
• Understand problem solving processes such as 5Why Fishbone diagrams A3s and 8Ds and apply them to improve and standardize processes
• Sufficient oral and written communications skills to communicate effectively with team members and members of management.
• Ability to set high expectations while continuing to motivate employees to excel
• Manage multiple priorities effectively and demonstrate effective time management skills
• Possess the confidence and ability to handle an entire production crew without additional supervision

What Youll Get From Us

Benefits

With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

Community Engagement

At Novolex giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union) and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices including but not limited to selection hiring promotion transfer and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age race color national origin sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity religion handicap or disability genetics citizenship status service member or veteran status or any other category protected by federal state or local law. Any individual who because of his or her disability needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Companys application process should contact .

Formerly Pactiv Evergreen