Founded in 1888, Lee Kum Kee, a Hong Kong-based global food company, specializes in creating condiments and sauces that promote Chinese cuisine worldwide. With more than 200 products to choose from, Lee Kum Kee takes the mystery out of cooking authentic and delicious Asian foods in the comfort of your kitchen. Lee Kum Kee is committed to providing authentic and innovative condiments and sauces featuring the highest quality ingredients. Armed with a unique management culture, stringent quality control, superb and innovative products, coupled with the century-long brand reputation, Lee Kum Kee has achieved unanimous recognition and won numerous prestigious awards.

Lee Kum Kee (USA) Inc., a division of Lee Kum Kee International Holdings Ltd., has its headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Southern California with more than 300 employees. We are looking for the best and brightest talents to join our company and work together to bring the next level of success!

BENEFITS

• Medical, dental, life insurance covered by the company
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Two (2) weeks vacations
• Ten (10) paid holidays

POSITION SUMMARY

Directs and coordinates activities of production function in processing materials or manufacturing products in industrial organization by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Review production orders or schedules to ascertain product data such as types, quantities, and specifications of products and scheduled delivery dates in order to plan function operations.
• Ensure the operation flow, environment and equipment complying with company policy, regulation with best efficiency.
• Identify and implement continues improvement opportunities to increase quality and efficiency from daily operation activities with other teams by applying Lean Six Sigma techniques, and follow thru the action plans.
• Manage the human and material resources needed for production operations, establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturing products to ensure production and products are produced on time, of good quality and meets specifications.
• Review production and operating reports and resolves operational and manufacturing problems to ensure production is cost effective and efficient.
• Develop improvement plans on process/product non-conformances and implement and follow thru the improvement plans to achieve KPIs.
• Perform production stock inventory control to achieve FIFO, zero error, allergen segregation
• Perform/supervise routine cycle count & 6 monthly count on raw & pack mat under production facilities
• Work with supervisors in implementing the company’s policies and goals to ensure the health and safety guidelines, GMPs, SSOP, and ISO procedures are followed.
• Professionally and effectively communicate and interact with auditors and inspectors with any internal and external audits and inspections; respond to their requests timely.
• Supervise and motivate a team of floor production staff and supervisors to achieve company objectives in productivity, safety, quality, cost reduction, etc.
• Identify and provides trainings to production staff periodically.
• Set KRIs and review performance of subordinates.
• Resolve employee conflicts/complaints timely and fairly without any type of discriminations or retaliations; submit unsettled complaints/issues to VP, Manufacturing and/or Human Resources for further actions in a timely manner.
• Coach and discipline employees timely by following the company policies/procedures whenever necessary.
• Assist VP, Manufacturing to prepare annual budget for production function.
• Compile, store, and retrieve production data; analyze data whenever necessary for investigation, corrective action, and improvement opportunity purposes.
• Collaborate with other LKK manufacturing facilities on special assignment to achieve global manufacturing objectives
• Work closely with other functions on ad-hoc projects/improvement plans to achieve high quality, cost efficiency and on-time delivery objectives.

COMPETENCIES

• Problem Solving
• Drive for Results
• Managing & Measuring Work
• Building Effective Teams
• Motivating Others

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Supervise a team of supervisors and employees.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, SKILLS and EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Operational Management, Industrial Engineering, Food Science or related field required.
• Minimum five years related production management experience in food ingredient-mixing manufacturing industry.
• Experienced in LEAN, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, Total Quality Management (Quality Assurance/Control) and similar productivity and preventative maintenance tools and methodologies are required.
• Certified in Lean Six-Sigma, APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) and/or Certified in Planning & Inventory Management (CPIM) are highly preferred.
• Ability to demonstrate outstanding leadership and coaching skills and capabilities.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, auditors, inspectors and other business partners.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint; SAP/ERP is preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Good verbal and written communication skills in English is required.
• Bilingual in Spanish and/or Chinese is a plus.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands or fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock; explosives; risk of radiation; and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

It is Lee Kum Kee’s policy to seek and employ the most qualified persons in all jobs in a manner which will ensure equal employment opportunity as well as administer personnel actions in a manner as to not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability or protected veteran status. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.