Altria

Business Unit Leader

Posted on: 26 Jan 2022

Chester, VA

Job Description

Overview

Do you have experience leading diverse teams in a complex business environment? If so, then we have an opportunity for you!

We are currently seeking a highly qualified Business Unit Leader (Production Supervisor) to join us at our Park 500 Processing Facility in Chester, VA. You will manage resources and staffing levels within the unit to meet safety, production, compliance, team and project objectives or goals. Additionally, you are the ranking leader on site from 11:00PM – 7:00AM

Your responsibilities include:

• Providing direction and allocating resources within the shift, to include both shift Production and Maintenance resources.
• Communicating current status of key measures to assure your employees know where they are in meeting productivity and quality goals; perform reconciliation activities at end of shift.
• Building individual and organizational capability within your shift as you address the needs of the business and your people.
• Initiating as well as participating in problem solving and continuous improvement efforts.
• Monitoring, and in some instances developing, key measures with your team to link business unit performance to factory and manufacturing-wide objectives or strategy
• Communicating and coordinating production and planned activities of business unit with team members and support resources to meet established schedules and assure effective execution of work processes.
• Converting data to meaningful information to support and as well as bring focus to problem solving and process improvement efforts.
• Supporting problem solving efforts, when needed, at the Powerhouse and Waste Water Treatment operations should issues arise.
• Participating and/or leading Corrective & Preventive Action (CAPA) and Change Control initiatives.
• Understanding and applying elements of Contractual Agreements with the Labor Unions on site.

Background and Experience:

• Associates degree OR four (4) year state approved apprenticeship and at least three (3) years relevant leadership experience is required.
• In lieu of the education requirement, a candidate can qualify with five (5) years’ experience in a manufacturing or relevant leadership role.
• Familiarity with Environmental Management Systems requirements, Quality Management Systems and Lean Manufacturing
• You have confirmed ability to effectively mentor and lead employees in a team-based environment
• You possess a proven ability to balance multiple priorities in a changing environment.
• You can make decisions using independent judgment under time constraints with minimal direction when required.
• You can build consensus for resource needs, problem solving and solutions with peers, subordinates and management through networks within and beyond the business unit or department.
• Willing to work 1st, 2nd or 3rd shifts and weekends.

Altria

Richmond, VA

Altria Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cigarettes, smokeless products, and wine in the United States. It offers cigarettes primarily under the Marlboro brand; cigars principally under the Black & Mild brand; and moist smokeless tobacco products under the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, and Husky brands. The company also produces and sells varietal and blended table wines, and sparkling wines under the Chateau Ste. Michelle, Columbia Crest, and 14 Hands names; and imports and markets Antinori, Torres, and Villa Maria Estate wines, as well as Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte in the United States.

In addition, it provides finance leasing services primarily in transportation, aircraft, power generation, real estate, and manufacturing industries. The company sells its tobacco products primarily to wholesalers, including distributors; large retail organizations, such as chain stores; and the armed services. Altria Group, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

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