Team Leader-Fort Smith

About Hormel Foods — Inspired People. Inspired Food.™ 

Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minnesota, is a global branded food company withapproximately $12 billion in annual revenue. Its brands include PLANTERS®, SKIPPY®, SPAM®, HORMEL® NATURAL CHOICE®, APPLEGATE®, WHOLLY®, HORMEL® BLACK LABEL®, COLUMBUS®, JENNIE-O® and more than 30 other beloved brands. The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, was named one of the best companies to work for by U.S. News & World Report, one of America’s most responsible companies by Newsweek, recognized by TIME magazine as one of the World’s Best Companies and has received numerous other awards and accolades for its corporate responsibility and community service efforts. The company lives by its purpose statement — Inspired People. Inspired Food.™ — to bring some of the world’s most trusted and iconic brands to tables across the globe. For more information, visit hormelfoods.com

Responsibilities:

• Manages team members by leading and executing plant processes.
• Manages team members in attaining production and quality goals. 
• Ensures appropriate resources (including materials, equipment, and staffing needs) are available to maintain production schedules. 
• Supports continuous improvement processes to ensure that goals in safety, quality, cost, and customer service are met. 
• Creates and maintains an engaged and team-oriented workforce to improve business results. 
• Team Leaders are usually “on their feet” in the production area about 80% of the shift. 

Qualifications:

Required:

• 1+ year as a shift lead, shift supervisor, assistant manager, etc. OR Associates Degree.
• Proven leadership, persuasive, initiative, analytical, and communication skills are necessary for success in this position. 
• Applicants must not now, or at any time in the future, require employer sponsorship for a work visa.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer. 
• Must be 18 years of age or older (all plant positions)

Training:

• Approximately six weeks are spent in a hands-on training environment before being assigned to a department. 
• Team Leaders attend a virtual new employee orientation. This will include presentations by different divisions to increase product knowledge, company knowledge, and leadership skills
• 6-month operational training program while on the job. 

Location & Shift

• Fort Smith, Arkansas

• Shift to be determined. (12 hr shifts)

• Extended hours may be needed-including weekends.

• Team Leaders will potentially work in environments below 40 degrees and in areas more than 60 degrees. 

BENEFITS: Hormel Foods offers an excellent benefits package. Competitive wages, annual merit increase performance reviews, medical, dental, vision,  401(k), stock purchase plan, paid vacation. 

For immediate consideration, send apply online at: www.hormelfoods.com/careers

At Hormel Foods, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range.  The base hiring pay range for this role is between $70,000-$82,500 per year, and your actual base pay within that range will depend upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge, skill set, level of experience, and geographic market location.

Other components of Hormel Foods’ total compensation package includes comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage,  discretionary annual merit increases, bonuses, 401(k) with employer match, stock purchase plan, paid vacation, FREE two-year community/technical college tuition for children of employees, and more.

At Hormel we invite difference and diversity in all aspects.  We offer a space of support, understanding, and community.  We are committed to the journey!  Learn more about our progress here: https://www.hormelfoods.com/about/diversity-and-inclusion/

Hormel Foods provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; sex; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability.