Supervisor Production - Night Shift-Fort Smith

Purpose of the Position

Leads an assigned production team to achieve goals and problem-solve while demonstrating a commitment to employees' safety, teamwork, and product quality. Responsible for product processing, packaging, and storage in compliance with FDA, USDA, and Simmons rules and regulations.

Essential Position Responsibilities

• Leads a team of front-line employees.
  • Effectively communicates with and motivates employees to drive productivity and achieve company goals.
  • Supervises employees to maintain discipline, teamwork, and safety to meet daily production requirements.
  • Schedules, tracks attendance, and reviews and approves time off for their direct reports.
  • Responsible for work effort and appraisal of personnel.
  • Responsible for Safety Training and practicing company Core Values.
  • Supervises and coordinates the activities of workers engaged in processing and/or the development of a product or a service.
  • Maintains inventory records.
  • Requisitions ingredients and/or supplies as necessary to meet delivery schedules.
  • Evaluates materials and products to maintain organizational standards.
  • Confers with other supervisors to coordinate activities between departments.
  • Manages and utilizes various production reports.
  • Reviews daily production against customer requirements.
  • Interprets, understands, and manages reports within responsible area such as throughput, yield, etc.
  • Maintains production requirements while maintaining appropriate line speeds and efficiency ensuring quality products.
  • Accomplishes all paperwork in accordance with established time frames or record keeping requirements.
  • Emphasizes a safe work environment.
  • Promotes a safe work environment as well as meets safety requirements complying with all policies or regulations set forth by Simmons, OSHA, and various government agencies concerning safety, environment, handling of food products, packaging, ingredients and any related items.
  • Creates a continuous improvement culture.
  • Fosters a continuous improvement culture for direct reports.
  • Ensures operations are being performed appropriately in order to improve processes and to continually find ways to drive out waste.
  • Applies LEAN concepts and procedures to the day-to-day production operations.
  • Accomplishes quality performance which meets or exceeds all line, department, facility, company, and USDA/FDA guidelines or grading process for a total quality program and customer relations.
  • Communicates at all levels in order to meet production expectations.
  • Collaborates with the functional areas of operations such as Human Resources, Safety, Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Finance, Shipping and others.
  • Collaborates with Human Resources to screen, interview, and hire candidates.
  • Administers disciplinary actions and recommends performance improvement actions in collaboration with the HR Manager.
  • Makes recommendations for compensation decisions based on guidelines.
  • Follows Simmons values to develop and maintain a favorable working relationship with all employees.
  • Promotes a cooperative and harmonious environment in order to facilitate positive employee morale, productivity, and continued improvement.
  • Participates as a member of the Team.
  • Participates in the ongoing development, communication, and implementation of team concepts, programs, and policies; coordinates work to ensure best practices with all team members.
  • Attends appropriate team meetings.
  • As a member of the Team, fosters strong cohesiveness regarding all major issues; e.g., direction, annual plan, budget, policy changes, etc.
  • Accepts responsibility to quickly identify any areas that lack cohesiveness, bringing them to the attention of the team leader and working with the team in a supportive manner to resolve issues and actively look for ways, and reinforce actions needed, to achieve synergy possible within the larger organization.
• Is familiar with Simmons’ established operating systems (e.g. quality, security, office environment, company policies, LEAN); understand the responsibility to maintain familiarity with the systems and this position’s role in support of these systems - including a consideration of the impact of individual actions on the systems and the responsibility to communicate concerns and improvement ideas.
• Performs other duties as necessary in support of business objectives.