Production Supervisor

Position Objective:

Organize, manage and supervise the manufacturing and distribution of products on the assigned shift which meet all quality and product design specifications while delivering balanced business results in safety, people, quality, service, speed, and cost key performance indicators (KPI’s).

Key Result Areas:

Performance Standards

Regulatory Requirements

• Meet OSHA safety standards.
• Maintain superior scores on AIB and/or related food safety audits.
• Meet or exceed all customer qualification inspections and requirements.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable environmental regulations.

Production Planning

• Schedule production and labor to meet sales requirements.
• Facilitate equipment downtime for scheduled maintenance activities.
• Ensure there are no lost accounts based on quality or product availability.
• Identify, report and explain production variances and develop action plans to improve.

Process Improvements

• Seek and utilize employee input to improve procedures and processes.
• Adapt processes to suit different raw materials.
• Develop and implement action plans to improve department KPI’s in safety, people, quality, service, speed and cost.
• Manage implementation of technical process innovations.
• Provide on-the-floor troubleshooting and coaching skills.
• MBWA – Manage By Walking Around

Professional Relationships

• Coordinate and communicate with sales, marketing, and distribution to meet orders.
• Positively represent AB Mauri – Fleischmann’s within the organization and the community through effective communication, professionalism, and positive engagement and visibility.
• Exploit synergies and seek/implement best practices between the plants and outside organizations or agencies.

Budgeting & Cost Control

• Formulate and execute yearly production budget for department.
• Identify and justify capital projects to help control costs.
• Operate within budgetary guidelines on an ongoing basis.
• Identify potential machine failures and coordinate preventive maintenance accordingly.

Quality Control

• Maintain records as required by QC Department.
• Maintain production logs and related files/paperwork.
• Uphold all food safety, quality control and HAACP and GMP standards.
• Have knowledge of SQF and/or be an SQF Practitioner.
• Maintain a clean work area within the department per sanitation standards.
• Assure that all finished product is properly labeled and is marked with an accurate and legible lot code.
• Participate in HACCP and food safety program as necessary.

Key Result Areas:

Performance Standards:

Plant & Employee Safety

• Coordinate on the job training of each individual.
• Enforce compliance with Company Safety and Sanitation policies.
• Identify and respond to potential safety hazards.
• Reduce accident incident rate to meet department standards.

Distribution

• Manage factored goods inventory levels for the plant.
• Effectively communicate with the shipping personnel to ensure execution of the daily schedule.

Organizational
Capability

• Manage and coach production team to solve daily operational issues.
• Organize and facilitate daily team meetings to improve department KPI’s.
• Conduct presentations and training programs as needed.
• Motivate team members to achieve department KPI goals.

Human Resource Management

• Comply with HR policies and procedures.
• Comply with relevant employment laws.
• Access employees’ development requirements and ensure employees receive necessary training and experience, where applicable, assign annual performance and development objectives that are aligned with the needs of the facility and the business.

Other

• Other duties, as assigned.

a combination of the listed skills and knowledge is preferred

• Bachelors degree in science or engineering preferred, and/or Five to Seven (5-7) years of experience in a food manufacturing environment.
• Four to six years experience in a supervisory role in a manufacturing plant environment.
• Food Safety/HACCP/GMP training.
• Demonstrated people and leadership skills with track record of achieving positive business results the right way.
• Knowledge and experience working with Calcium Propionate preferred
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills.
• Ability to give/receive constructive feedback.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, prioritization and problem solving skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent PC skills in Word, Access, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Biochemical process and / or food manufacturing experience.
• Process and/or product development experience.
• Budgeting and cost control experience.

other factors

• This position has a day and swing (rotating shift) with the flexibility to alter that schedule, as needed.

working conditions

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; and talk, hear and smell. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is sometimes exposed to airborne particles and chemicals. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts.  The employee frequently works in high places and is infrequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, and vibration.