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Your role at Clorox:

Pay Rate: $37.66 + $1.50 Shift Differential.


The Team Lead plays a critical role in ensuring the department’s strict adherence to safety and quality standards, meeting cost and production targets during their shift, and leading the use of production systems. This position involves fostering the development of team members, efficiently coordinating staffing to align with business needs and cost objectives, overseeing daily operations, and maintaining equipment. The Team Lead excels in task prioritization, fosters collaboration across departments, actively participates in team-based activities, and maintains compliance with plant procedures, policies, and standards.

This position is considered a safety-sensitive position, meaning, a lapse of attention could adversely affect the safety of others by resulting in injury, illness, or death, including without limitation a position that includes the operating, repairing, maintaining, or monitoring of heavy equipment, machinery, or operation motorized vehicle.

In this role, you will:

Safety, Coaching and Training:

• Cultivating a safety-first culture by serving as a role model and ensuring employee training and development through coaching.
• Leading and participating in Root Cause Investigations via Daily Problem Solving (DPS) to mitigate or eliminate job hazards and safety risks.
• Effectively coordinating your team’s schedule and tasks to uphold a secure working environment.
• Implement a structured training approach by coaching and training your team through skill blocks. This method allows for a systematic development of competencies, ensuring that employees are well-equipped to handle their tasks safely and efficiently.

Quality Assurance:

• Overseeing and ensuring the completion of precise quality checks.
• Ensure GMPs practice is consistent by team.
• Maintaining standard work for assigned area.
• Ensure daily completion and audit of shift paperwork.

Leadership and Communication:

• Expected to serve as ethical role models for everyone by always exemplifying the Clorox values and leadership traits.
• Providing support to your team in various capacities, including driving Leaders’ Standard Work (LSW) and active participation in Daily Management Systems (DMS) T1 meetings.
• Facilitating seamless communication with all team members across all shifts (T1).
• Communicate in writing, verbally and over the radio with business professionalism.
• Partner with managers (Production mgr., HR, OpEx, or Plant manager) timely and consistently regarding talent management.

Efficiency and Maintenance:

• Demonstrating proactive time management skills.
• Coach team to successfully complete and audit the Clean Inspect Lube (CIL)/Preventive Maintenance (PM) tasks in the work area.
• Possessing advanced maintenance and troubleshooting skills and proactively sharing knowledge with team members.

Problem-Solving and Continuous Improvement:

• Implementing the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle and taking the lead in problem-solving initiatives, including Daily Problem Solving (DPS) and Kaizens, to identify root causes and drive continuous improvement.
• Playing a pivotal role in spearheading and sustaining the implementation of TRACC tools (SIC, DPS, Tier 1) and systems during your shift.
• Collaborating closely with the Process Improvement Tech to execute countermeasures aimed at reducing process and equipment failures.
• Active involvement in Equipment Owner’s roles and responsibilities.

Role Specific Duties:

• Ensuring strict adherence to safety, food quality, and general policies and standards.
• Provide ongoing feedback and encouragement while coaching operators to improve their performance. 
• Follow documentation best practices for feedback and coaching.
• Coordinating daily operations to guarantee that staffing levels align with production requirements.
• Effectively managing LEDS data, ensuring proper tagging, and meticulously tracking data and losses.
• Taking the lead in executing Leaders’ Standard Work (LSW) activities and coordinating with the maintenance team for planned downtime.
• Providing dedicated support and guidance to team members for day to day tasks.Ensuring the proper escalation process is diligently followed during outages and troubleshooting situations.

What we look for:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, fostering effective team and stakeholder communication.
• Strong multitasking ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple priorities.
• Proficient in written and verbal communication for effective information conveyance.
• Competent in using network computer applications and email for efficient communication and data management.
• Competent to complete basic math.
• Sound judgment for informed decision-making, ensuring optimal team and operational outcomes.
• Skilled in coaching, training, and fostering team development.
• Mechanical aptitude and capability for equipment changeovers and effective troubleshooting.
• Proficiency in task coordination and prioritization for optimized plant operations.
• Effective presentation skills to influence decisions.
• Strong problem-solving capabilities, including root cause identification and solution implementation.
• Exceptional integrity and ownership over responsibilities.
• Decisive decision-making, especially in high-pressure situations.
• Proactive self-starter, driving improvements and achieving objectives.

Years and Type of Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of manufacturing experience, with a preference for candidates who have experience in the food manufacturing industry.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office applications, particularly MS Office suite.
• Basic SAP knowledge.
• Basic understanding of process improvement principles and methodologies, such as Toyota Production Systems (TPS) and/or Lean Six Sigma is preferred.
• Demonstrated strong leadership and influencing skills through prior experiences.

Education Level/Degree:

• High School Diploma or equivalent

Eligibility Criteria (Internal Applicants ONLY):

• Must be in “good standing” with the company, any written warning or above are not eligible to apply. 
• Minimum of twelve (12) months in your current department and have a minimum of six (6) months in your current position after skill block is sign-off. If not signed off within the department the twelve (12) months criteria is the only criteria that must be met.
• Shift Transfers must meet twelve (12) months in the department and shift. Some exceptions will be made based on the needs of the business.
• Must have a minimum of 1 skill level block signed off.
• Must be willing to complete the Process Advanced Level Sign-Off.  

We seek out and celebrate diverse backgrounds and experiences. We’re looking for fresh perspectives, a desire to bring your best, and a non-stop drive to keep growing and learning.

At Clorox, we have a Culture of Inclusion. We believe our values-based culture connects to our purpose and helps our people be the best versions of themselves, professionally and personally. This means building a workplace where every person can feel respected, valued, and fully able to participate in our Clorox community. Learn more about our I&D program & initiatives here.

Benefits we offer to help you be well and thrive:

• Competitive compensation
• Generous 401(k) program in the US and similar programs in international
• Health benefits and programs that support both your physical and mental well-being
• Flexible work environment, depending on your role
• Meaningful opportunities to keep learning and growing
• Half-day Fridays, depending on your location

Please apply directly to our job postings and do not submit your resume to any person via text message. Clorox does not conduct text-based interviews and encourages you to be cautious of anyone posing as a Clorox recruiter via unsolicited texts during these uncertain times.

To all recruitment agencies: Clorox (and its brand families) does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to Clorox employees, including any members of our leadership team. Clorox is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.