Manufacturing Lead - Deodorant Production at SmartyPits - Bend Warehouse

Come join a dynamic, fast growing team that's making waves in the natural deodorant industry. As part of our manufacturing team, you'll work within a collaborative team to mix, melt, and pour batches of deodorant and other products in various formulas and sizes.

The Manufacturing Lead position is a skilled position leading the daily operations of the SmartyPits manufacturing team. The Manufacturing Lead works closely with management and other team leads to coordinate manufacturing activity to meet production targets. The Manufacturing Lead plans production schedules for the manufacturing team via excel or other planning tool, tracks inventory and reorder points, trains new team members in the deodorant making process (as well as other products), and ensures quality and safety in deodorant production. The Manufacturing Lead will also need to be highly adept at pouring deodorant and preparing raw ingredients (training will be provided). Experience in a manufacturing operation is highly preferred.

Please note: All of our product is hand-poured. We do not use machinery to pour our deodorant. We utilize large wax melters to heat the product, mix with industrial stick blenders, and pour each deodorant by hand from stainless steel pitchers. Precision and quality are essential, and the manufacturing lead will both need to be skilled at mixing/pouring as well as ensuring the rest of the manufacturing team adheres to company standards.

Responsibilities:

• Provides oversight and direction to team in order to coordinate manufacture of deodorant and other SmartyPits products
• Ensures that Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are followed, consistent with Cosmetics Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
• Leads manufacture of products, including:
• Prepares components of deodorant manufacture
• Weighs and measures product accurately
• Measures, mixes and pours hot liquid product to company specifications
• Assigns and applies lot numbers to finished products for GMP inventory traceability
• Records work in batch production logs and other required documentation
• Reviews sales projections, purchase orders, and team work schedules with management and other team leads to develop daily/weekly/monthly production goals
• Assists in developing a manufacturing schedule that corresponds to purchase order timelines and deadlines
• Ability to adjust manufacture schedules in response to unplanned team member absences or other unanticipated changes in the planned work schedule
• Develops new production procedures and efficiencies, as needed, to adapt to changes in manufacturing best practices
• Identifies warehouse safety concerns and advocates to management for safety mitigations (process changes, purchase of safety equipment, etc)
• Tracks manufacturing inventory and reorder points
• Develops/implements training materials for new employees and current employee retraining to ensure that all work practices are conducted safely and according to Good Manufacturing Practices
• Coaches team members on improvement practices when needed, and develops PIPs when needed
• Other related tasks, as assigned

Requirements:

• Adept in Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheet programs that utilize formulas to gather and present data
• Ability to meet company protocol for efficiency and quality assurance within the initial two week training period
• Extremely high attention to detail, efficiency and accuracy
• Ability to use a scale (training can be provided)
• Ability to learn and apply Good Manufacturing Practices
• Ability to plan a manufacturing schedule in accordance with employee schedules, purchase order demands, and a wide variety of SKUs
• Ability to perform basic math skills
• Extremely good communication and organizational skills
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced team environment
• Compatibility and alignment with our company mission and core values
• Work location is on a warehouse production floor; employee will observe all safe work practices required by law and by SmartyPits
• Job involves standing for long portions of the day’s work
• Employee must be able to lift containers up to 50 pounds
• Standard work hours will fall between 7:30 am and 4 pm, with breaks for lunch and midday rest periods