Bakery Processing SME

Shearer's is a leading contract manufacturer and private label supplier in the snack industry in North America. Headquartered in Massillon, Ohio, Shearer's has 17 state-of-the-art, geographically diverse manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Minnesota, Pennsylvania,Virginia, Iowa, Ontario and Alberta, Canada, including one of the industry's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum LEED certified facilities in Massillon, Ohio. The Company is known for producing the highest quality snacks in assorted flavors and sizes, including kettle cooked potato chips, traditional potato chips, tortilla chips, cheese curls and other extruded snacks, and corn chips, as well as cookies, crackers, and wafers.

Bakery Processing SME

Burlington, Iowa

The Bakery Processing SME position is responsible for the efficient production of high quality baked snack food products in a continuous, improvement-based environment, while also creating and maintaining a safe work environment. This is to be accomplished through effective leadership, coaching and development of individuals.

Your seat at the table

Serve as the company wide subject matter expert on bakery processing (Creme Cookies, Wirecut Cookies, Crackers and Wafer products). Provide technical knowledge, direction, education, and assistance in the production and processing of high quality snack food products.

• Create, teach, train, coach and enforce all segments of the Bakery Processing Asset Control Tower to achieve best quality product repeatably and efficiently.
• Provide onsite and remote technical support and troubleshooting support to the plant teams.
• Troubleshoot new or existing product problems involving designs, materials, or processes.
• Investigate or resolve operational problems, such as material use variances or bottlenecks.
• Identify opportunities or implement changes to improve manufacturing processes or products or to reduce costs, using knowledge of manufacturing processes, tooling and production equipment, assembly methods, quality control standards, and/or product design, materials and parts.
• Apply continuous improvement methods such as lean manufacturing to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability, or cost-effectiveness.
• Conduct mass balances of complete processes.
• Determine root causes of failures or recommend changes in designs, tolerances, or processing methods, using statistical procedures.
• Prepare documentation on process control for new and existing manufacturing processes or engineering procedures to achieve product specifications.
• Evaluate manufactured products according to specifications and quality standards.
• Train production personnel in new or existing methods.
• Training and development site Subject Matter Experts and process engineers on theory of operation and practical application.
• Commercialization of new products and processes.
• Design tests of finished products or process capabilities to establish standards or validate process requirements.

Leads and Develops Team Members

• Coaches team members on a daily basis in the principles of production.
• Leads the team through an emphasis on both production and people.
• Communicates effectively with employees through both oral and written means.
• Conducts employee training to improve employees' expertise and knowledge in equipment operations, work safety procedures, and teamwork, or assigns employee training to experienced workers.
• Provides feedback to employees on individual performance standards in a timely and efficient manner.
• Builds rapport and collaborative relationships across cross-functional teams.

Essential Requirements You Bring to the Table

• Degree in engineering or science is preferred
• 15+ years of experience in bakery processing including cookies, crackers, wafer products
• Experience with continuous improvement tools such as kaizen, 5S, six sigma, and other such associate engagement and process improvement techniques.
• Knowledge of SQF, HAACP, GMP's and other food safety programs as it relates to snack food manufacturing.
• Great analytical skills and ability to understand manufacturing systems.
• Proven leadership experience and ability to lead cross functional teams through influence, not just in direct reporting relationships.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Travel Requirements: ~25%

We Offer a Feast of Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Flexible Spending Account, Retirement Savings Plan with Match, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Group Critical Accident Insurance, Group Critical Illness Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and numerous opportunities to volunteer in the communities in which we operate.

You will be considered for employment in our inclusive workplace

Because at Shearer's, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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