(USA) Production Supervisor, Manufacturing (M-F, 1st Shift)

Position Summary

What You'll Do...

Job Responsibilities

• Promotes a safe work environment by ensuring associates use proper safety equipment.
• Maintains clean and organized work areas (e.g., floors free of debris, equipment operational and clean, and hazards removed).
• Requests materials, supplies, parts, and repair services as needed.
• Manages daily production area operations by planning and establishing work schedules and assignments.
• Makes sure operations, programs, processes, and practices are quality and effective.
• Inspects materials, products, and equipment for defects or malfunctions.
• Aids in production sequence planning to meet production goals and deliver superior customer service.
• Ensures the timely resolution of associate performance concerns.
• Completes and analyzes departmental reports.
• Leads continuous improvement initiatives and supports a Lean culture by documenting and implementing improved processes.
• Participates in new hire and ongoing associate training.
• Provides guidance on process improvements related to waste control, quality management, and process effectiveness.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders, supports plans and initiatives, identifies and communicates goals and objectives, builds accountability, measures progress, identifies and addresses improvement opportunities, demonstrates adaptability, and promotes continuous learning.
• Supervises and develops associates by hiring, training, mentoring, and assigning duties, providing recognition, promoting a culture of belonging in the workplace, and ensures compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Serves our customers and members by delivering results while putting the customer first, balancing short- and long-term priorities, considering the impact of decisions, striving for excellence, demonstrating curiosity and courage, encouraging learning from mistakes, driving continuous improvement, adopting new technologies and skills, supporting others through change, and offering competitive pay and benefits.

Minimum Qualifications

• 2 years’ supervisory experience in a related environment (e.g., logistics / supply chain, dairy plant, food processing, manufacturing).
• 2 years’ experience in clerical-related responsibilities (e.g., filing, data entry) and computer applications (e.g., email, spreadsheets, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Visio).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in logistics, supply chain, manufacturing, food science or related area.
• Experience in packaging within a related environment (e.g., dairy production, food processing, and manufacturing).
• Supervisory experience in a dairy plant, food processing or manufacturing environment.