Production Supervisor - 1st Shift

Biery Cheese Co. • Louisville, OH

6d • Onsite

About The Position

A Supervisor must comply with all plant GMP, SQF Quality and Safety, Food Safety and Bio-Security procedures. The Supervisor is responsible for the daily management of manufacturing and packaging operations for our Second Shift Operation (approx 2:30pm-11:30pm). This position will provide leadership and guidance to direct reports for the purpose of increasing their effectiveness and establishing good working relationships.

Requirements

• BA/BS in business, engineering, applied science or related fields, preferred or relevant manufacturing experience.
• 1-3 years supervisor experience within a food handling facility preferred.
• Excellent attendance record.
• Demonstrated ability to direct, coach, and train associates fostering a team environment.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, monitor, and schedule tasks with excellent time management skills.
• Working knowledge of FDA regulations, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) sanitation methods, and HACCP/FSMA.
• Able to work independently and work efficiently with little or no supervision
• Ability to collect, analyze and present facts in written and oral communication
• Proficiency in MS Office, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Nice To Haves

• Lean Six Sigma training and Green Belt Certification-Preferred

Responsibilities

• Supervises and coordinates the employees and activities of the department/production function to ensure safety, quality, productivity, and housekeeping standards are met or exceeded.
• Overall responsibility of the line(s) (people and performance)
• Facilitates the on-the-job training and development of subordinates’ skills to ensure a continued high level of production and morale.
• Trains new workers and cross trains associates to continue production during personnel shortages
• Manage lines to stated uptime, capacity and performance measurements
• Maintains a neat, clean and orderly plant appearance
• Responsible for maintaining a safe and secure work environment. This includes correcting unsafe acts/conditions, performing weekly/monthly safety inspections, and ensures all injuries and accidents are properly investigated and reported within 24 hours
• Facilitates communications and dissemination of information between operation/line crews.
• Recommends and/or initiates personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, discharges, and disciplinary measures.
• Provide coaching and necessary progressive discipline as needed
• Facilitates communications and dissemination of information between operations and the line
• Ensure Standards as defined are being followed for all positions on the line (Audits)
• Partner with Key Stakeholders (Maintenance and Quality) for SOP creation and follow through
• Daily reports to Operations Managers
• Perform downtime analysis and implement corrections to performance misses on their crew in Safety, Quality, and efficiency
• Participate in root cause and team problem solving events to improve plant performance
• Additional duties and projects as may be assigned

Benefits

• Biery Cheese will continuously train our team members in food safety, food quality and maintaining regulatory requirements.
• Biery Cheese team members will be encouraged to improve their work process to produce/ packaged at the highest quality under the guides of food safety and quality.
• Our team members are to conduct themselves appropriately while at Biery Cheese and manage the production area in a safe manner to avoid injury to themselves or co-workers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level