Liquid Production Supervisor - 3rd Shift (10:00pm-6:00am)

About Golden State Foods

Golden State Foods is a distinguished leader in the food service industry, offering an extensive array of products and services to a diverse clientele. Rooted in the values of quality service and integrity, we are dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive atmosphere where employees can advance, innovate, and contribute to our ongoing success.

About The Role

The Production Supervisor oversees the day-to-day activities of liquid products operations to meet GSF objectives and achieve a high level of customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Supervises the daily activities of assigned staff, providing instructions and performance feedback to ensure that productivity and quality objectives are met or exceeded.
• Identifies and resolves process and equipment problems, using available resources to maintain productivity and quality.
• Implements approaches to improve quality and productivity by developing new ideas, improving processes, and planning for upcoming equipment or process changes.
• Routinely informs and communicates with employees to promote smooth operations, enhance their understanding of GSF policies and objectives, and to ensure compliance with established production policies and procedures.
• Drive Daily Management Systems to deliver improved results every shift, every day.
• Own the Incident Elimination, Clean Inspect Lube (CIL) management, and Defect Handling DMS's.
• Ensure any safety / quality / food safety behavior & condition issues are resolved quickly.
• Own the scorecard, gap analysis, & action planning processes for the line.
• Drive effective operational reviews (shift hand-off, shiftly ops review, daily ops review).
• Eliminate barriers for the line teams to achieve results and enroll support groups when necessary.
• Responsible for administration of people management systems (staffing, training, etc).
• Ensure the teams are receiving the right information.
• Drive Continuous Improvement of systems and results.
• Successful delivery of initiatives.
• Develop individual capability in Operator Driven Reliability (ODR) standard work processes.
• Using problem solving skills and root cause analysis to resolve and/or mitigate operational issues.
• Performs other related and assigned duties as necessary.

Leadership/Management Responsibility

• Leads up to 50 mostly hourly employees.
• Tour Leadership (Coaching team on standards execution).
• Coach the teams on keeping the line at base condition.
• Department level system ownership (could also own a site level system).
• Be a coach for the teams on the use of GPS (IWS) tools to solve problems (Why Why, Basic Problem Solving, etc.).
• Escalate issues that need further attention properly.
• Demonstrate the GSF Creed and Values.

Performance Categories

• Productivity/quality standards: accuracy, timeliness, thoroughness.
• Productivity/quality standards: production and process efficiency and quality.
• Productivity/quality standards: continuous product/process improvement.
• Attendance and punctuality.
• Budget.
• Cost containment.
• Teamwork within the department and across departments.
• Project/assignment standards.
• Customer satisfaction.
• Vendor relations.
• Safety standards and procedures: employees.

Requirements

• 2 years of relevant work experience in a food-manufacturing environment with lead or supervisory experience.

Skills

• Knowledge of Food safety concepts and techniques.
• Budgetary concepts and procedures.
• Engineering concepts and procedures.
• PC word processing/spreadsheet software.
• Quality concepts and procedures.
• Ability to supervise and motivate employees in a team-based environment.
• Identify problems or irregularities for early resolution.
• Communicate and coordinate effectively with employees verbally and in writing.
• Communicate and coordinate effectively with internal and external customers.
• Work effectively in a general business environment, with a focus on high levels of quality and customer service.
• Act in accordance with GSF’s Values and Creed.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to wear personal protective equipment and/or clothing.
• Stand/walk 8 or more hours per day.
• Constantly twist/turn and talk/hear.
• Frequently squat, bend, reach, handle/finger, grip/grasp and use fine motor tasks.
• Occasionally lift up to 25 lbs from floor to shoulder level and carry 30 feet.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.

Environmental/Atmospheric Conditions

• Constantly work in damp, wet, humid and slippery environments.
• Constantly work near moving machinery.
• Constantly work in cold (35-40 degrees).
• Constantly work in high noise levels requiring hearing protection.

Machines/Tools/Equipment/Software

• Bump cap, hair net, safety glasses, hearing protection, and smock.
• Rubber and cotton gloves.
• Knowledge of equipment on the production line you are responsible for.
• Advanced level of computer skills.

Benefits

Golden State Foods believes in a holistic approach to wellness focusing on the whole person with benefits that support those needs.

Why Join Us

• People First: At Golden State Foods, we're not just a company; we're a dynamic community where your talents are celebrated, and your ambitions are nurtured.
• Values Driven: Our core values drive everything we do, creating a culture of innovation, integrity, and excellence. But we're not content with just being great; we strive for greatness in every aspect of our work.
• People Development: At GSF we strive to continually develop our people to prepare us all for the needs of tomorrow.
• Philanthropy & Sustainability: We're committed to making a difference beyond our walls through philanthropy and sustainability efforts across all our locations around the globe.