Title:  Process Line Leader

Role Purpose

To lead the Process Operations team that produces Pringles chips in a safe and quality environment. Leading means to be responsible for the entire 4E (Envision, Engage, Energize, Enable) and make sure the different teams/functions collaborate and contribute to the best. The Line Leader is part of the Process lead team and collaborates here to achieve best plant results (engage and enable support). He/she participates is the daily direction setting & activities as a way to coach his leaders and their direction setting towards long term organizational & business goals.

Working Relationships

• 5 direct reports: 5 teamleaders (T4 level)
• Manages a Process operation of (indirect) 45 Associates
• End-2-end Responsibility for 3 Operational area's (Cut & transfer, Hot Oil, Salter Cooler) on all 6 production lines
• internally : Line Leader is part of a Process lead team - collaboration with other Line Leaders
• internally : Line Leader has interfaces with Planning Department.
• internally : Line Leader participates in KWS development (Autonomous Maintenance, COE EHS)
• internally : Line Leader has interfaces with Human Resources department for Employee relations matters

Principle Duties, Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• PRODUCTION : Reliable and efficient production (Overall Equipment Efficiency). Drive the delivery of the Production targets defined
• DELIVERY  : Reliable and flexible to serve the business (Plant Performance Production - planned production performance), working together with the different departments to meet delivery targets.
• COST : Keep budget in control.  Seek improvement area's (drive Productivity, steer a Cost efficient operation, Yield loss, Energy)
• MORALE : Drive employee engagement.  Promote education and training, skill qualification, staffing & succession planning and PDP/1to1.  Total employee involvement leading to excellent results.
• KWS: Drive KWS on the journey of bringing the plant into the next phase.

Safety – Food Safety – Quality – Environmental

Safety: Lead by example. Environment, health & safety are core values and an integral part of the role .Drive delivery of the safety targets defined within legal requirements.Promote safe culture as daily behaviour.

Quality: Lead by example. Food Safety & Quality results give the right to produce (Holds, FSincidents). Drive delivery of QFS targets defined within legal requirements. Promote Food Safe culture as daily behaviour.

Environmental: Focus on NRC by tracking specific KPI’s like N2, steam MPS HPS, etc and use PDCA

Work Environment

• Be a coach for operators on the floor(during DDS, 1to1's, G6/S7 tours, Pitstop, training days,…)
• To create a healthy employee relations climate. (Open communication, K- values, R&R, …)
• A leader can only lead by example (Behaviors : Safety, Quality, K- values, action-ownership)
• Collaboration is the catalyst for speed of improvement (between departments)

Education & Experience Requirements

• Strong Leadership Essentials skills (Plan Do Check Act, 4E (envision, engage, energize, enable), communication, Listening, HPO,...)
• Budget Management skills (Cost, Loss elimination, Value stream mapping...)
• Kellogg Work System & Tools (Autonomous Maintenance, Reliability Maintenance, People center, Organization design, ...)
• Experienced & Engaging people manager & coach (proven leader of large operation team or department)