Production Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

Salary :

JOB SUMMARY : Through cooperation and partnership with all departments in the Organization, Production Supervisors are responsible for building and leading effective production teams and for execution of the overall manufacturing strategy. Safety, quality, productivity, accountability, and the training and development of all production associates will be the primary focus for the individual in this role.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

• Lead the day-to-day production activities across all departments throughout the Plant.
• Responsible for ensuring that all department associates, including Leads, are properly trained on Standard Operating Procedures for all equipment and processes.
• Responsible for an efficient plan of coordination with Sanitation, Quality and Warehouse, as well as with other shift Supervisors.
• Responsible for adhering to production schedules and reporting causes and solutions for attainment shortfalls.
• Responsible for staffing levels to make sure there is adequate production time, staffing, supplies, equipment and raw materials to achieve attainment goals.
• Responsible for verifying the calibration of scales and base settings, ensuring that all Operator equipment is set to standard, ensuring the process and recipe-specific parameters are followed.
• Responsible for ensuring Leads are trained to perform the essential functions of their position, and holding them accountable for the performance of their shift team members.
• Completion of administrative duties such as :
• Time and attendance
• Employment status changes
• Time off approvals
• Food Safety, GMP Policy compliance
• Disciplinary action
• Creation and distribution of staffing schedules
• Auditing and Housekeeping compliance
• True Root Cause analysis
• Responsible for ensuring daily housekeeping duties are completed thoroughly and correctly
• Responsible for correcting and / or reporting food safety issues and ensuring team members follow established SOPs, SSOPs and GMPs
• Responsible for communicating day-to-day Department or Company activities using the appropriate communication tools, including but not limited to, shift reports, huddles, creating or following up on work orders, coordinating work efforts with other Department Supervisors, and sharing pertinent information with Leads and others.
• Responsible for creating a team-oriented atmosphere, inspiring team members to continually strive toward improvement.
• Communicates performance to targets, accomplishments, and safety performance.
• Leads and manages the change process and communicates pass-down information in a timely and positive manner.
• Encourages the promotion of internal talent, offers development opportunities, and supports learning through coaching and feedback.
• Responsible for ensuring new team members are progressing toward full competency;
• Coaching and monitoring trainers to ensure training standards are adhered to and training process is followed.
• Performs or initiates job skills validations for cross-trained, transferred or new team members.
• Solicits input on team member performance; delivers performance evaluations.
• Addresses and documents performance problems, progressive discipline, and delivers disciplinary actions.
• Escalates serious or unresolved performance issues to Human Resources.
• Responsible for ensuring all food safety policies and procedures are enforced.
• Ensures positions specific data collection is performed accurately and on time
• Audits Leads daily standard work; Monitors and corrects deviations from standards and base settings.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES :

WORKING CONDITIONS / PHYSICAL FACTORS :

Other Duties as Assigned

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive, but to serve as a guideline. Management retains the right to determine additions or changes to job responsibilities.