Production Supervisor

Smithfield Foods•Wichita, KS

18d

About The Position

The Production Supervisor leads front-line production operations and oversees the production process, tracking yields and making real-time adjustments to keep operations running smoothly. The role ensures safety and USDA health standards are met throughout manufacturing and helps maintain product quality. The supervisor leads production employees during assigned shifts, ensuring production targets are met on time and to quality standards. The position also involves training, coaching, and motivating employees, communicating daily objectives and results, maximizing efficiency, minimizing costs, and overseeing routine maintenance and setup of equipment and facilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Business or a related field and 2+ years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience acting as a lead by training, coaching, or mentoring less experienced staff, or by managing a process or project.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Ability to lead problem-solving efforts for complex process issues.
Solid analytical and math abilities.
Ability to motivate, train, and coach employees while fostering a positive, respectful, team-oriented work environment.
Adaptability to fast-paced, dynamic environments and varying conditions, including heat and cold.
Willingness to work long hours and weekends when needed.
Ability to travel up to 5% of the time.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with SAP, internet tools, spreadsheets, Word, order processing, and inventory software.
Experience in food processing, leadership, and manufacturing.
Knowledge of yields, plant efficiencies, and operations procedures.
Bilingual skills.

Responsibilities

Perform daily production-floor inspections, identify unsafe conditions, and take immediate corrective action as needed.
Lead safety audits, champion ergonomic initiatives, and ensure adherence to HACCP and USDA regulations.
Enforce Food Safety and Food Quality plans, train employees on safe operating procedures including lock-out/tag-out, and ensure tasks meet product specifications.
Track and analyze production yields, efficiencies, and variances.
Work with Operations Managers and Supervisors to improve workflows and equipment use, minimize downtime, and reduce costs.
Direct and guide hourly production employees to align with safety, quality, and production goals.
Lead monthly line meetings and walk the production floor daily.
Analyze product performance metrics, identify improvement opportunities, and suggest changes to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and maintain quality standards.
Oversee routine maintenance and setup of equipment and facilities.
Train, coach, and motivate production employees to achieve production goals.