Production Supervisor - Crescent City - 2nd shift

Sartori Cheese Brand•Crescent City, CA

9h•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Supervisor leads the shift team to ensure a safe work environment, maintain food safety and quality standards, and meet productivity goals. This role is responsible for overseeing operations, driving continuous improvement initiatives, supporting the development of team members’ skills and capabilities, proactively addressing production issues, and ensuring production schedules and key performance indicators (KPIs) are consistently met.

Requirements

A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
Must be willing to attain an associate degree if not yet earned.
Minimum of 3 years of experience leading teams in a manufacturing environment, preferably in food production, or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
Alignment with Company Values: Demonstrates behaviors and values that reflect the company’s culture. Sartori’s core values are family, commitment, authenticity, ingenuity, integrity, and humility.
Effective Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex analytical insights to diverse audiences.
Critical Thinking : Ability to identify and respond to needs based on an understanding of situational context and logical analysis of relevant information
Continuous Improvement: Embodies a mindset focused on continuous improvement, leveraging analytics to drive transformational results.
Coaching: Effectively coaches and mentors others, providing guidance that enhances performance and facilitates development while building confidence.
Accountability: High level of accountability for own and team’s performance
Decision Quality: Makes informed, timely decisions using a blend of analytical insights, experience, and sound judgment.
Relationship Building: Builds and maintains trusting relationships and alliances both inside and outside the organization, fostering collaboration and innovation.
Results driven – Leverages a collaborative approach to achieve results that promote Sartori’s success.
A valid driver’s license is required.

Nice To Haves

An associate degree in supervisory management or related field is preferred.
Multilingual (English and Spanish) is preferred.

Responsibilities

Leads shift operations to ensure personal safety, food safety, product quality, and productivity standards are consistently met.
Directs and supports team members to follow standardized work and company policies, including Safety, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
Foster team cohesion, resolve conflicts, and motivate team members to achieve goals. Provide guidance and support to maintain accountability and effective communication within the team.
Drives initiatives that improve safety, quality, efficiency, and cost performance.
Collaborates with cross-functional leaders to ensure safety, quality, and productivity standards and activities are delivering expected results, including the commercialization of new products, manufacturing processes, and audit readiness.
Ensures accurate inventory handling and material flow and recommends improvements in supply chain and inventory processes.
Troubleshoots and resolves operational issues through observation, coaching, training, and procedural updates.
Communicates process or policy changes to team members in a timely and effective manner.
Serves as the primary contact for food safety or quality concerns, escalating issues as needed.
Maintains compliance with Safe Quality Food (SQF) audit requirements and ensures ongoing food safety and quality across operations.
The Plant Manager position serves as the backup to ensure the integrity of the SQF System.
This position directly leads a team of production team members for a designated shift.
The first shift supervisor also leads the retail store team.