Operations Supervisor - Receiving/Laser-Rework
About The Position
The Operations Supervisor oversees daily operations to ensure safe, efficient, and quality-driven performance. During harvest season, the role primarily oversees Receiving operations, including product flow, fumigation activities, receiving priorities, inventory, traceability, and staging. During the remainder of the year, the role primarily oversees Laser/Rework operations, including production goals, equipment, product quality, work in process (WIP), labor efficiency, and overall performance. The Operations Supervisor is responsible for employee leadership, safety, quality, productivity, efficiency, equipment performance, inventory accuracy, and communication across departments and shifts. The supervisor is accountable for knowing production targets, monitoring performance, identifying and addressing gaps, taking corrective action, and communicating results to management while balancing production, quality, safety, efficiency, and employee accountability.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of supervisor experience.
- 2 years of Food Manufacturing experience.
- At least 2 years of forklift driving experience.
- Machine operating experience.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to perform basic math functions.
- Must be able to work all shifts, overtime, and/or weekends as needed.
- Minimal ability to troubleshoot and report issues outside the role's scope to relevant parties.
- Ability to understand, speak, read, and write basic English/Spanish.
- Knowledge of working with tools and good mechanical aptitude.
Responsibilities
- Supervise and coordinate daily operations, employees, and workflow across assigned areas.
- Establish and monitor hourly and daily production goals and communicate expectations to employees.
- Monitor actual performance, identify gaps and root causes, and implement corrective actions.
- Train, coach, and hold employees accountable for performance, safety, quality, and standard work.
- Monitor equipment performance and downtime, document downtime accurately, and coordinate with Maintenance and equipment manufacturers as needed.
- Follow up on repairs and recurring mechanical or electrical issues, and ensure operators perform equipment checks and follow operating procedures.
- Ensure proper product identification, inventory accuracy, traceability, and control of held or non-conforming product.
- Coordinate product flow and operational priorities with Receiving, Warehouse, Quality/FSQA, Maintenance, Shipping, and other departments.
- Maintain safe, clean, organized, and efficient work areas and ensure compliance with company policies, food safety, quality, and safety requirements.
- Communicate production results, issues, downtime, production losses, and corrective actions to management.
- Identify opportunities to improve labor efficiency, productivity, yield, equipment utilization, and overall operational performance.
- Ensure forklifts and other material-handling equipment are operated safely and according to company requirements.
- Review labor utilization and staffing requirements and identify opportunities to reduce costs, downtime, WIP, product loss, and unnecessary handling.
- Improve product flow from Receiving through processing, rework, inventory, and production.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives, recommend changes to equipment, processes, staffing, or standard work, and monitor results.
- Assist other departments with reasonable and related tasks and perform other operational duties as required by business needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
