Production Supervisor - Casa Grande, AZ

Abbott • Casa Grande, AZ

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Production Supervisor works at Abbott Nutrition’s Casa Grande, Arizona manufacturing plant, overseeing production staff and daily operations to meet customer demand and production requirements. The role focuses on day-to-day execution and short-term tactical goals, with support from the direct manager as needed. The supervisor leads operators to improve quality and productivity, maintains a consistent presence on the production line, and coordinates shift starts, changes, and daily activities.

The position supports continuous improvement, effective communication across the workforce, and development of a high-performance team. It also provides troubleshooting support, escalates issues when necessary, monitors key performance indicators, and ensures production complies with applicable quality, safety, FDA, OSHA, and Abbott requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science (BS) or Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.
• Four years of experience in a manufacturing environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing people.
• Manufacturing experience.
• Batch-making experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee production staff to meet the customer demand schedule.
• Develop and routinely share operational information through dashboards, presentations, and meetings to keep cross-functional teams updated.
• Manage continuous improvement activities to increase the effectiveness of production operations.
• Develop a high-performance work team and support worker morale, satisfaction, and performance.
• Provide next-level troubleshooting for issues the frontline team cannot resolve, escalating to engineering or management when necessary.
• Manage and guide operators to improve quality and increase line productivity.
• Communicate with line personnel daily and maintain a constant presence on the production line.
• Maintain a safe work environment and ensure full training and compliance with applicable procedures.
• Coordinate activities related to shift starts and changes.
• Lead and coordinate daily shift-team activities to meet requirements that affect multi-shift line results.
• Manage personnel and processes to ensure production meets associated quality standards.
• Promote team, department, and site goals through communication, direction, and guidance.
• Participate in team and department projects, including executing assigned actions.
• Track, trend, and report established KPIs; communicate accomplishments, improvement opportunities, and planned actions to the functional manager and site leadership team.
• Follow escalation reporting processes and provide inputs to peers and the manager for decision-making as required.
• Make and communicate decisions appropriate to the role’s accountability.
• Meet compliance standards, including FDA, OSHA, and Abbott policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Career development opportunities with an international company.
• Retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
• FreeU education benefit, offering an affordable and convenient path to a bachelor’s degree.

What This Job Offers

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