Production Supervisor 2nd Shift

Job Description

Summary of Job

The Production Supervisor is responsible for leading and developing Production hourly employees, Leads, and Operators as well as meeting defined Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) for Safety, Quality, Production, Service, and Efficiency. Schedule priority for production machines and/or lines and employees accordingly. Assist and work under the direction of the Production Manager in both Roasting and Packaging and coordinate with Planning / Scheduling to optimize weekly schedules to minimize changeovers and to ensure cost effective production. Additionally, the Production Supervisor will work on efficiency improvements with Operations, Maintenance / Engineering, and Warehouse to improve overall Production hourly rates and quality.

Essential Functions And Responsibilities

• Lead by example to promote and encourage employees to comply with all safety requirements.
• Complies and enforces all safety rules regarding personnel safety and reports and investigates any unsafe condition.
• Establish an environment that encourages employee engagement, participation and teamwork within and between all departments.
• Supervise and promotes practices and processes intended to provide safe products that comply with appropriate laws and regulations, meet the company quality standards, and serve the needs of our customers.
• Operate production lines in accordance with FDA guidelines, GMPs, and HACCP/SQF program guidelines.
• Meet and enforces cleaning practices for manufacturing (5S's methodology).
• Becomes personally accountable for the highest quality and integrity standards of behavior, honesty, and fairness in all aspects of the job.
• Supervise and coordinate all activities related to the production shift to maximize productivity and minimize cost while maintaining quality.
• Ensure all production data is gathered and reported correctly daily.
• Supervise, lead, coach, train and develop the production team including Supervisors in Production.
• Audit the floor as required, monitor productivity metrics, verify adherence to procedures/ standard work and correct deficiencies as necessary in Quality, Safety and Production aspects.
• Responsible for shift change management and communication as well as daily production standards and labor reconciliation.
• Resolve problems and mitigate operational issues that result in negative performance
• Carry out supervisory responsibilities including interviewing, hiring & training employees; planning, assigning & directing work; appraising performance; rewarding & disciplining employees; addressing complaints & resolving problems.
• Utilize lean, six-sigma, quality methodologies and other continuous improvement tools to track KPI’s, metrics.
• Participate in the Customer Complaints investigations.
• Adequately carries out all activities related to the quality of the finished product.
• Performs internal audits of the Safety and Quality System
• Provides corrective and preventive actions to non-conformities and issues through internal corrective and preventive action procedures.
  
  

Education And Qualifications

• Minimum Required:
• 3 years supervisory experience required with demonstrated strong leadership and management skills (food manufacturing preferred).
• 3 years of experience in a production environment (food manufacturing preferred)
• Bilingual English/Spanish (preferred).
• Associate or bachelor's degree (preferred).
• Implementation experience with lean manufacturing, 5S, six-sigma or other continuous improvement tools.
• Certified as Six Sigma Green Belt (preferred)
• Lean Manufacturing Experience (preferred)
• MS Office literate
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to visually recognize non-conforming products, equipment, and packaging materials, and do sensory evaluations for any non-conforming product(s). Must be able to lift 30 lbs.
  
  

Core Competencies

Technical Skills

• Certified as Six Sigma Green Belt
• Lean Manufacturing Experience
• Knowledge of Food Quality Systems, (SQF) Preferred
• Food industry knowledge Preferred
• Comprehension of statistical tools Preferred
• MS Office literate
  
  

Soft Skills

• Able to work overtime, and flexible schedules
• Management of people
• Management of production and volume
• Strong communication and prioritization
  
  

Core Benefits

• Basic Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Leave
  
  

Voluntary Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• 401 k (matching)
• Accident
• Critical Illness
• Wellness
• Gym membership
  
  

Company Description

Mount Franklin Foods is a leading North American manufacturer of high quality confections and nut products based in El Paso, Texas. We are searching for a Recruiter to join our HR team.

We offer:

Competitive salary

PTO

Health insurance for employee and family (medical, dental and vision)

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

Life Insurance

401k plan

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Mount Franklin Foods is a leading North American manufacturer of high quality confections and nut products based in El Paso, Texas. We are searching for a Recruiter to join our HR team. We offer: Competitive salary PTO Health insurance for employee and family (medical, dental and vision) Short Term Disability Long Term Disability Life Insurance 401k plan More