Production Supervisor

About the role

The Production Supervisor at Novolex is a key member of the plant leadership team responsible for overseeing manufacturing operations, ensuring compliance, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Leads, assists, motivates, and evaluates shift employees in daily operations and problem resolution
• Promotes and trains on consistent and proactive safety, including compliance audits, incident reports, and investigations
• Ensures quality specifications are met and procedures are followed
• Trains team in executing proper company procedures, focusing on safety, quality, and meeting production goals
• Collaborates with peers to inform them about essential topics during shift changeovers
• Manages shifts to attain production and scrap goals
• Troubleshoots and resolves processes, equipment, and material issues with support
• Interprets work orders and specifications to shift employees, as necessary
• Studies and understands production schedule and deploys available labor and other resources, as required
• Routinely audits product quality and ensures specifications are met and quality procedures followed
• Initiates or suggests plans to motivate employees to achieve work goals
• Ensures accuracy and finalizes production paperwork, including production reports, work order documentation, safety and sanitation documents, quality records, finished goods tickets, etc.
• Maintains shift production staffing levels
• Analyzes production losses and determines corrective action
• Drives SQF (Safe Quality Foods) culture and ensures GMPs are followed
• Performs SQF audits and coaches employees on proper GMP protocols and procedures
• Complies with established plant rules and procedures that promote compliance with customer service-related activities
• Maintains safety, quality, production, waste, and housekeeping goals set forth by management

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Business, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Engineering, or a related field is preferred
• Minimum five (5) years of manufacturing experience
• Minimum three (3) years of leadership or supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
• Experience leading teams in a fast-paced production environment
• Preferred qualifications include Lean Manufacturing training or certification, Six Sigma certification, experience in food packaging or regulated manufacturing environments, and experience working in SQF-certified facilities

Physical Requirements

• Stand and walk for extended periods
• Move throughout a manufacturing facility
• Climb stairs and access production equipment
• Occasionally lift and carry up to 25 pounds
• Bend, kneel, stoop, reach, push, and pull
• Work in a manufacturing environment with exposure to moving equipment, noise, and varying temperatures

Benefits

Novolex offers comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical, and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

Community Engagement

At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility-level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.