Paste Production Specialist

**OPPORTUNITY** **Position: Paste Production Specialist, Nielsen-Massey Vanillas** **Reports to: Planning Manager, Nielsen-Massey Vanillas** **Location:** Waukegan, Illinois, about 40 miles north of Chicago’s Loop **Hourly Rate Range:** $22-$28/hour (Compensation is based on education, skills, experience and other job-related factors.) **Position Summary:** The Paste Production Specialist is primarily responsible for Mixing and Blending Paste batches based on orders. This individual will collaborate with supervisors and team members to create production plans, workflow requirements, and pre-operation activities for proper equipment startup. Document and track product and requirements as needed. Resolve production, quality, and safety issues. Train team members on systems and devices, assess production needs, resolve errors on the line, and improve production rate. **Key Responsibilities** **:** - Monitor employees and work area for unsafe actions or conditions and set the example - Stop any acts or processes that seem dangerous or unhealthy - Achieve production throughput against targets - Monitor change over and/or line set up efficiency - Ensure equipment is maintained, cleaned, and all systems are functioning correctly - Timely completion of all Quality / Production records - Ensure that team members follow SQF / GMP Quality & Production procedures. - Create a healthy and motivating work environment - Daily management and support for the team to achieve operational success - Discover training needs and provide coaching - Listen to team members feedback and resolve any issues or conflict - Coach team members on achieving goals, developing necessary skills, and provide feedback. - Promote high standards through personal example and ensure team understands the behaviors and actions expected of them - Provide Feedback to the Management team to share ideas and improve operation, recommending, supporting, and implementing continuous improvement activities and process and procedure improvements to optimize results and improve quality of delivery. - Work effectively with other departments that support the manufacturing process **Personal Characteristics** **:** - **Problem Solving** - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes information skillfully; Develops alternative solutions; Works well in group problem solving situations. - **Technical Skills** - Assesses own strengths and weaknesses; Pursues training and development opportunities; Strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; Shares expertise with others. - **Customer Service** - Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; Responds promptly to customer needs; Solicits customer feedback to improve service; Responds to requests for service and assistance; Meets commitments. - **External Working Relationships** – Develops and maintains courteous and effective working relationships with clients, vendors and/or any other representatives of external organizations. - **Business Acumen** - Demonstrates knowledge of market and competition; Aligns work with strategic goals; Analyzes market and completion and adapts strategy to changing conditions. - **Business Necessity** – The needs of the employer may be dependent on responding to and anticipating rapidly changing external and internal demands in all aspects of how business is conducted. This may include, but is not limited to, organization structure, finances goals, personnel, work processes, technology, and customer demands. Therefore, it may become necessary to make modifications to how business is conducted, and work is accomplished, with minimal or no advance notice to employees. Accordingly, the employees must be capable of adapting, with minimal or no advanced notice, to changes in how business is conducted, and work is accomplished, with no diminishment in work performance. - **Safety and Security** –All employees are responsible for observing safety and security procedures as a…