Live Receiving Supervisor - Nights

About the role

Pilgrim’s is a leading global provider of high-quality food products, including well-recognized brands and value-added premium products. Located in Arcadia, WI, Pilgrim’s offers a hometown feel within its complex, employing approximately 500 team members. The company values its team members' safety and strives to be an employer of choice.

Responsibilities

• Hires, trains, coaches, and motivates employee team members to achieve their maximum quality and productivity performance.
• Facilitates and encourages employee involvement through crew meetings, safety teams, audits, problem solving, etc.
• Directs and monitors the operations of the department.
• Makes recommendations and works to plan and implement process improvements.
• Promotes department and company goodwill through proactive employee communication.
• Schedules people, materials, and equipment to most effectively and efficiently utilize departmental resources to achieve the mission of Pilgrim’s.
• Determines work assignments and makes changes as necessary to accommodate staffing and production needs of the department.
• Responsible for the performance evaluation process for the department.
• Prepares and issues performance evaluations and approves those prepared by process leaders for the department.
• Proactively achieves standard or above standard results in yield, efficiency and quality while maintaining a safe work environment.
• Supports problem solving teams and takes an active role on teams as needed.
• Maintains equipment and quality checks to ensure quality and productivity standards are maintained.
• Promotes safe work habits through training, recognizing safety hazards, performing safety audits, and completing accident investigations.
• Facilitates the development and implementation of departmental goals, objectives, and budget, ensuring necessary records to track, monitor and explain any variances from budgeted goals are established.
• Promotes communication and understanding of departmental goals.

Qualifications

• Observe & enforce all company personnel, quality, safety, and food safety policies.
• Considerable knowledge of process operations and practices.
• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university preferred; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Considerable knowledge of supervisory practices and procedures.
• Strong ability to analyze and solve production problems.
• Ability to lead and coach employees and projects.
• Good English verbal and written communication skills, bi-lingual skills desired.
• Basic computer skills required (e-mail, time & attendance, etc.) and intermediate skills preferred (spreadsheet and word processing).
• Conflict management skills.
• Good organizational skills.
• Knowledge of cultural issues.
• Good math aptitude.
• Basic mechanical knowledge.
• Ability to pass PFT Testing for respirator use.
• Completes Lockout/Tagout training and is aware of requirements for Lockout/Tagout safety as well as the company safety programs and policies.
• Valid Pilgrim's Pallet jack license or ability to obtain license within 30 days.