Production Lead - Day Shift - Days Off: Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday

Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. com and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are. In 2023, Home Chef introduced a new brand, Tempo !

Tempo features a rotating selection of ready-to-heat meals delivered directly to your door. These meals are better-for-you versions of familiar favorites, designed to save you time and reduce stress while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Our Tempo menu includes options that are protein-packed, fiber-rich, calorie and carb conscious, keto-friendly, and dietitian-approved.

Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We’re eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef’s offerings. This role follows a Day shift schedule, working from 6:30 AM to 5:30 PM, with designated days off on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

A Production Lead is responsible for guiding a line or table of production associates during portioning, meal bagging/kitting, and shipping. They will lead, direct, guide and train assigned production employees.

Responsibilities

A Production Lead is scheduled to begin their shift prior to the start of production and is responsible for obtaining their production plan and targets for the day from the supervisor and setting up the portioning tables, meal bagging tables, and/or shipping line Production Targets Collaborates with the Supervisor to get the production plans and targets for the day Follows production schedules to ensure order completion during allotted timeframes Effectively communicates the targets and production expectations to the production associates as well as their performance against the target Ensures associates are following HC policies/procedures and escalates any concerns to the Production Supervisor Coordination with Warehouse Prioritizes and plans for potential product shortages during production and shipping and effectively communicates exact product and quantity needs to the warehouse runners to avoid any unnecessary downtime while waiting on replenishment. Conducts checks on ingredients for quality, accuracy, and shelf life before starting the line and while the line is running. e.

e. bags, bottles, jars) while portioning and meal bagging and escalates concerns with production quality to FSQA and a supervisor. Portioning and Meal Bagging/Kitting The Production Lead is responsible for overseeing all portioning and meal bagging/kitting for their assigned table/pod.