What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Supervisor position at Tropicana Brands Group?
About Tropicana Brands Group
The launch of Tropicana Brands Group represents an exciting fusion of some of the world's most beloved and up-and-coming brands in the juice category, including Tropicana, Naked, KeVita, Izze, Dole, Copella and Punica. Established in 2022 as a joint venture between PAI Partners and PepsiCo, our new company blends the best of two worlds: one steeped in industry-leading expertise and the heritage of prestige juice brands, and another rooted in a true entrepreneurial, agile mindset.
With a global footprint of more than 2,000 associates that spans North America and Europe, we are proud of our industry-leading capabilities in areas that include innovation, R&D, manufacturing, distribution, sales, marketing and nutrition expertise.
The company’s focused on the vision to quench the world's thirst for more delight and nourishment, while continuing to build upon the many important diversity, sustainability, local community and philanthropic activities that our people and brands have historically supported.
Supply Chain Packaging Supervisor
Job Description:
The launch of Tropicana Brands Group represents an exciting fusion of some of the world's most beloved and up-and-coming brands in the juice category, including Tropicana, Naked, KeVita, Izze, Dole, Copella and Punica. Established in 2022 as a joint venture between PAI Partners and PepsiCo, our new company blends the best of two worlds: one steeped in industry-leading expertise and the heritage of prestige juice brands, and another rooted in a true entrepreneurial, agile mindset.
With a global footprint of more than 2,000 associates that spans North America and Europe, we are proud of our industry-leading capabilities in areas that include innovation, R&D, manufacturing, distribution, sales, marketing and nutrition expertise.
The company’s focused on the vision to quench the world's thirst for more delight and nourishment, while continuing to build upon the many important diversity, sustainability, local community and philanthropic activities that our people and brands have historically supported.
Supply Chain Packaging Supervisor
Job Description:
- Ensuring team compliance with all safety policies and procedures
- Maintain product quality and sanitation standards
- Optimize operational efficiencies to support the blending and production
- Track operational output measures (i.e. efficiency, yield loss, product quality, inventory accuracy, transactional accuracy), anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of financial targets
- Develop team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals
- We are seeking a candidate based in Fort Pierce, FL.
- Additional responsibilities include:
- Deliver effective change leadership to drive business changes while minimizing people impact
- Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to assist team to solve operational issues
- Motivate team members to achieve plan goals
- Incorporates Productivity, Yield Loss, TPM and Innovation initiatives into Manufacturing strategic plan
- Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for frontline hourly personnel
- Develops training and organization capability assessments to support business initiatives
- Support cross-functional strategic plans as needed through implementation and execution
- Regular presence on the plant floor
- Administer policies and procedures
- Tackle ambiguous problems to determine and prioritize business strategies
- Ability to structure and prioritize tasks, and focus efforts in an ambiguous work environment
- Demonstrated ability to implement short and long term strategies to support organizational operation and transformation
- 3-5 years supervising in food and beverage manufacturing
- This role requires off-shift and/or weekend work
- This role requires lifting up to 50 lbs occasionally
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required. Preferably in engineering, business, operations management, supply chain, or similar field
- Experience developing/coaching hourly staff preferred
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite applications
- Ability to give and receive constructive feedback
- Experience planning and leading strategic initiatives
- Excellent communicator in written and verbal form
- Extremely versatile, dedicated to efficient productivity
