What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Team Leader position at Glanbia Nutritionals?
Production Team Lead
Glanbia
Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey
The Opportunity
The Production Team Leader supports plant operations by ensuring productivity, quality, food safety, and safety standards are consistently met. This role provides hands-on leadership to hourly production employees and partners closely with Production Management, Quality, Maintenance, Logistics, and Warehouse teams to deliver safe, compliant, and efficient operations.
Essential Functions
The opportunity will be based in Richfield, ID.
What we would like to offer you!
The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary, 401K.
About Glanbia
Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwide
At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.
At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.
Glanbia
Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey
The Opportunity
The Production Team Leader supports plant operations by ensuring productivity, quality, food safety, and safety standards are consistently met. This role provides hands-on leadership to hourly production employees and partners closely with Production Management, Quality, Maintenance, Logistics, and Warehouse teams to deliver safe, compliant, and efficient operations.
Essential Functions
- Assist management in ensuring plant productivity, quality, safety, sustainability, and housekeeping standards are met.
- Coordinate daily production activities within established budget parameters.
- Schedule and coordinate employee shifts and work schedules.
- Conduct audits to ensure employees perform tasks according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and customer requirements including USDA, FDA, SQF, and customer standards.
- Perform inventory checks and product sampling as required.
- Coordinate shipping activities with Logistics and Warehouse teams.
- Provide performance coaching and day-to-day leadership to hourly employees.
- Ensure equipment is operating properly and coordinate required maintenance or repairs.
- Conduct employee meetings and assist with employee relations and issue resolution.
- Manage in-process controls to ensure finished product quality.
- Actively participate in continuous improvement teams and projects.
- Immediately report Safety, Food Safety, Quality, Sustainability, or Housekeeping concerns to management.
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or technical discipline preferred, or equivalent experience.
- 3–5 years of related manufacturing or production experience.
- Strong knowledge of food manufacturing regulations and standards.
- Ability to communicate effectively with employees and cross-functional teams.
- Intermediate computer skills including email, word processing, and spreadsheets.
- Strong safety, attendance, and punctuality record.
- Ability to work weekends, overtime, and varying shifts as required.
The opportunity will be based in Richfield, ID.
What we would like to offer you!
The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary, 401K.
About Glanbia
Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwide
At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.
At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.