Department Leader, Operations

HELP US BRING THE GIFT OF HEALTH TO LIFE. Working at Pharmavite is an experience like no other. With a focus on complete nutrition for all, each endeavor is urgent and every day counts. You'll have the opportunity to work on the #1 selling national vitamin and supplement brand, Nature Made, as well as an exciting portfolio of other products that are shaping the future of the healthy living industry.

Consumer-driven innovation, high quality products and a promising portfolio, all driven by a team with a shared sense of purpose -- that's Pharmavite. Join us to bring the gift of health to life.

This role is not available for any form of immigration sponsorship or support, including completion of the Form I-983 training plan required for STEM OPT.

Position Summary:

The Department Leader is responsible for managing the daily operations of an assigned Department and achieving daily, weekly, and monthly results in the areas of safety, quality, cost, productivity, and reliability while meeting department schedule adherence and attainment goals. They model Pharmavite’s purpose, beliefs, and values for their employees by embedding a first-time right mentality and promoting robust root cause problem solving/CAPA development capability within their team, to attain goals to deliver customer requirements.

Additionally, they are responsible for executing improvement plans and building team capabilities through training, coaching, feedback, and performance management.

• Executes the Annual Operating Plan for their assigned Department, aligning goals and objectives to the company’s strategic vision, and ensures operating expenditures meet or exceed expectations.
• Leads and sets the standard and tone for their team by modeling Pharmavite’s purpose, beliefs, and values while driving meeting schedule adherence and attainment goals to deliver customer requirements.
• Prioritize work to ensure productivity, safety, housekeeping, and quality product goals are met/exceeded; coordinate daily scheduling with other departments to facilitate flow of materials and finished goods through the department.
• Monitor operations of the shift while sustaining changes to ensure a first-time-right mentality.
• Accountable for team performance through teaching, coaching, and providing meaningful feedback to build capabilities and to drive a culture of high performance and engagement.
• Collaborate with Production Planning, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, Distribution, HR, Tech Ops, Engineering, Planning, Operational Excellence, and Receiving departments to expedite and facilitate flow of raw materials, compounds, bulk, and finished product through the department.
• Investigate NCRs working in partnership with Quality to drive root cause problem-solving with urgency.
• Champion/Coaches teams on Autonomous Maintenance projects and daily improvement initiatives.
• Perform analysis of raw material usage and product yields to ensure standards are met or exceeded.
• Ensure safe practices are followed and that unsafe behaviors and conditions are corrected.
• Provide technical support for staff with equipment and processes (troubleshoots and develops control techniques).
• Oversee and ensure operating expenditures meet or exceed expectations.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• A four-year degree or its equivalent combination of education/relevant work experience is required.

• Six Sigma and/or Lean/Continuous Improvement experience preferred. Obtain internal Lean Green Belt certification and Kata learner within one year of employment.

• Requires a minimum of four years’ experience in a Manufacturing/Consumer-Packaged Goods environment, to include supervisory/leadership experience. Specific experience…