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Production Supervisor

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Description

  • 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.
  • Audit’s workstations to ensure SOPS are being following 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 companies Quality policy, Quality System & the appropriate regulations for the area.
  • Oversees the management of shift production personnel including appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; and documenting all safety/accident incidents.
  • Drives productivity, quality, and safety initiatives throughout production to impact productivity and the cost structure.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Responsible for all other duties, as assigned.

Responsibilities

  • Associates Degree in related field.
  • 5 – 7 years supervisory experience in a food manufacturing facility.
  • Bachelor of Science degree in a related field.
  • Bi-Lingual Spanish.
  • LEAN Manufacturing
  • Ability to use critical thinking to plan and problem-solve.
  • Must have a working knowledge of MS Word and MS PowerPoint software, and be proficient with MS Excel software
  • Experience with Oracle is beneficial.

Hard Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • Document management
  • Advanced Excel Skills (queries, pivot tables, formulas, macros)
  • Team management
  • Team restructuring
  • Resource allocation
  • Performance reviews
  • Workforce planning
  • Organizational structures
  • Scheduling
  • Meeting minutes
  • Executive updates

Soft Skills

  • Problem-solver
  • Strategic thinker
  • Entrepreneurial

We offer

  • This position will be at the Plant in Allentown, PA
  • Relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.