Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY

The primary role of the Production Supervisor is to support the Production & Packing Team Members and to facilitate and to drive product output through the Packing Lines. The focus is to facilitate the work of each Operations Team (Packing and Production.) This position does not set the schedule for these teams but works intimately with the Operations Management to communicate a clear understanding of what goals need to be met. Goals are achieved when this person maintains workflow by monitoring steps of the process, appraising job results, and recommending/making necessary changes. The role is expected to lead by example and to coach, mentor, and develop employee. This position reports to the Production Manager and will assist/contribute to initiating, coordinating and enforcing company policies and procedures in coordination with Human Resources.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND JOB RESPONSIBILTIES (including but not limited to):

• Responsible for production output goals
• Manage the hourly team members for the Packing and Production Teams
• Effectively work with Team Leaders and their teams to achieve their output goals for the day, week and month.
• Communicate the goals
• Facilitate the work.
• Achieve the Goals
• Positive reinforcement
• Enforce policies & accountability
• Recommend discipline to Production Manager for employees
• Maintain staff by selecting, orienting and training team members and developing personal growth opportunities.
• Focus on attendance and punctuality
• Facility each team’s execution of daily and weekly production plan
• Ensure operation of equipment by calling for repairs through Maintenance Team
• Work as a team with to ensure and enforce safe production processes

REQUIREMENTS

· Bachelor’s degree preferred; however extensive work experience may be considered

· 10+ years’ experience, preferably in a food processing industry with plant/production management experience, at least 5+ years in a leadership role

· Continuous improvement experience is required

· Knowledge of food safety, quality, productivity, & sanitation processes.

· Computer skills including MS Office

· Ability to lead a team

· Ability to thrive in a fast growth high-pressure environment

· Excellent communication skills

· Bilingual – English/Spanish communication skills are required.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to sit; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and twist, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift, move, push, and/or pull up to 25 pounds. The employee must frequently use computer and other special operating equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job included occasionally to distinguish with a degree of accuracy, difference or similarities in intensity or quality of flavors and/or odors. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, airborne particles, and hot liquids.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while preforming the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. May be exposed to food, mixers, water, sanitizer, cleaning products, knives, other sharp objects, and slippery

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