Production Supervisor (Nights)
About The Position
Winpak Portion Packaging is seeking a Production Supervisor (Nights) to join their Production team based out of South Chicago Heights, IL. In this role, the supervisor will lead daily manufacturing operations, coach and develop production employees, and help drive safety, quality, efficiency, and performance across the shift. This opportunity is for a hands-on manufacturing leader who enjoys solving problems, improving processes, and building high-performing teams in a fast-paced production environment. The supervisor will play a key role in supporting plant performance while ensuring employees have the direction, tools, and support needed to succeed.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- 5+ years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience leading or coordinating employees in a production setting.
- Experience supporting daily production, safety, quality, and staffing objectives.
- Mechanical aptitude and ability to identify and respond to production issues.
- Written and verbal communication skills.
- Computer skills and experience completing production-related documentation and reporting.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
Nice To Haves
- ERP experience.
- Experience in a supervisory or team leadership role within manufacturing.
- Experience in packaging, food manufacturing, or other regulated production environments.
- Experience with employee training, coaching, performance management, and disciplinary documentation.
- Experience working with production metrics such as downtime, scrap, labor efficiency, and shift output.
Responsibilities
- Lead daily production operations to achieve safety, quality, output, and efficiency goals.
- Supervise, train, coach, and support hourly production employees across the shift.
- Monitor production performance, downtime, scrap, and labor usage, and take action to improve results.
- Troubleshoot production issues to reduce downtime and maintain operational flow.
- Prepare and maintain shift documentation, including production reports, attendance records, performance reviews, disciplinary actions, and training records.
- Promote a safe working environment and ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and food packaging safety requirements.
- Communicate staffing needs, production issues, schedule changes, and operational updates to leadership and employees.
- Partner with other departments to maintain productive working relationships and support business goals.
- Help ensure raw material inventory is properly identified, stored, and managed to support production needs.
- Support continuous improvement efforts and day-to-day operational excellence across the department.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision & prescription coverage
- Travel coverage
- Disability coverage
- Voluntary life insurance
- Life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
- Tuition assistance program
- Retirement savings plans
- A comprehensive employee and family assistance program which includes short term counselling, wellbeing coaching, financial and legal consultations services.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
