Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.

Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we’re growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That’s where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.

The Meadville, Pennsylvania facility is 135,000 square feet and home to about 290 hard working team members who are proud to produce iconic pet food brands like Rachael Ray®Nutrish®. Located along the banks of French Creek in Northwestern Pennsylvania and 45 minutes from Pittsburgh, Meadville is home to more than 13,000 full time residents and 2,000 Allegheny College students. Meadville is an active center for business, industry, education, the arts, recreation, service and tourism. Conneaut Lake, Pymatuning State Park and the Erie National Wildlife Refuge are wonderful places to appreciate the area's natural beauty.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES and ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Ensures a safe work environment for team by demonstrating and enforcing safe behavior.
• Ensures Food Safety & Quality program is adhered to.

• All Staff shall be informed of their responsibility to report food safety problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.
• Provide tools and environment to ensure food safety.

• Meet all quality measures on product being produced.

• Sense of Urgency to escalate Quality or Food Safety issues.
• Provide tools and environment to ensure quality yields are being met.

• Build and execute effective daily plans to achieve finished goods schedule.

• Participate in pre-shift meetings, leading assigned portion. Implement mid shift corrections.
• Make cost-conscious business decisions in alignment with all key accountabilities
• Understand, prioritize and eliminate losses.
• Communicate effectively with necessary resources offsite.

• Creates a positive work environment for team.

• Build and leverage team to achieve goals.
• Provide feedback to assigned team members on daily basis
• Hold mid-year and year-end performance discussion with assigned team members
• With team, develop and implement state of the team improvement plan
• Develop team members to successfully perform current and future roles

• Assumes responsibility for own personal development and continuous learning.
• Keeps abreast on new technology, methods and regulations related to responsibilities
• Practices customer intimacy with internal and external customers in day to day responsibilities

QUALIFICATIONS

(Knowledge and skills necessary to meet organizational objectives)

• Education/Training: GED/High School Diploma 
• Experience: Demonstrated advancement in Food Manufacturing Industry

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

(Necessary to perform essential functions of job with or without an accommodation)

• Climb ladders and bins
• Maneuver in tight spaces
• Move items of 55-80 lbs. in weight from one place to another
• Stack repetitiously 60 lbs. or less
• Able to differentiate between colors
• Able to work in extreme temperature conditions (very hot or very cold)

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time