Packing Supervisor

" We don't just grow mushrooms; we grow and develop people too!" ~ Shah Kazemi ABOUT US: Monterey Mushrooms is proud to provide fresh, locally grown mushrooms to your favorite grocery stores, restaurants, food manufacturers, and institutions nationwide. Founded in 1971, Monterey Mushrooms became a family-owned business when the company was purchased by Shah Kazemi, who began as an employee himself. Today, our 4,000 U.S. teammates are proud to grow more than 200 million pounds of fresh mushrooms yearly. Our humble family-owned business has been enhancing people’s lives for over 50 years. We have locations across the U.S., Mexico, and parts of Europe. Why Monterey Mushrooms? Growth | The opportunity for upward mobility within the company in an industry with endless possibilities. Culture | Family-oriented culture with good work/life balance. Enhance People's Lives | Ability to make a difference with a company that is feeding the world! Team | Ability to join an evolving opportunity with a company where teammate tenure is on average 11 years. Benefit | Excellent benefits An opportunity to make a positive impact and enhance people’s lives! Job Title: Packing Supervisor Business Unit: Packing Locations: Loudon, TN Reports To: Packing Manager Work Schedule: Varying days and shifts Travel Time %: Minimal Travel Time Position Type: Full-Time FLSA Status: Exempt Position Summary: Packing Supervisor is responsible for coordinating and directing all employees and activities required to process and package customer orders in preparation for shipment on a daily basis. Job Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty in a satisfactory manner. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required for this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to ensure individuals with disabilities are able to perform the work functions. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Responsible for all phases of the packing function required to plan and package daily customer orders based on information from Sales Team. Ensures proper procedures are in place and being followed for employee safety, product quality, packing efficiency and state and federal guidelines. Develop and maintain all sanitation, processing and food safety standards required for handling, slicing, and packing fresh mushrooms. Direct and motivate crew members in meeting plant and company objectives. Utilize Continuous Improvement processes to drive improvements and manage cost control. Provides supervision of assigned employees in scheduling, staffing and daily activities, ensuring effective selection, retention, feedback, disciplinary action and performance management. Trains and instructs employees regarding production and equipment standards and processes. Oversees instruction, implementation and enforcement of policies as they relate to employees. Maintain and enforce all quality standards and customer specifications. Analyzes and resolves work, production, cooler and warehouse issues, or assists employees in solving problems. Provide management with analytical support of operating cost in the Packing department. Maintain and publish packing reports and create graphs and charts with packing statistics Maintain communication of packing statistics through boards & postings. Assist with purchase of packing materials. Check and track inventory to ensure accuracy of packing materials and non-packaged product inventory. Analyze efficiencies of pack lines and Assist in evaluation of material waste. Perform other job duties assigned by supervisor. Supervisory Responsibility: Direct Reports: Packing Lead Persons, Packing Team Members In addition to managing current direct reports; this position manages all employees of the department and is responsible for the performance management within that department. Responsible for interviewing, selecting and training direct reports. Is responsible for reviewing performance and administers corrective action. Plans the work schedules, assigns duties, tracks absenteeism and reviews work to ensure quality standards. Responsible for monitoring work for legal or regulatory compliance. Observes and practices safety and housekeeping procedures at all times. Competencies: Planning and Organizing – Engages in short and long-term planning, sets priorities to optimize time usage, adheres to schedules and plans. Creativity and Innovation – Initiates conceptual ideas with practical applications, develops creative strategies and opportunities, creative thinking and problem solving, promotes a creative climate. Judgment and Decision Making – Solves problems, considers relevant alternatives before making decisions, displays intuitive judgment, shows timeliness and conviction in making recommendations and decisions. Teamwork and Relationship-Building Skills – Assists team members in accomplishing their objectives by helping things go right, establishes effective working relationships, and promotes team efforts. Adaptability and Change Management Skills – Ability to change to fit changed circumstances. Has the skill to multi- task and juggle competing priorities. Develops Subordinates or Self – Helps subordinates learn and grow, maintains current knowledge in the field. Communication and Cooperation – Effectively communicates upward, downward and laterally. Prevents unproductive responses, improves the effectiveness of communications and interactions with others. Accountability and Productivity – Holds themselves accountable to team members, accepts responsibility for their own decisions, sustains peak performance and solves problems that impede productivity. Skills, Knowledge and Abilities: Extremely proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and computer-based applications. Highly technically skilled in various software applications (JDE/Oracle, Kronos, etc.) Good vision, hearing, and good coordination are required. Ability to read, write, perform mathematical functions. Regular and predictable attendance. Work schedule may vary depending on operational needs and based on a minimum 45 hour work week. Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices. Experience leading and following Safety/Security Policies and Procedures. Ability to follow all Sanitation and Quality Policies and Procedures, and report and follow through on any deficiencies. Excellent verbal/written communication skills. Ability to adapt to changing organizational and operational needs; ability to lead others through change. Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously. Skill in organization and prioritization, and attention to detail. Strong team player and leader with the ability to work across multiple functions and disciplines. Ability to select, coach, develop, engage and retain a team of employees. Education and Work Experience: Required: High School Diploma or Equivalent. 2 to 3 years direct supervision experience. Desired: Bachelor’s Degree preferred. Bilingual and Biliterate in English and Spanish Physical Demands: The physical requirements contained in this job analysis are rated on a range of workday basis. Reference is made according to the terms “Seldom” (1-19%), “Occasional” (20-39%), and “Frequent” (40-79%) “Continuous” (80-100%) Standing/Walking: Frequent. Walking is expected to monitor the work area. Sitting: Occasional. Sitting is required to coordinate paper work related to tasks. Lifting/Carrying: Occasional. Lifting and carrying is required when assisting an employee during their normal job. Be able to lift 25 lbs. Pushing/Pulling: Occasional. Assisting employees moving product. Reaching/Stretching: Occasional. Reaching and stretching may be required to assist employees. Bending/Stooping: Occasional. Bending and stooping is required when filing and organizing paper work or assisting employees on the floor. Fingering: Frequent to Continuous – Data entry or working on the computer. Feeling: Occasional. Normal sensory perception required for Handling and Fingering tasks. Kneeling: Seldom. Climbing: Seldom. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Notice: This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, but is intended only to describe the general nature of the job, and does not restrict the manager’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. AMYCEL/SPAWNMATE  MONTEREY MUSHROOMS Amycel/Spawnmate Monterey Mushrooms is an EEO - M/F employer Notice: The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the company may deem appropriate. Equal Opportunity Employer/ Veterans/ Disabled For full details, including physical demands, request the full job description