Supervisor - Manufacturing

All External Jobs•City of Industry, CA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Tropicana Brands Group is looking for a highly qualified Manufacturing Supervisor to support the Packaging Department to ensure the company’s goals and initiatives are met. The Manufacturing Supervisor will be responsible for ensuring team compliance with all safety policies, maintaining product quality and sanitation standards, as well as optimizing operational efficiencies to support the blending and production. We are looking for a critical thinker with exceptional communication, influencing and relationship management skills who thrives in a fast-paced environment. We are seeking a candidate based in City of Industry, CA. The home shift for this position will support 2nd shift (1:30pm - 10:00pm) or 3rd shift (9:30pm - 6:00am). Flexibility to work other shifts when necessary is required. 12 hour, weekend coverage rotation every 6 weeks.

Requirements

3-5 years supervising in food and beverage manufacturing
This role requires off-shift and/or weekend work
This role requires lifting up to 50 lbs occasionally
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required. Preferably in engineering, business, operations management, supply chain, or similar field
Experience developing/coaching hourly staff preferred
Proficient in Microsoft Suite applications
Ability to give and receive constructive feedback
Experience planning and leading strategic initiatives
Excellent communicator in written and verbal form
Extremely versatile, dedicated to efficient productivity
Experience in Continuous Improvement
Experience in analyzing and trending data to identify root causes
Must have permanent, unrestricted U.S. work authorization (citizen, green card, or unrestricted EAD)

Responsibilities

Track operational output measures (i.e. efficiency, yield loss, product quality, inventory accuracy, transactional accuracy), anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of financial targets
Develop team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals
Deliver effective change leadership to drive business changes while minimizing people impact
Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to assist team to solve operational issues
Motivate team members to achieve plan goals
Incorporate Productivity, Yield Loss, TPM Continuous Improvement, and Innovation initiatives into Manufacturing strategic plan
Demonstrate ability to trend and use data to identify root causes and determine countermeasures
Build people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for frontline hourly personnel
Develop training and organization capability assessments to support business initiatives
Support cross-functional strategic plans as needed through implementation and execution
Regular presence on the plant floor
Administer policies and procedures
Tackle ambiguous problems to determine and prioritize business strategies
Ability to structure and prioritize tasks, and focus efforts in an ambiguous work environment
Demonstrate ability to implement short and long term strategies to support organizational operation and transformation
Drive and participate in productivity, waste reduction, and cost savings initiatives