Production Supervisor - 1st shift (6:00am-2:30pm)

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.

Summary

Manage all aspects of the manufacturing operations for assigned shift reporting.

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

Requirements

• 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

Benefits

• Great career-pathing
• Professional development, including unlimited online training courses
• Health insurance with premium contributions
• Dental, vision, HSA
• 100% company paid life insurance and long-term disability
• 401k – with employer match
• Paid time off to include- vacation, sick pay, wellness time off, and 10 holidays
• Company bonuses
• And many more….

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
• Frequent reaching/pulling/bending/climbing stairs/stooping/kneeling/bending
• Occasionally lifting >50 pounds
• Potential exposure to caustic chemicals