Production Supervisor

Responsibilities

• Adheres to production schedules, assigning staff to ensure production orders are met for finished goods
• Mainters and reports production-related information regarding yields, efficiencies, and labor utilization to management and/or related tracking programs
• Ensures company standard practices and procedures are followed
• Creates and maintains positive employee relations, providing training and development to optimize their performance and personal growth
• Mentors and motivates associates, communicating performance standards and recognizing and rewarding individual and team accomplishments
• Directs requisitions for maintenance and repair of production equipment, and for machine parts and manufacturing supplies
• Assists with required safety meetings with shift associates
• Identifies the temporary staffing needs and arranges for the presence and assignment of temporary or regular labor prior to line start-up
• Participates in weekly GMP, sanitation, and safety inspections throughout the production departments and corrects, or issues work orders to correct, any identified deficiencies
• Follows up on work orders, with the appropriate employees to ensure expeditious performance of the requested work
• Ensures safety, hygiene, and quality of the food, while meeting company quality standards
• Protects the safety, hygiene, and quality of the food, while meeting company quality standards
• Approves employees payroll time using the designated software
• Conducts audits of associates' Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's), facility sanitation, preparation procedures, and quality documentation
• Provides immediate and long-term corrective action in the event of non-compliance to food defense and quality
• Reports all food safety incidents such as GMP violations, ingredient and product contamination, metal detector, screen or magnet deviations, glass breakage, and pest harborage

Qualifications

• 3 yrs Production Supervision experience in a manufacturing plant
• Strong oral and written communication skills and demonstrated effective interpersonal skills to interface with management, employees and business partners
• Proficiency with MS Word and MS Excel
• Ability to handle the physical requirements of the position, including repeated bending, stretching, twisting and lifting
• Ability to set and prioritize goals
• Food Manufacturing experience a plus
• Bilingual - English/Spanish strongly preferred
• Experience with Sage X3