3rd Shift Production Supervisor

All External Jobs•Fort Pierce, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Tropicana Brands Group is a $3B startup aiming to revolutionize the beverage category. Formed in 2022 as a joint venture between PAI Partners and PepsiCo, our portfolio includes iconic brands like Tropicana, Naked, KeVita, Izze, Copella, and Punica. With over 76 years of global leadership in the orange juice category, we’re committed to preserving this legacy while driving innovation in other areas. From reimagining orange juice to creating functional smoothies and driving afternoon refreshments, we are striving to become the undisputed global leader in fresh and chilled beverages. The Supply Chain function is essential to Tropicana Brand Group’s success by enhancing operational efficiency, reducing costs, and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality products. By improving warehouse operations, optimizing transportation routes, and refining inventory management practices, the team plays a critical role in streamlining processes. Collaborating with other departments to align strategies, the Supply Chain team ensures that Tropicana meets customer demands while maintaining a high standard of performance and cost-effectiveness. Through their efforts, they contribute to both short-term achievements and long-term growth. Tropicana Brands Group is looking for a highly qualified Manufacturing Supervisor to support the Packaging Department to ensure the company’s goals and initiatives are met. We are looking for a critical thinker with exceptional communication, influencing and relationship management skills who thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

3-5 years supervising in food and beverage manufacturing
This role requires off-shift and/or weekend work
This role requires lifting up to 50 lbs occasionally
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required. Preferably in engineering, business, operations management, supply chain, or similar field

Nice To Haves

Deliver effective change leadership to drive business changes while minimizing people impact
Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to assist team to solve operational issues
Motivate team members to achieve plan goals
Incorporates Productivity, Yield Loss, TPM and Innovation initiatives into Manufacturing strategic plan
Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for frontline hourly personnel
Develops training and organization capability assessments to support business initiatives
Support cross-functional strategic plans as needed through implementation and execution
Regular presence on the plant floor
Administer policies and procedures
Tackle ambiguous problems to determine and prioritize business strategies
Ability to structure and prioritize tasks, and focus efforts in an ambiguous work environment
Demonstrated ability to implement short and long term strategies to support organizational operation and transformation
Experience developing/coaching hourly staff preferred
Proficient in Microsoft Suite applications

Responsibilities

Ensuring team compliance with all safety policies and procedures
Maintain product quality and sanitation standards
Optimize operational efficiencies to support the blending and production
Track operational output measures (i.e. efficiency, yield loss, product quality, inventory accuracy, transactional accuracy), anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of financial targets
Develop team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals