Production Supervisor - Meat
About The Position
Grecian Delight | Kronos Foods is seeking a hands-on 2nd Shift Production Supervisor – Meat for its Elk Grove Village facility. Reporting directly to the Assistant Plant Manager, this position leads production operations in a high-velocity, USDA-regulated food manufacturing environment. The supervisor provides leadership, coaching, and professional development to hourly production personnel and fosters a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. The role is responsible for executing the daily production schedule while meeting safety, quality, labor, and productivity targets; monitoring performance and implementing corrective actions; coordinating with other departments to resolve issues and minimize downtime; and maintaining compliance with applicable regulations, food safety standards, and company policies. Grecian Delight | Kronos Foods describes its workplace as respectful and committed to fair compensation and professional growth. The company emphasizes customer satisfaction, ownership, leadership, competitive spirit, integrity, and accountability.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of supervisory experience in a USDA food manufacturing environment; meat processing is preferred.
- Proven ability to lead large hourly production teams.
- Strong working knowledge of USDA regulations, HACCP, SQF, GMPs, OSHA, and food safety standards.
- Experience managing labor, production schedules, and departmental performance metrics.
- Ability to coach employees, resolve conflict, and hold team members accountable.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Nice To Haves
- Meat processing experience.
- Experience with ERP or manufacturing systems.
- Bilingual English/Spanish.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership, coaching, and professional development to hourly production personnel while promoting accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Execute the daily production schedule while meeting safety, quality, labor, and productivity targets.
- Monitor production performance and implement corrective actions to achieve operational goals.
- Partner with Maintenance, Quality, Sanitation, Warehouse, and Planning to resolve production issues and minimize downtime.
- Conduct shift start-up meetings and communicate production priorities, safety expectations, and performance metrics.
- Investigate production, quality, and safety incidents and implement corrective actions.
- Maintain compliance with USDA, FDA, SQF, HACCP, GMP, and company policies.
Benefits
- Highly competitive compensation and bonus programs, including eligibility for a 10% annual performance bonus.
- Medical, dental, and vision options for employees and their families.
- Safe-harbor 401(k) plan with generous matching and immediate vesting.
- Life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability programs.
- Health, dependent care, and commuter flexible spending accounts.
- Health Savings Account contributions.
- Additional voluntary benefit programs.
- Paid vacations and holidays.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Respectful work environment, fair compensation, and opportunities for professional growth.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
