Packaging Technician, Team Lead

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Manufacturing​

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.

If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.

Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

The Team Ambassador is responsible for production operations in certain areas of the plant, which includes Safety, Quality, Service, Cost and People Development. The role carries responsibility for assisting the Team Resource Manager to ensure department Key Performance Indicator’s (KPI’s) are achieved and improvement plans are in place to reach targets.

This role requires knowledge and experience of production management, cGMP/RB quality manual standards, team leadership, EHS application, continuous improvement tools and ensuring all appropriate resources are focused on the delivery of the departments KPI’s

Your responsibilities

• Ensure production operations are safe and comply with State, Federal regulations, and company policies.
• Follow procedures for Hazardous, General, and Recycled Waste management and disposal. Support Safety, Health, and Environment policies.
• Assist with quality investigations, ensuring timely and complete resolution of deviations.
• Utilize computer management systems.
• Maintain high focus on service and schedule adherence.
• Make resource and tactical decisions to improve plant equipment effectiveness, reduce waste, and manage OEE and labor hours.
• Empower associates to take ownership of work processes, improvement plans, and ensure KPI targets are met.
• Accountable for break escalation to management to ensure line stability.

The experience we're looking for

• High School Diploma.
• Fluent in English (speaking, reading, writing).
• Experience in production management and team leadership.
• Manufacturing environment experience preferred.
• Strong commitment to safety and safe work practices.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and effective communication skills.
• This position is not currently sponsoring Visa’s or considering international movement.

The skills for success

Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Business Accumen, Productivity management, Improve business processes, Distribution Logistics, Logistics Management, Supply Chain Planning, Vendor Negotiation, Contract Negotiation, Category Management Expertise, Supply Management, Procurement.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.