Food Manufacturing Supervisorv - Night Shift

Flora Food Group • New Century, KS

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Food Manufacturing Supervisor leads night-shift manufacturing operations at Flora Food Group, ensuring that safety, quality, and production targets are consistently met. The role is central to improving safety incident reporting, adherence to quality checkpoints, and production schedule attainment, while ensuring that every case leaving the plant meets the company’s standards.

The supervisor coaches and develops 20 to 30 hourly associates, removes operational obstacles, and serves as the primary escalation point and advocate for the team. The position also provides plant leadership with accurate shift notes, staffing updates, and production attainment data. It works closely with quality, safety, and maintenance teams to resolve issues, and reports to James Riley-Mercado.

The position is on-site and works a night shift on 12-hour shifts with a 2-2-3 rotating schedule. It offers a potential path to senior supervisory or operations management positions and, over time, broader leadership roles across shifts or plants.

Flora Food Group states that it is committed to diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity, and prohibits discrimination and harassment based on personal characteristics.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience in food manufacturing.
• Experience leading large hourly teams through demanding shifts.
• Calm authority, empathy, and clear communication with teams and leadership.
• A willingness to learn and the ability to build trust with a team.
• Genuine interest in food culture and curiosity about consumer behavior and future food trends.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily night-shift floor operations, ensuring safety, quality, and production targets are consistently met.
• Identify near misses, ensure incidents are reported, and drive timely resolution to promote a proactive safety culture.
• Coach and develop 20 to 30 hourly associates on quality checkpoints and safe operating practices.
• Remove operational roadblocks and act as the primary escalation point and advocate for hourly associates.
• Provide plant leadership with accurate shift notes, staffing updates, and production attainment data.
• Own shift safety, quality, and production outcomes, driving measurable improvements in incident reporting, quality adherence, and throughput.
• Collaborate with quality, safety, and maintenance teams to resolve issues before they escalate.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed