Production Supervisor - Night Shift

About the role

The Production Supervisor for the night shift plays a pivotal role in leading, guiding, and inspiring the production team. This position offers a unique opportunity to act as a coach, mentor, and facilitator, fostering a culture of development and training for your staff.

Responsibilities

• Direct and oversee sanitation activities to guarantee that equipment cleanliness and periodic cleaning criteria are consistently met.
• Ensure adherence to both internal and regulatory requirements, maintaining our high standards.
• Utilize statistical process control tools to monitor, assess, and fine tune operating parameters effectively.
• Complete designated Corrective Actions in a timely and resource efficient manner.
• Measure and analyze production goals by process to drive departmental cost efficiency.
• Track the department’s budget diligently, using insights to optimize expenses.
• Manage labor costs and overtime effectively to maximize efficiency while maintaining cost effectiveness.
• Provide motivational leadership and clear direction to your team.
• Implement approved corrections to System SOPs, SSOPs, and the Sanitation Program.
• Deliver accurate inventory and constructive feedback to the Logistics function.
• Maintain safety SOPs, ensuring a secure working environment in accordance with OSHA regulations.
• Foster positive employee relations through coaching and development initiatives.
• Create a dynamic environment that encourages employee involvement and innovative ideas for process improvements.
• Utilize shift pass down meetings and plant meetings to communicate progress, share objectives, and invite suggestions from team members.
• Create and deliver insightful and timely employee Snapshots while efficiently utilizing the Performance Appraisal system.
• Ensure employees receive adequate training, materials, and resources to enhance their understanding of their roles and responsibilities.
• Supervise a dedicated team of 6 12 employees.
• Undertake additional tasks and responsibilities as delegated.

Requirements

• High School diploma/GED or equivalent work related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Dairy science, Engineering, Business Management, or related field (preferred).
• Minimum 3 years' experience in the dairy food industry within a production setting.
• At least 2 years’ experience managing personnel in a highly diverse and dynamic work environment.
• Proficiency in or knowledge of using a variety of computer software applications, especially Excel, Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint software.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective prioritizing, organizing, and time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others.
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible, execute plans, strategies and achieve desired results.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively to achieve defined goals on time.
• Demonstrated ability to balance and achieve positive results in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, cost, and employee relations.
• Experience solving problems, analyzing information, highlighting relevant information and suggesting appropriate actions.
• Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.
• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
• Able to anticipate and solve problems, act decisively and persist in the face of obstacles.
• Improves working conditions (safety, quality, productivity, cost) and increases subordinates' skills and capabilities.
• Able to ascend and/or descend ladders and stairs using feet and legs and/or hands and arms on a regular basis. Body agility is emphasized.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances on a regular basis.
• Repetitive motions: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time on concrete.
• Sitting: For extended periods of time.
• Squatting: On a regular basis.
• Crouching: On a regular basis.
• Lifting: Able to lift up to 50lbs.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Includes activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Skills

• Leadership
• Teamwork
• Problem-solving
• Communication
• Time management
• Computer proficiency (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Statistical process control
• Inventory management
• Sanitation and safety protocols
• Process improvement

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• A flexible spending account (FSA)
• Vacation and paid time off (PTO)
• Holiday pay
• A 401k plan

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Nights: 6:00 PM - 6:30 AM