Production Supervisor (Nights)

About SunOpta

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.

Job Summary

The Production Supervisor plans and manages the day-to-day allocation of resources for designated shift (equipment, people, materials, and systems) to efficiently, safely and cost effectively achieve performance targets as agreed with Production Management. They also ensure that a high quality of products, services, housekeeping, and hygiene standards are maintained and improved in the area; review daily achievement of targets and report variances during on-the-floor and review meetings; and coach, mentor and develop team members to meet current and future business requirements.

Essential Functions

• 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
• Schedule and conduct daily production meetings with shift personnel
• Audits workstations to ensure SOPs are being followed routinely
• Collaborating with warehouse and quality assurance personnel to ensure prompt shipment of product
• Responsible for the complete and accurate reporting of shift production data
• Maintaining 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
• Establish and support a work environment of continuous improvement that supports the company's Quality policy, Quality System & the appropriate regulations for the area
• Oversees the management of shift production personnel
• 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
• Collaborate with cross-functional groups including Human Resources, Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Warehousing, and Finance to meet production targets
• All other duties, as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Manages employees on a production shift
• Is 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

Minimum Qualifications

• 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

• Ability to use critical thinking to plan and problem-solve
• Must have a working knowledge of MS Word and MS PowerPoint
• Experience with Oracle is beneficial

Additional Considerations

• Location: This position will be at the 3rd Avenue SunOpta Plant in Alexandria, MN
• Shift: This position will be a night shift (D-Shift) role on a 2-2-3 pattern; 8 pm to 8 am
• Work Environment: Approximately 95% of the work is performed in a production environment; 5% of work may be performed in an office environment

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