Supervisor, Fragrance Compound

Bell • Middletown, NY

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Supervisor, Fragrance Compound position involves overseeing compounding and material handling operations, ensuring adherence to quality and safety guidelines, and managing a team of up to 20 subordinates. This role requires a strong understanding of compounding procedures, chemistry, and fragrance materials, as well as a commitment to continuous improvement in manufacturing effectiveness, safety, and regulatory compliance. The supervisor will be responsible for accurate inventory control, material handling, and maintaining production schedules to meet on-time shipping needs. This role also involves managing employee time and attendance, communicating with other departments, and performing backup duties as needed.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Forklift certification required.
• Working knowledge of current good manufacturing practices and OSHA safety regulations.
• Ability to read and write English is required.
• Knowledge of metric system and conversions is required.
• Ability to understand safety labels, manufacturing instructions, safety data sheets, scale readouts, correspondence, labels, and code numbers.
• Ability to follow verbal instruction.
• Mathematical ability needed (add, subtract, multiply, divide, conversion from metric to English units for volume and weight).
• Reasoning ability – apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to problem solve.
• Periods of standing, walking, reaching, bending are required.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• College education preferred.
• Yellow Belt – Six Sigma Lean Training, preferred.
• Working knowledge of fragrance materials including wet, dry, viscous, flammable, hot and hazardous substances.
• Knowledge of proper handling and safe and effective use of fragrance raw materials.
• Working knowledge of compounding procedures and basic understanding of chemistry.
• Working knowledge of EFfCI, ISO 9001:2015 and SQF.

Responsibilities

• Supervise up to 20 subordinates.
• Teach/counsel proper compounding techniques to prevent and troubleshoot deviations.
• Initiate, develop, and support continuous improvement projects related to manufacturing effectiveness, material handling, and equipment cleaning.
• Initiate, develop, and support continuous improvement in areas of cGMP, safety, allergen, SSOP, EFfCI, and ISO guidelines, and internal metrics.
• Oversee compounding and material handling operations, including manufacture of products, inventory control, bin transfers, warehouse locations, drum changes, mixing, filling, and sampling.
• Ensure accurate inventory control of materials, including lot numbers, warehouse locations, bins, and labeling.
• Oversee material handling duties in conjunction with Receiving and Warehouse Management for effective material movement and management.
• Follow approved manufacturing protocols, record keeping, and methods of operation, including SOPs, site regulations, and regulatory procedures.
• Maintain UltiPro time management database for fragrance production employees, including scheduling and approving time sheets.
• Review and maintain open order report and production logs.
• Attend production meetings to verify on-time production and shipment needs.
• Communicate with planning and other departments to ensure stock levels are maintained.
• Back up material handlers as needed.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by manager.

Benefits

• Training will be provided for carrying out the tasks essential to the implementation and effective operation of the SQF, ISO 9001:2015, GMP, HACCP and EFfCI systems.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED