Operations Specialist

$68,000 - $85,000/Yr

Reckitt - Wanamingo, MN

Full-time - Mid Level

Wanamingo, MN

About the position

As an Operations Specialist at Reckitt, you will oversee all activities within the operations department, focusing on off-shift support. Your primary responsibility will be to monitor the efficacy of the department, improve operating processes, and report directly to upper management. This role is crucial in supporting the blending and packaging departments, which includes training and mentoring current supervisors and future site leaders. You will work in a dynamic environment where your contributions will directly impact the efficiency, quality, and safety of our manufacturing operations. In this position, you will effectively manage production areas to meet all safety, quality, and productivity operational goals. You will coordinate production activities and resources to ensure that daily objectives are met, relaying any changes in the schedule related to production, cleaning, and improvement projects. Clear communication is essential, and you will be responsible for ensuring that information flows both vertically and horizontally across all shifts and departments. Your role will also involve working closely with your team to identify and resolve issues that enhance employee safety and compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). You will be responsible for the completion of the Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS) and will develop team cohesiveness to build an effective operating culture. Additionally, you will drive an effective performance management process, set expectations, provide ongoing coaching, and assess employee performance. You will implement and utilize solutions and technologies to improve safety, quality, and continuous improvement in manufacturing processes. Technical leadership will be a key aspect of your role, as you will troubleshoot production issues and communicate goals and objectives effectively in a complex, changing environment. Ensuring the accurate and timely completion of production records, auditing, and closing production purchase orders will also be part of your responsibilities. Furthermore, you will help promote and enforce all HR policies throughout teams and departments.

Responsibilities

• Effectively manages production areas to meet all safety, quality and productivity operational goals
• Coordinates production activities and resources to ensure daily objectives are met
• Relays changes in the schedule as it pertains to production, cleaning and improvement projects
• Provides clear communication both vertically and horizontally through all shifts and departments
• Works with team to identify and resolve issues which enhance employee safety and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) compliance
• Completes the Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS)
• Develops team to team cohesiveness in order to build an effective operating culture
• Drives an effective performance management process that sets expectations and how to achieve these, ensures ongoing coaching, and assesses employee performance
• Understands and drives achievement of the production standards for each area
• Implements and utilizes solutions and technologies in support of improved safety, quality, continuous improvement and optimization of manufacturing processes
• Uses the proper escalation chain to resolve various issues due to safety, quality and supply
• Provides technical leadership within operations to resolve and/or troubleshoot production issues
• Communicates issues, goals, and objectives effectively and manages competing requests in a complex, changing environment
• Ensures accurate and timely completion and review of production records
• Audits and closes production purchase orders
• Promotes and enforces all HR policies throughout teams and departments

Requirements

• Previous experience as an operations supervisor or similar role
• Hands-on experience implementing operational processes
• Excellent project management skills
• Knowledge of operational principles and policies
• Organizational skills and attention to detail
• Team leadership experience
• Experience working within an FDA regulated environment preferred
• Basic computer skills required (i.e., Windows, SAP, WINS, ADP)
• Previous experience with computerized inventory systems a plus
• Experience leading a production team in a complex, changing environment to deliver results to the organization
• Experience working on a cross-functional team within a broader organization preferred

Benefits

• Parental benefits
• Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health
• Life insurance for all employees globally
• Short-term incentives for eligible roles
• Medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• Paid time off for vacation, sick, and Company recognized holidays
• 401(K) plan
• Generous paid parental leave
• Adoption and fertility support
• Tuition reimbursement
• Product discounts