Packaging Supervisor - Nights

fairlife•Coopersville, MI

4h•$75,000 - $90,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Packaging Supervisor is a frontline leader responsible for safe, efficient, and high-quality packaging operations during an assigned shift. This role provides hands-on leadership to packaging teams, sets clear shift priorities, and ensures compliance with production, safety, food safety, and quality standards. The Packaging Supervisor fosters a positive, accountable team environment while driving performance across people, processes, and equipment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or prior supervisory or people-leadership experience with direct oversight of hourly production employees in a high-volume environment
Minimum of one (1) year of manufacturing experience in a food and/or beverage environment
Proven ability to lead, coach, train, and fairly and consistently hold employees accountable for safety, quality, attendance, and performance expectations
Experience leading shift-based manufacturing teams, including setting priorities, managing labor, and responding to real-time production challenges
Strong commitment to workplace safety, with the ability to identify hazards, respond to incidents, and promote a culture of safety and accountability
Knowledge of food safety, sanitation, and quality standards, with experience maintaining audit readiness
Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners such as Quality, Maintenance, and Warehouse teams
Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with changing priorities and high accountability

Nice To Haves

Dairy manufacturing experience, including ESL and/or aseptic processing, preferred
Strong working knowledge of automated packaging operations and equipment, including blow molding, filling, labeling/sleeving, case packing, palletizing, and ancillary systems

Responsibilities

Own shift-level performance for packaging operations, including safety, quality, service, and cost, across blow molding, filling, sleeving, case packing, palletizing, and all auxiliary and cleaning equipment.
Directly supervise, coach, and develop packaging operators, ensuring employees are trained, certified, and capable of safely operating equipment to standard while meeting daily production requirements.
Hold employees accountable to company policies, procedures, processes and conduct through timely coaching, documentation, and collaboration with management on progressive discipline.
Ensure accurate time and attendance administration, validating attendance points, and addressing discrepancies promptly.
Lead all aspects of shift execution, including production runs, sanitation activities, changeovers, and planned shutdowns, ensuring adherence to schedules, standards, and priorities.
Facilitate effective shift handover and daily direction-setting meetings, clearly communicating priorities, risks, performance gaps, and expectations to ensure continuity and accountability across shifts.
Champion a strong safety culture by immediately addressing unsafe conditions or behaviors, escalating hazards and incidents appropriately, adjusting production plans to mitigate risk, and serving as first responder when trained.
Communicate proactively with cross-functional partners (Maintenance, Quality, Warehouse, Sanitation, Planning) regarding operating condition changes, production issues, preventative maintenance/work order and quality risks.
Maintain continuous GMP and safety audit readiness by ensuring cleanliness and compliance of floors, drains, conveyors, and equipment.
Execute and audit sanitation and equipment standards including Master Sanitation Schedule, Centerline, and Clean-Inspect-Lubricate (CIL) tasks.
Verify proper execution of CIP processes to ensure equipment is production-ready within required timelines.
Initiate and manage product holds per Quality standards and coordinate with Quality and Warehouse teams for proper segregation and traceability.
Lead held-product rework activities in alignment with Quality guidance and documentation requirements.
Lead root cause analysis for shift losses, ensuring corrective actions are implemented and sustained.
Manage consumable inventory daily to support planned production requirements.
Contribute to the creation, revision, and deployment of SOPs and One Point Lessons (OPLs), ensuring changes are trained and embedded into standard work.