Supervisor, Production 2nd Shift
About The Position
We invite you to join Takasago, where you can be innovative and contribute to society through technology. The management of Takasago aims to create a company where each employee can experience a sense of fulfillment and happiness at a high level. Specifically, we strive to establish an environment where people from diverse backgrounds can work with joy and a sense of purpose, create a system that supports individual growth, and above all, implement management practices that enable employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance. Takasago is a major global leader and producer of flavors and fragrances providing innovative solutions in flavors, fragrances, aroma ingredients, and fine chemicals. Takasago is headquartered in Japan and operates in over 27 countries, with manufacturing facilities, research and development centers, and sales offices worldwide. Takasago ranked 8th overall and 1st in Asia on the Global Top Food Flavors and Fragrances Companies Job Summary: The Production Supervisor is directly responsible for overseeing and organizing the equipment, staff, and processes on the production floor, including the assignment and prioritization of work. Supervise daily production efficiencies for schedule attainment.
Requirements
- Industrial Manufacturing Lead or Supervisory experience required.
- 5 plus years in Supervisor experience in Flavor, Food, Chemical, or Fragrance industry preferred.
- Mathematical aptitude required.
- Proficient in use of computer.
Nice To Haves
- College degree in business, chemistry or related is a plus.
- Lean Manufacturing and/or Six Sigma experience a plus.
Responsibilities
- Supervises employees in the compounding of formulas including extractions and reactions to ensure safety, quality and productivity.
- Facilitates the development of viable production plans which incorporate hiring, training, capacity-modeling, efficiency/yield assumptions, ramp-rate, learning-curve etc.
- Overall responsibility for efficient production scheduling.
- Review existing production formulas in coordination with process development to produce products within specifications and improve process efficiency.
- Liaises with planning, purchasing and quality assurance to ensure prompt shipment of product.
- Maintains GMP/HACCP/housekeeping at a high level with the department through the involvement of all team members.
- Ensure all processes and procedures related to inventory management are maintained and followed. Includes but not limited to inventory movements related to production regarding FIFO, quantities consumed, movement # and location.
- Provides cross-functional support of QA and purchasing for the team.
- Develop and recommend improvements to facilities, equipment and procedures to improve safety, quality, and efficiency.
- Defines process and material flows, space management, and work with the engineering group to maximize utilization of space designated for specific operations area.
- Overseas and/or conducts training of new or existing employees with proper documentation.
- Helps develop, update, and maintain procedures and documentation for all Quality Systems and HACCP.
- Ensures FIFO compliance and proper material movement within SAP are maintained by all employees.
- Actively involved in GMP audits. Recommends and implements action plans to correct deviations noted during audits.
- Establishes and supports a work environment of continuous improvement that supports the company’s Quality policy, Quality System & the appropriate regulations for the area.
- Works with HS&E to identify significant environmental impacts of plant operations and to establish goals and targets around significant environmental impacts.
- Responsible to assure workers are properly advised of EHS issues, OHS hazards and risks, Environmental aspects and impacts, and remediation measures.
- Responsible to model proper EHS behavior, coach at-risk workers to correct poor performance and/or at-risk behaviors.
- Responsible for supporting and participating in the creation of a proactive EHS Culture.
Benefits
- Takasago offers flexible work arrangements, tuition assistance, health benefits, employee discounts to various services and products, and life insurance 1.5 times your salary.
- Takasago provides robust retirement savings plans, as well as an employee assistance program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
