Demo

Operations Supervisor

Gehl Foods
Germantown, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 2/17/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/15/2025

Job Description

Job Description

Position Overview

Reporting to the Warehouse Manager (BUM), the Operations Supervisor is primarily responsible for managing production staff performance, monitoring work flow output, promoting safety, quality and overall efficiency on their assigned shift. This position is responsible for overseeing employee performance management and development, plant production schedules in addition to monitoring efficiency and output to ensure product quality and customer satisfaction. Additional responsibilities include maintaining and monitoring compliance with company standards, while encouraging the highest level of organizational safety, quality, efficiency, and employee engagement.

Job Responsibilities

  • Responsible for creation of master production schedules to include, but not limited to; Work station, FPQ rework assignments , employee training and rectifying scheduling gaps.
  • Coordinates all activities assigned to production startups, shutdowns and changeovers.
  • Participates in production staff recruitment, selection, orientation and training processes for assigned work unit.
  • Provides recommendations, organization and oversight to production staff training and development programs.
  • Contributes to matters regarding employee relations to include counseling, investigations, disciplinary action and termination of employment.
  • Responsible for staff performance management, IDP creation (Individual Development Plans), coaching and development processes to encourage employee contribution, challenge their potential and maximize their results.
  • Facilitates or leads huddle teams, cascading communications, shift exchanges and other assigned departmental meetings to ensure consistent messaging and targeted objectives are effectively communicated.
  • Contributes to a spirit of cooperation between shifts, departments and developing an overall culture of teamwork and high performance.
  • Promotes, enforces, builds awareness and compliance with safety standards and reports all concerns to Management
  • Participates in Safety, Quality and Environmental audits and takes appropriate and timely corrective actions as required.
  • Provide recommendations to Management regarding improvement in Safety, Quality and Efficiency.
  • Promotes a continuous improvement culture through the organization.
  • Responsible for maintaining robust technical knowledge on all equipment in their assigned work unit in order to operate a production line.
  • Conducts Accident and Near Miss investigations, safety tours and corrective actions
  • Demonstrates and enforces Safety, Quality and all other company policy compliance.
  • Leads FPQ resolutions, disposition and follow up.
  • Expected to provide leadership in a key functional area such as Safety, Quality, OEE, cost, etc.
  • Ensure that required competencies to carry out these job functions affecting product legality, safety and quality are met in accordance with the Quality Policy and the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standard.
  • Ensures compliance with Gehl safety standards and with applicable regulatory requirements while following the company’s Good Manufacturing Practices.

Minimum Qualifications

High School or Equivalent Diploma

  • 5 years of Manufacturing experience, ideally in in a food, process, high-speed packaging or Form-Fill-Seal industry
  • 2 years of management or team lead experience ideally in a manufacturing environment
  • Demonstrated abilities to motivate and manage staff through change and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Demonstrated analytical and organizational skills
  • Proven track record of leadership competency, including coaching, conviction, positive outlook, resilience and a strong team focus
  • Demonstrated sense of urgency and sound judgment in a fast-paced environment
  • Demonstrated mechanical aptitude
  • Technical knowledge of aseptic processes, equipment and products
  • Proficiency using a personal computer (PC) and related software including Microsoft Office Tools (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point)
  • Previous experience using an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system or Human Machine Interface (HMI) system
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably with a Science, Engineering, or Business focus (Strongly Preferred)
  • Proven abilities to identify and driven process improvements yielding increased efficiencies
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with and influence others in the organization
  • Ability to interpret, communicate and execute plans or instructions in a time sensitive manner with limited direction and resources in a frequently changing environment
  • If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
    Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets

    What is the career path for a Operations Supervisor?

    Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs on the Operations Supervisor career path by checking the boxes next to the positions that interest you.
    Income Estimation: 
    $64,490 - $82,642
    Income Estimation: 
    $90,932 - $119,676
    Income Estimation: 
    $114,819 - $159,031
    Income Estimation: 
    $157,188 - $220,805
    Income Estimation: 
    $72,432 - $98,680
    Income Estimation: 
    $70,600 - $83,423
    Income Estimation: 
    $91,761 - $124,963
    Income Estimation: 
    $121,698 - $159,889
    Income Estimation: 
    $167,747 - $216,827
    Income Estimation: 
    $168,677 - $237,258
    Income Estimation: 
    $91,815 - $124,439
    Income Estimation: 
    $114,819 - $159,031

    Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs with skills like those required for the Operations Supervisor.

    Click the checkbox next to the jobs that you are interested in.

    • Global Operations Skill

      • Income Estimation: $89,517 - $109,269
      • Income Estimation: $73,734 - $103,545
    • Manage Staff Scheduling Skill

      • Income Estimation: $59,534 - $94,250
      • Income Estimation: $57,220 - $78,570
    View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

    Job openings at Gehl Foods

    Gehl Foods
    Hired Organization Address Germantown, WI Full Time
    Job Description Job Description This is a hybrid role located in Germantown, WI. All applications to be considered must ...
    Gehl Foods
    Hired Organization Address Germantown, WI Full Time
    Job Description Job Description Position Summary The Capital Project Leader is responsible for overseeing the planning, ...

    Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Operations Supervisor jobs in the Germantown, WI area that may be a better fit.

    Operations Supervisor

    rrts, Milwaukee, WI

    Operations Supervisor

    Career finder, Waukesha, WI

    AI Assistant is available now!

    Feel free to start your new journey!