Mill and Elevator Lead - Avon, IA

POSITION OVERVIEW

Don't miss out on one of the country's best-kept secrets! Des Moines is rated #4 in the country as one of the Best Places to Live according to US News. Des Moines has something for everyone regardless of what you're looking for! In the vibrant downtown/East Village area you will find great breweries and bars (including the original location of arcade bar Up Down), trendy shops, crazy-good dining (ever watch Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives?), loft and condo living, and an amazing farmer's market on Saturdays. Get a full experience of the Heartland of America as you are within a 3- hour drive of Omaha, Kansas City and Minneapolis. Des Moines (Carlisle) is home to one of our high performing flour mills (AVON).

Do you like to be challenged? Are you interested in exposure to the end-to-end supply chain? Are your driven to be the best in class? This is a great opportunity to own multi-functional responsibilities, contribute to the senior leadership team strategies, and be a part of a wonderful work culture.

The plant is a key supplier for the Convenience and Food Service business with bakery flour produced from Avon's two flour mills. The Avon plant is also the primary supplier of all retail Betty Crocker dry mix pouch products for the Baking Division including cookies, muffins, biscuits, pancakes, and brownies. The Avon plant, located just outside of Des Moines, employs approximately 98 people across the plant.

This position will provide manufacturing leadership and excellence to deliver a world-class milling operation that continuously pursues zero loss. This position will be responsible to lead, motivate, and develop employees to achieve outstanding manufacturing performance results, while leveraging Continuous Improvement (Lean/TPM) tools, improving individual skills, and enhancing teamwork. This position will serve as member of plant leadership team to establish plant strategies and achieve plant goals. This position will work in collaboration with North American Food Service business leaders in support of broader business initiatives.

To learn more about our Avon plant and surrounding area click here!

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Identifies, addresses, and mitigates safety risks throughout the organization
• Leads daily/weekly direction setting processes to drive out top losses, improve performance, and set the plan for the day
• Builds capability to understand equipment functionality, theory of operation, and component make-up
• Coordinates partnership between maintenance and production teams to prioritize preventive repair day work and execute long term asset care strategies
• Key contributor plant and business master plan and leads the execution of the 90-day improvement plans to deliver glide path goals
• Ensure that production facilities and finished products meet the company and government standards for quality, sanitation, and safety
• Educate, develop, and motivate a manufacturing work group to achieve required production results, improve individual technical skills and enable collaboration across boundaries
• Establish and sustain sound relationships with all employees in order to foster an environment where innovative methods are used to involve others in creative solutions to issues
• Provide business leadership which demonstrates commitment to department and plant objectives on a day-to-day basis

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years related work experience in manufacturing
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Ability to work with vendors, suppliers, and technical contacts to enhance performance of operational supplies or equipment reliability
• Demonstrates ability to work with and influence diverse groups at various levels and across functions
• Strong interpersonal skills, effective written and oral communications and strong listening skills
• Continuous Improvement experience and familiarity with foundational systems
• Ability to adjust to multiple demands, shifting work priorities, ambiguity, adversity and change
• Mature approach to challenging situations and environments

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Milling Science
• Previous Milling Experience

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

• International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.
• Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. General Mills will not sponsor applicants for this position for work visas.

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best - bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together.Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surroundingourselves with peoplewho are hungry for what's next.