Production Supervisor - 12-hour days (6:00am-6:30pm)

About LiDestri Foods

LiDestri Foods has grown from our roots as a pasta sauce and salsa manufacturer to become an R&D engine, formulating and producing innovative food products for our national and retailer brand partners. A family-run company based in Rochester, NY, LiDestri employs over 1,000 people across three U.S. locations. We have decades-long partnerships with some of the most respected consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and the most highly inventive retailer brands.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for aspects of the manufacturing operation on assigned shift; which includes meeting established safety, quality, line efficiency, yield, cost per case and customer service goals/standards
• Management of hourly employees to include: hiring, firing, disciplinary actions, training and development, completion of performance evaluations, approval and maintenance of records of employee attendance/hours worked
• Enforce safety and sanitation regulations
• Work with cross functional teams to resolve technical problems
• Review material transactions and completes production work orders
• Enforces safety and housekeeping rules and policies
• Manage/supervisor 10+ hourly employees
• Coach, mentor and develop staff, including preparing and conducting employee performance appraisal
• Maintain employee work schedules including timecard approval, work assignments, job rotation, training, vacations and paid time off
• Report food safety & quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action

Required Education, Skills, and Experience

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Associates Degree with 3-5 years supervisory experience in a production setting, preferred
• Experience in food, beverage or pharmaceutical industry and/or high speed packaged consumer goods manufacturing environment
• Effective communication skills, verbal and written
• Experience in department cost control and budget management
• Excellent Leadership capability - ability to motivate and influence others
• Lean manufacturing and/or Lean Six Sigma experience

Working Conditions

• Constant exposure to extreme loud noises
• Constant standing and moving by foot
• Constant exposure to extreme hot/cold (non-weather) environment
• Constant work in high places and near moving mechanical parts
• Frequent lifting/carrying <50 pounds, reaching and use of fingers
• Frequent reaching/pulling/bending/climbing stairs/stooping/kneeling/bending
• Occasionally lifting >50 pounds
• Potential exposure to caustic chemicals