Production Supervisor - Night Shift

The Hershey Company•Stuarts Draft, VA

110d•Onsite

About The Position

The Hershey Company Stuarts Draft is a Non-Union facility consisting of multiple Business Units: Reese, Pieces, Shapes, Processing, and Logistics in a high-speed complex environment. As a Production Supervisor, you will be responsible for directing and managing the activities of hourly production personnel to safely and effectively produce high quality product on your assigned production lines or work area within the plant. A Production Supervisor has accountability for the area(s) assigned and will coordinate activities with other leaders and operations staff to ensure that the shift team meets daily objectives. The Production Supervisor is responsible for adhering to the handbook, and complying with regulatory requirements, company/plant policies, procedures, and rules in their area of responsibility. In addition, the Production Supervisor: Independently performs all assignments except the most complex or unusual, only being given instructions as to the general results expected. Receives technical guidance on the most unusual or complex problems and supervisory approval on proposed plans for “one of a kind” projects. Completes investigations and develops plans to address problems identified that impact safety, quality, or productivity within assigned areas. Responsible for direction and management of hourly production personnel while safely and effectively meet the needs of their departments/areas in the plant. Resolves routine manufacturing and maintenance issues via our established escalation process and resource allocation. The position requires weekend work as assigned. This is an off shift position with some work on day shift as well, you will primarily work 2nd or 3rd shift, you must also be flexible in the event your shift assignment is changed in the future.

Requirements

Strong change management skills, driving and implementing change to optimize the business focusing on safety, quality and cost.
Excellent people and leadership skills.
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Knowledge of production systems.
Managerial ability (communication skills, delegation, motivation, etc.).
Problem solving and decision making abilities.
Knowledge of product quality standards and regulatory requirements.
Ability to work with and relate to all levels of personnel.
Ability to read/interpret production performance reports.
Experience in manufacturing supervision.
Cost accounting background (general understanding).
General engineering understanding.
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite required.
Minimum of 3 years of experience in manufacturing or in a high speed, complex environment required.

Nice To Haves

SAP experience is preferred.
Minimum of 1 year in a supervisory capacity preferred.
Food manufacturing experience preferred.
SAP experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Operational support; coaching and development of team members.
Review, prioritization, and execution of daily operations.
Staffing, maintaining time cards and attendance records.
Supporting Hershey Lean Initiatives; ensure the area of responsibility supports all plant goals daily and weekly; reviewing results with teams, executing daily huddle communications.
Coordinate and administer daily interaction between the assigned area of responsibility and all other departments in the plant. This would include peers across shifts.
Ensure personnel have proper qualifications, are properly trained, and motivated to work productively both as part of a team and individually.
Ensure compliance with established standards and execution of procedures involving employee safety, food safety, food quality, sanitation, good manufacturing policies, housekeeping and other plant programs. Identify and implement opportunities for improvement. Promptly report food safety incidents to the appropriate QA staff and record occurrences of incidents.
Ensure compliance with administrative and reporting procedures while complying with overtime and seniority provisions of the handbook.
Coordinate labor staffing on a daily basis in coherence with budgeted staffing. Document exceptions and pursue approval if cost justified. Champion, coordinate and implement opportunities for improvement.
Document notification requests in SAP PM. Follow-up and prioritize with maintenance and other shifts. Identify, coordinate and implement opportunities for improvement.
Input data into SAP, check QA paperwork, and timekeeper information each shift. Analyze information and follow-up on exceptions and opportunities. Identify, coordinate and implement opportunities for improvements and participate in budget/standards review process.
Effectively and timely communicate appropriate information daily, weekly and monthly to all direct reports and peers by utilizing informal and formal communications – one on ones, huddles, meetings, postings, etc.
Lead/coordinate preparation of communications for area/plant
Drive continuous improvement in the operation by fostering a continuous improvement mindset, elevating new ideas (both your own and those of your employees), and executing continuous improvement plans to positively impact the plant operations and goals.