What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Supervisor position at Innophos?
The Production Supervisor plays a critical role in overseeing daily production operations within the assigned manufacturing area. You will lead a team of hourly employees to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality production processes. Your leadership will drive continuous improvement, uphold safety standards, and ensure adherence to production schedules, while maintaining a focus on cost control, quality assurance, and environmental compliance.
\n- Lead Production Operations: Drive and coordinate daily manufacturing activities to meet production goals, including throughput, capacity, and scheduling targets.
- Supervise & Optimize Workforce: Assign tasks, monitor work performance, and adjust resources as needed to ensure production deadlines are met on time and according to specifications.
- Manage Operational Adjustments: Evaluate and adjust production plans as needed to address changes in shipment schedules, inventory levels, and production requirements.
- Ensure Safety and Quality Compliance: Foster a culture of safety, ensuring adherence to all environmental, health, and safety regulations. Ensure products meet quality standards by partnering with the Quality Department.
- Improve Efficiency & Reduce Waste: Lead initiatives to reduce waste, optimize production efficiency, and enhance product quality through continuous improvement practices.
- Oversee Staffing & Scheduling: Manage staffing levels, including shift scheduling, overtime distribution, and ensuring adequate personnel to meet production requirements.
- Collaborate with Maintenance: Work closely with the Maintenance Department to coordinate repairs, upgrades, and preventative maintenance, minimizing downtime and maintaining equipment reliability.
- Budget & Cost Control: Monitor departmental spending, ensuring compliance with budget constraints. Investigate and reconcile any variances in monthly production costs.
- Team Development: Lead by example in training, mentoring, and developing production staff. Provide clear performance expectations, address any issues, and foster a positive and high-performing team culture.
- Education: Associate’s Degree in a technical or management field.
- Experience: Previous supervisory or manufacturing experience preferred. Knowledge of phosphate manufacturing chemistry and equipment is a plus.
- Strong leadership and team-building skills.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Proven ability to plan, prioritize, and meet production goals.
- Deep knowledge of safety practices, regulatory standards, and GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices).
- Understanding of budgeting, cost control, and production efficiency.
- Ability to identify and lead continuous improvement opportunities.
- Capacity to foster a positive team environment while holding employees accountable for performance.
- Direct Reports: 10-30 hourly employees.
- Indirect Reports: None.
- Frequent plant field visits requiring the use of protective gear, such as safety shoes, hard hat, safety glasses, earplugs, mask, goggles, insulated gloves, safety vest, harness, and hair net.
- Medical, Dental and Vision benefits which start the 1st of the month after hire
- Annual incentive bonus eligibility based on individual and company performance
- Tax advantaged health savings and spending accounts
- 401k eligibility and company match up to 5% with immediate vesting
- Time off: vacation, holidays/floating holidays, personal and sick days
- Company provided Life and Disability Insurance
- Paid Parental Leave
- Fitness Membership Reimbursement Program
- Educational assistance program
About Innophos
Innophos is a leading international producer of specialty ingredient solutions that deliver far-reaching, versatile benefits for the food, health, nutrition and industrial markets. We leverage our expertise in the science and technology of blending and formulating phosphate, mineral and botanical based ingredients for our customers.
Our people are the heart of our organization and the foundation of our success. We are driven by our core values of safety, diversity, integrity and collaboration.
Headquartered in Cranbury, New Jersey, Innophos has manufacturing operations across the United States, in Canada, Mexico and China and sells into over 70 countries.
Innophos is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. Innophos is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates in our recruiting process, as required by applicable federal, state and local laws.
Salary : $77,000 - $115,000
