Shift Manager - 1st Shift - Days Off: Tuesday & Wednesday

Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at homechef.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 1st Shift Schedule, working from 6:00am - 4:00pm , with designated days off on Tuesday & Wednesday .

The Shift Manager is responsible for setting shift level production plans and partnering across shifts and departments to complete daily plans while holding Supervisors accountable for production output, efficiency, safety, and food safety standards. In addition, the Shift Manager is responsible for making production, safety, and food safety decisions in lieu of a department head being present and escalating relevant high impact events accordingly.

Detailed Responsibilities

Shift Management & Production Planning

Takes the weekly production plan and targets provided by the production planner and creates an effective shift level production plan for the incoming shift, including any activities that their shift did not complete based on attendance, quality, or shorts. The Shift Manager and incoming Shift Manager should have a daily hand off to discuss the plan to avoid production gaps or miscommunications.

Effectively communicates their shift’s production plan and sets clear goals for the supervisors

Adjusts their shift’s production plan, as needed, in response to product quality issues, shorts, or staffing levels

Minimizes downtime by maintaining full view of production activities in progress, proactively spotting issues, and problem solving in advance of production shutdowns. Holds supervisors accountable to documenting any downtime and reviews actions taken

Tracks progress against production plan during shift and works with supervisors to ensure production targets are met

Assigns tasks to Gatekeepers to drive data accuracy for production, inventory counts, and to keep coolers and freezers organized

Attends cross department huddles daily to relay goals and/or significant messages to the team

Proactively shares production plan with managers and supervisors from FSQA and Warehouse to enable them to effectively support production activities

Works with FSQA and/or Warehouse to problem solve any cross-functional issues as they arise, following standard processes associated with shorts callouts, shorts investigations, and rejections

Owns safety, on time in full shipments and meals/ hour

Performance Management and Leadership Development for Supervisors

Ensures performance reviews and their teams performance reviews are completed on-time and documentation/ verbiage is appropriate

Holds team members to the same high level of expectations. Has the right people in the right roles and partners with HR to work out under performers in a timely manner.

Proactively solicits feedback from other leaders at the site for team performance

Conducts performance reviews for production supervisors on a quarterly basis at minimum and provides prompt feedback

Models strong people leadership skills to ensure the positivity and strength of our culture and actively works to develop effective people leadership skills in the supervisors

Recognizes the team for strong performance and good behaviors through NTF submissions, vocal affirmations, and stand up recognition.

Ensures team structure is maintained and supervisors are having routine check-ins with their team. Holds supervisors accountable to holding team huddles and steps in when a supervisor is absent

Helps to create a coaching culture by providing both positive and developmental feedback to supervisors and working through supervisors to provide appropriate feedback to leads and associates

Partners with HR and/or temp agency representatives to manage staffing for the shift and daily time and attendance issues

Manages time off requests for supervisors and acts as an escalation point for associate and lead time off requests

Works with supervisors and HR to provide disciplinary actions as needed for hourly employees

Communicates performance issues with temps to temp agency representatives and Home Chef HR

Accountable for Upholding Team Performance Against Targets, Employee and Food Safety Standards, and Established Best Practices

Makes shift decisions for all functions based on department SOPs and department management guidance, such as responding to an adverse event, warehouse roadblocks, material shorts, etc.

Ensures all Home Chef GMP’s and operational guidelines are being followed and enforced

Owns ensuring the plant is clean/ free of known safety issues (blocked egress doors, trays stacked too high, slip/trip/fall risks).

Owns coaching supervisors on conducting thorough safety investigations and escalating plant structural issues. Holds supervisors accountable to completing incident reports on time and properly

Supports the efforts of the company to maintain our food safety system (SQF) and quality programs

Knows, understands, and supports Home Chef’s Cardinal Rules of Safety and Food Safety

Keeps safety in forefront of all business decisions made and holds all direct reports accountable for ensuring safe execution of daily activities. Leads safety meetings for the entire shift.

Holds self and supervisors accountable to completing Behavioral Safety Observations, Near Misses, and Food Safety Call It Outs.

Actively participates in Incident Review Board meetings and follows up on corrective actions to ensure completion on their shift. Assists with reports on root cause analysis as needed.

Supports Home Chef’s Safety Goals and is directly accountable for injury rates on their shift

Completes all required training on time and enforces on time completion of all compliance and leadership training with the team.

Supports and participates in all emergency activities mandated by the Company

Maintains a strong Safety Record, Error Rate, and OTFR for the shift. Effectively cascades metrics down to the broader team.

Partners with Continuous Improvement team to identify non-value add work and implements process changes to improve efficiency

SOPs & Audits

Has deep knowledge of all Standard Operating Procedures for production as well as all standard procedures related to cross-department coordination at the shift level

Sets expectations for strict adherence to all SOPs for all production processes for all supervisors and leads

Creates culture of SOP feedback amongst team and works with Continuous Improvement team to revise and improve SOPs

Serves as the primary driver of process change on the floor during the roll out of modifications to SOPs

Actively participates in SOPs audit program as defined and conducted by the Continuous Improvement Team

This position requires 0% travel

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, ability and/or other characteristics needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

Completion of a four-year degree program in a related field such as Busines