Production Supervisor

About the position

To ensure the highest quality products are produced in a safe, accurate manner by training, developing and managing our employees according to established company standards, in order to maximize production efficiencies.

Responsibilities

• Manages, trains and develops employees to ensure that they are performing job duties in accordance with established standards.
• Ensures that company policies, standards and procedures are met, followed and maintained in accordance with established company policy (e.g. OSHA and safety compliance, Federal/State/Local Laws).
• Oversees daily operation of production lines; reviews all departmental activity daily to prioritize tasks for work group, troubleshoots problems that could result in downtime on the lines.
• Communicates with co-workers and other employees verbally and in writing regarding the status of production, departmental activities, operational feedback and other information.
• Completes, reviews and maintains daily production reports, quality check sheets, work orders, MSDS sheets, safety records and other paperwork according to established company policy; reviews and approves time-off requests and time cards.
• Maintains confidentiality of financial information (e.g. department budget information, capital expenses), employee information (e.g. discipline and wage information) and other sensitive and confidential information.
• Works assigned schedule, exhibits regular and predictable attendance and works outside of normal schedule as required to meet workload demands.
• Performs other related duties as required.
• Contacts and communicates with suppliers regarding problems and issues with raw materials.
• Operates production equipment (e.g. depalletizer, filler, packaging equipment) to ensure production line continues to operate during employees’ breaks.

Requirements

• Minimum - 2 Year / Associate Degree in operations management, business management or related field or equivalent work experience.
• Preferred - 4 Year / Bachelors Degree in operations management, business management or related field.
• 1-3 years of food production experience.
• 1-3 years of previous supervisory experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of beverage industry.
• Experience with high speed packaging machines and production equipment.
• General management principles.