Plant Supervisor - Night Shift

Danone•Minster, OH

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Plant Supervisor leads and develops a high-performing manufacturing team across processing and production operations to deliver results in Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, People (Mobilization), and Sustainability (Nature). The role provides end-to-end leadership for shift operations, overseeing the efficient conversion of raw materials into finished products while maintaining food safety, quality, employee engagement, and operational performance. The supervisor executes daily production plans, develops frontline talent, ensures compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements, and champions continuous improvement in reliability, productivity, waste reduction, and operational effectiveness. The position works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, Warehouse, and Supply Chain teams. The role is based in Minster, Ohio, and follows a 2,2,3 schedule.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required.
If the candidate does not have a completed degree, equivalent leadership work experience of 2 or more years in a manufacturing or processing environment is required.
Must be self-motivated and able to work independently toward departmental objectives.
Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, conflict management, and problem-solving skills.
Meticulous work ethic and keen attention to detail.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to prioritize responsibilities and tasks and manage time effectively.
Ability to perform essential physical job functions, with or without reasonable accommodation, including frequent standing, walking, bending, manual dexterity, and reaching; occasional climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling.
Ability to occasionally lift 10–25 lbs and lift over 25 lbs with assistance.
Adequate sensory abilities, including talking, hearing, and tasting or smelling, to support safe and effective job performance.
Ability to interpret instructions, analyze information, develop actionable plans, manage stress, and maintain performance in a fast-paced, high-demand manufacturing environment.

Nice To Haves

Associate’s degree or higher in a relevant field such as Mechanical, Chemical, or other Engineering, or Food Science.
Previous supervisory experience in a food environment.
Dairy experience.
Previous leadership experience in a union environment.
Experience with Lean Manufacturing methodologies.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop frontline employees to achieve operational and business objectives; manage performance, development, recognition, and corrective actions.
Plan, assign, and direct work to optimize workforce effectiveness and production performance, and promote employee engagement and consistent application of policies, labor agreements, and plant rules.
Develop talent through training, mentoring, cross-training, and succession planning; reinforce standard work and operating practices.
Manage daily plant operations and execute production schedules to achieve SQCDMN objectives, optimizing labor, equipment effectiveness, product quality, and customer service.
Use IWS principles, Daily Management Systems, and Short Interval Management tools to identify issues, resolve them promptly, analyze shift performance, and mitigate operational risks and losses.
Set operational priorities, ensure completion of short- and long-term objectives, and coordinate smooth transitions between shifts and departments.
Ensure products meet food safety, quality, regulatory, customer, and company requirements; maintain compliance with SOPs, QARs, ISO standards, CCPs, OPRPs, and applicable food safety programs.
Lead and participate in food safety, quality, and regulatory non-conformance investigations; verify sanitation, CIP processes, equipment turnaround, product handling, inventory management, ingredient utilization, and processing controls.
Drive continuous improvement using IWS, Lean Manufacturing, autonomous management, and structured problem-solving; identify opportunities to improve productivity, reduce waste and costs, and increase reliability.
Lead or participate in root cause analysis and implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions; manage yield, ingredient loss, downtime, and quality defect metrics.
Partner with Maintenance and Reliability teams on equipment effectiveness, uptime, preventive maintenance, equipment repairs, replacements, capital improvements, and resolution of equipment issues.
Provide technical leadership related to dairy processing and production systems and support operational readiness for new equipment, upgrades, and engineering projects.
Monitor, communicate, and report shift performance against KPIs; maintain production, labor, inventory, attendance, quality, and operational records; prepare reports, action plans, and performance updates.
Use workforce management and payroll systems to administer attendance and scheduling; drive accountability through KPI review, data analysis, and action plan execution.
Collaborate with Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, Warehouse, Supply Chain, and other stakeholders; support adjacent departments, plant initiatives, operational reviews, and audits.
Lead change implementation for new processes, technologies, and organizational initiatives.
Comply with IWS, plant procedures, GMPs, and food safety, quality, safety, finance, and operational excellence standards; participate in implementation and continuous improvement of applicable IWS pillars.
Promote ownership of safety, quality, delivery, cost, people, and sustainability performance and support a culture of continuous improvement.