Production Supervisor (Day Shift)

About the role

SunOpta delivers customized supply chain solutions and innovation for top brands, retailers, and foodservice providers across a broad portfolio of beverages, broths, and better-for-you snacks. With over 50 years of expertise, SunOpta fuels customers' growth with high-quality, sustainability-forward solutions distributed through retail, club, foodservice, and e-commerce channels across North America.

Responsibilities

• Supervises employees to ensure safety, quality, and productivity.
• Achieves budgeted targets for raw material yield, labor, and packaging materials usage for shift.
• Responsible for the accuracy of all production reporting related to shift.
• Schedules and conducts daily production meetings with shift personnel.
• Audits workstations to ensure Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are being followed routinely.
• Collaborates with warehouse and quality assurance personnel to ensure prompt shipment of product.
• Responsible for the complete and accurate reporting of shift production data.
• Maintains GMP / Housekeeping at a high level within the department through the involvement of all team members.
• Develops and recommends improvements of facilities, equipment, or procedures to improve safety, quality, and efficiency.
• Oversees and/or conducts shift training of new or existing employees.
• Drives productivity, quality, and safety initiatives throughout production to impact productivity and the cost structure.
• Ensures production is following SunOpta QA standards, SOPs, HACCP, and GMPs.
• Member of the Lean Steering Committee.
• Committed to ensuring that the products produced meet all food safety and quality requirements.
• Collaborates with cross-functional groups including Human Resources, Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Warehousing, and Finance to meet production targets.
• All other duties, as assigned.
• Manages employees on a production shift.
• Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of assigned shift.
• Ensure effective employee relations.
• Provide employee coaching and development.
• Resolve employee issues through problem resolution.
• Manage production line performance measures and provide regular progress reports to managers.
• Coach and counsel employees; document/discuss performance reviews on a timely basis.
• Perform accident investigations.
• Manage production priorities.
• Track absenteeism and timekeeping.

Requirements

• Associate degree in related field.
• 5 - 7 years supervisory experience in a food manufacturing facility.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in a related field.
• Bi-Lingual Spanish.
• LEAN Manufacturing.
• Knowledge and skills in using critical thinking to plan and problem-solve.
• Working knowledge of MS Word and MS PowerPoint.
• Experience with Oracle is beneficial.

Additional Considerations

• Location: SunOpta Plant in Allentown, PA.
• Shift: Day shift (A) role on a 2-2-3 pattern; 5:30am to 6:00pm.
• Work Environment: Approximately 95% of the work is performed in a production environment; 5% of work may be performed in an office environment.

Featured Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid Family leave
• Paid maternity leave
• 401(k) with Match
• Voluntary Life, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital indemnity
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition assistance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability insurance