Sign-bonus: $10,000 split between two payments; $5,000 within 30 days of starting and $5,000 after 6 months of employment.
The Land O’Lakes Supply Chain & Operations division provides strategic leadership across the company’s many business units. The team plays a significant role in fueling revenue growth and profitability through operational excellence, quality, process improvement and innovation. By partnering closely with Finance, Marketing and Human Resources, the team delivers value to Land O’Lakes business units, members and customers.
Position Purpose:
Mentor, coach and train team members to develop effective and efficient teams. Ensure appropriate, effective communication within teams, across teams and to management as well as support areas. Develop flexible, multi-skilled team members to enable movement of people as needed to accomplish work. Collaborate with Plant Steering Team to develop and implement short and long term strategies, including project leadership, staffing and employee engagement.
This role is responsible for leading a production team comprised of three production supervisors, one warehouse supervisor, and 40 hourly associates with the goal of creating a strong safety culture, positive employee relations & engagement and consistency throughout each of the teams.
Competencies-Skills (Required):
- Strong Microsoft Office suite and written communication skills
- Ability to communicate with a variety of people & personalities
- Must be able to make quick decisions on the spot & support those decisions to your peers, employees, and plant leadership
- Ability to consistently meet deadlines
- Ability to manage multiple projects & multi-task with ease
- Must be detail oriented and have excellent follow through
- Results orientation with track record of successful achievements
- Active listening skills is a must
- Ability to influence a positive employee environment
- Ability to drive safety & safe behaviors while maintaining the ultimate goal of preventing all injuries
- Ability to drive efficiencies and performance
- Must have flexible schedule and availability
- Must be able to travel and meet with customers or dealers
- Must be able to influence change & lead those who oppose change
REQUIRED EDUCATION/SKILLS/COMPETENCIES:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field plus a minimum of 5+ years of manufacturing leadership experience, OR a High School Diploma/GED plus a minimum of 7+ years of increasing manufacturing leadership experience.
- Must have strong leadership skills and strategic planning skills.
- Must be respected by peers, co-workers, vendors, and internal and external customers.
- Must have strong customer relations skills in working with both internal and external customers.
- Requires proven and demonstrated project management capabilities and the ability to diagnose operational inefficiencies.
- Assignments will be broad in nature and require originality and ability to navigate complex problems and utilize others to find resolution.
Salary Range: $107,680 - $161, 520. In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary range.
About Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.
We provide a broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best. Land O'Lakes is Where Your Future Takes Root.
Land O’Lakes and our global entities support diversity in employment practices.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and at least 5 years of manufacturing leadership experience, or a high school diploma/GED and at least 7 years of increasing manufacturing leadership experience
- Strong leadership and strategic planning skills
- Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills and written communication skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with varied personalities and stakeholders
- Ability to make quick decisions and support decisions with employees, peers, and plant leadership
- Ability to meet deadlines, manage multiple projects, and multitask
- Detail orientation and excellent follow-through
- Results orientation with a record of successful achievements
- Active listening skills
- Ability to influence a positive employee environment
- Ability to promote safety and safe behaviors
- Ability to drive operational efficiencies and performance
- Flexible schedule and availability
- Ability to travel and meet with customers or dealers
- Ability to influence change and lead employees who oppose change
- Respect from peers, coworkers, vendors, and internal and external customers
- Strong internal and external customer relations skills
- Proven project management capabilities and ability to diagnose operational inefficiencies
- Originality and ability to navigate complex problems and collaborate on resolutions
Land O'Lakes, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include automatic company contributions to retirement savings and additional support via 401(k) and HSA contributions. Legacy eligibility for a pension plan adds further long‑term security for some employees.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, vision, and mental health support with confidential counseling and free therapy or coaching sessions for employees and dependents. Benefits begin on the start date, removing prior waiting periods.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, and paid leaves cover disability, parental, maternity, and caregiving needs. Caregiver and parental leave policies have been expanded to cover broader family situations, including foster placements prior to adoption.
Land O'Lakes, Inc. Insights
What We Do
Land O’Lakes, Inc. is a 100-year-old farmer- and retailer-owned cooperative originally formed with the purpose of working together to create new market opportunities. Fast forward to today and we’ve built on that uniting spirit, developing a comprehensive and leading view of agriculture while maintaining an unwavering commitment to delivering strong annual performance and long-term, shared success with our member-owners. Land O’Lakes believes farmers are the entrepreneurs who truly change the world for the better. By working together with our member-owners, we can continue to strengthen our system, champion farming’s true potential and place our farmer- and retail-owners at the heart of creating a better world for all.
