Production Supervisor - Night Shift
About The Position
Kerry is hiring a Production Supervisor for its Rochester, Minnesota location in the Foundational Technologies Division, which specializes in fermented ingredients for the bioscience industry. This onsite role leads and coordinates daily production operations to deliver safe, high-quality products while meeting production, regulatory, and customer requirements. The supervisor leads production teams, optimizes manufacturing performance, supports equipment and process efficiency, and ensures compliance with quality, food safety, and environmental standards. The role partners with the Production Manager on continuous improvement and operational performance targets. This is a night-shift position working 4 PM to 4 AM on a 2-2-3 weekly rotation. The role oversees areas that may include fermentation, dry packaging, wet blending, and spray drying, and includes employee leadership, production scheduling, process documentation, equipment troubleshooting, and performance reporting.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience in food/beverage manufacturing or a related industry, with proven leadership skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, food technology, or a similar field; non-degreed candidates may be considered if they meet the experience requirements.
- Ability to understand the functioning of process equipment.
- Good communication, leadership, planning, and organizational skills.
- Influential track record in training.
- Good computer/IT skills, including experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Comfort working in a manufacturing setting.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with fermentation, spray drying, and/or powders processing.
- SAP experience.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop production employees through hiring, training, performance management, and employee relations activities.
- Provide operational leadership across assigned process areas, ensuring compliance with SQF, HACCP, GMP, safety, sanitation, and preventive maintenance requirements.
- Use SAP and other systems to support material-flow transactions and train team members on software, PLC interfaces, instrumentation, JAMs, and work instructions.
- Ensure employees have the knowledge, training, and tools to work safely and effectively, and support development of training resources.
- Support new equipment implementation, SOP development, and product qualification activities.
- Maintain accurate process documentation in QSet and ensure adherence to operating procedures and work instructions.
- Validate critical control point instrumentation in fermentation and cultures production in accordance with quality assurance, GMP, and regulatory procedures.
- Coordinate production schedules and daily staffing to meet ATP requirements and production objectives.
- Support troubleshooting, initiate maintenance work orders, and coordinate resolution of equipment and instrumentation issues.
- Partner with Process Development and HACCP teams to optimize process performance and drive continuous improvement.
- Maintain facility, equipment, and sanitation standards in compliance with internal programs and regulatory requirements.
- Lead and support 5S initiatives to improve organization, efficiency, and workplace standards.
- Maintain production records and KPI reporting to monitor operational performance and efficiency.
- Manage employee scheduling, Kronos timekeeping, vacation approvals, and staffing coverage.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Paid time off.
- 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities.
- Employee Share Plan.
- Life, disability, and accident insurance.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Performance-based incentive compensation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
