Job Description

Position Summary

 

The Production Supervisor is responsible for overall performance of employees for assigned shift by providing effective direction, follow-up, training, and supervision.  Responsible for managing production operations consistent with company goals of satisfying customer requirements within government regulations.   Responsible for meeting goals in the areas of safety, quality, service, productivity/cost, and morale.

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Essential Job Functions

 

• Implements overall shift deliverables including employee performance and production goals (quality, cost, safety, efficiency, sanitation, productivity, morale).  
• Resolves production issues and employee issues as they arise.  
• Assures appropriate staffing levels for efficient operations through hiring, training, and scheduling of employees.  
• Adheres to and administers fairly and consistently all policies.  
• Supervises and performs training for employees on proper GMP’s, Lock-out/tag-out, HACCP, HAZCOM, other safety training, preventing harassment and orientation.
• Works with other departments to coordinate production activities and accomplish plant goals.
• Communicates daily with other shift supervisors to ensure smooth hand-off between shifts and/or efficient use of resources.
• Serves as the first point of contact and a reliable resource for all employee and team needs.  This includes timely and meaningful follow-up to all questions, concerns & ideas, and being very visible and approachable to employees. 
• Performs area-specific process improvement activities including identification of opportunities, project planning and execution.
• Conducts performance management and individual skill development of all employees, including performance reviews and disciplinary actions.
• Delivers attendance and other counseling and when needed seek assistance from the Production Manager, Production Superintendent and/or Human Resources Manager for complex, or terminable offenses.
• Ensures effective training, assessment, and feedback for new employees during the probation/orientation period, for employees transferring between areas or other training opportunities.
• Assesses, identifies, and addresses opportunities to increase the team’s effectiveness including skill training, goal setting, facilitating effective team meetings, to include rewarding and recognizing the team’s progress.
• Provides leadership by demonstrating a positive, respectful, resilient and results oriented approach.
• Records and ensures accuracy of daily production results. 
• Works with employees on effectively minimizing downtime and yield loss.
• Performs physical inventory tasks as needed.
• Manages break schedule and ensure process to provide relief as needed along with approving time off requests.
• Reports production incidents, food, and other safety incidents. 
• Reviews and approves employee hours worked/punch detail in Enhanced Time by ADP.
• Special Projects and other duties as assigned.

 

 

Education/Training 

Required: 

Preferred:  

 

Experience/Knowledge/Abilities

Required:

• 2-4 years of food production experience
• Demonstrated excellent communication, teamwork, and partnership skills.
• Ability to effectively resolve conflicts and manage challenging situations.
• Working knowledge of MS Office products
• Solid team leadership experience and demonstrated effectiveness in a leadership role. 
• Very strong planning, organizing, prioritization, and multitasking skills.
• Solid judgment, decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Proactive and results focused.
• Experience developing and/or conducting production, safety, or quality training.
• Experience providing performance feedback and working with employees to improve performance.

Preferred:

• 5 to 7 years food production experience to include 1 year in a supervisory or lead capacity.
• Ability to speak and understand Spanish.

 

Employees Supervised:   Production leads and production employees.