Production Supervisor - 1st Shift

The Marzetti Company•Columbus, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Marzetti Company (Nasdaq: MZTI) manufactures and markets specialty food products. Our retail brands include Marzetti® dressings and dips, New York Bakery™ garlic breads, and Sister Schubert’s® dinner rolls, in addition to exclusive license agreements for Olive Garden® dressings, Chick-fil-A® sauces and dressings, Buffalo Wild Wings® sauces, Arby’s® sauces, Subway® sauces, and Texas Roadhouse® steak sauces and frozen rolls. Our foodservice business supplies sauces, dressings, breads, and pasta to many of the top restaurant chains in the United States. At Marzetti, our mission is to make every meal better through high-quality, flavorful food. Led by our purpose, to nourish growth with all that we do, our team members are dedicated to creating great tasting food and cultivating deep and lasting relationships.

Requirements

2-3 years production/group leader experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in a food-related industry.
High school graduate or equivalent.
Working knowledge of scheduling and production processes.

Nice To Haves

BS/BA degree in a related field desirable.

Responsibilities

Coordinates the shift’s processing, packaging and material handling activities through supervision of employees to ensure the shift’s product production objectives are accomplished.
Reviews budgets for the production area.
Maintains control over manpower and labor costs in the production-related areas through cost-effective scheduling and utilization of personnel.
Maintains shift performance for scheduling, production, quality and safety standards.
Controls and minimizes overtime labor costs, maintenance/repair costs, downtime and product re-work.
Ensures compliance to all federal, state and local laws and company policies.
Ensures all required production reporting is timely and accurate.
Provides training, direction, development, evaluation, coaching and leadership to employees.
Maintains good employee and corporate relations.
Coordinates with other department managers and supervisors to ensure proper material handling, maintenance, accounting, quality assurance and inventory control activities and procedures.
Maintains company standards for cleanliness, productivity, and maintenance in the processing, packaging and material handling areas.
Ensures compliance to quality, food safety, 5S, OSHA and HACCP support programs; assures conformity to all company, customer and government standards.
Directly supervises 2-30 employees in the processing, packaging and material handling areas at the Allen and Quality Bakery plants.
Responsible for the direction, coordination and results of the production area during a designated shift.
Supervisory responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, scheduling, and appraising employees; planning, assigning and directing work; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints/grievances and resolving problems.