Production Supervisor

About the role

Join Smithfield, a company dedicated to sustainably feeding people worldwide with good food produced responsibly. This role involves overseeing production processes, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards, and leading a team to meet production targets.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily inspections to identify and correct unsafe conditions.
• Lead safety audits and implement ergonomic initiatives.
• Enforce HACCP and USDA regulations, train employees on safe operating procedures, and ensure tasks comply with product specifications.
• Track and analyze production yields, efficiencies, and variances to improve workflows and minimize costs.
• Direct and coach hourly production employees, aligning them on safety, quality, and production goals.
• Lead monthly line meetings and conduct daily walkthroughs of the production floor.
• Analyze key product performance metrics, identify areas for improvement, and suggest enhancements to production efficiency, cost reduction, and quality maintenance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field from an accredited four-year college or university, or equivalent experience.
• At least 2 years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience leading teams, providing training, coaching, or mentoring to less experienced staff.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to solve complex process issues and analyze data.
• Ability to motivate and train employees to achieve peak performance and foster a positive work environment.
• Adaptability to fast-paced, dynamic environments, including working in varying conditions and long hours.

Qualifications

• Skill proficiency in SAP, internet tools, spreadsheets, Word, order processing, and inventory software.
• Knowledge of yields, plant efficiencies, and operations procedures in food processing and manufacturing.
• Bilingualism is a plus.

Skills

• Savvy with technology and software used in food processing and manufacturing.
• Experience in food safety and quality control.
• Leadership and motivational skills.
• Problem-solving abilities.

Benefits

Smithfield offers a relocation package and is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity.

Pay

Details TBD.

Schedule

Details TBD.