Warehouse Production Supervisor - 3rd shift

Production Supervisor (3rd Shift)

Your role:

As Production Supervisor, you will be responsible for overseeing and executing day-to-day operations for packing, warehouse and loading department ensuring direct reports are following policies and procedures related to employee safety and food/feed Safety. To succeed, you must be able to:

• Deliver results in first-time situations by inspiring others and working to earn trust every day

• Serve others with understanding, respect, and care

• Operate with simplicity, clarity and transparency

• Deal with and drive change

• Organize, prioritize and own multiple tasks while meeting or exceeding deadlines

• Learn and apply new technology, and share your knowledge with others

Above all you will be expected to carry out all your activities with reliability, integrity, compliance and in a safe, environmentally responsible, and efficient manner.

Your responsibilities:

• Oversees and executes day-to-day operations for department ensuring direct reports are following policies and procedures related to employee safety and food/feed safety

• Partners with Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) and Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory experts to implement the most effective approach for complying with corporate safety policies and procedures

• Monitors production outcomes, quantity, and quality to ensure customer and food safety requirements are within specifications while providing recommendations for continuous improvements

• Participate and lead process improvement initiatives including Centerlining, Preventative Maintenance, Pristine, 5S and ELEMEDS (Every Load, Every Mill, Every Day Safely)

• Partners with local plant management to develop approaches for meeting/tracking efficiency standards (scorecard and metrics control, total cost of maintenance, monthly review of compliance audits, etc.)

• Develops planning for future production workforce needs and participates in selection of employees

• Take counts, correct discrepancies, and provide corrective actions/investigations to solve for any inventory count outside of variance range in the digital Vs physical count

• Responsible for workforce engagement, recognition as well as development and coaching to hourly members

Essential skills and experience:

• Bachelor's degree or High school diploma/GED equivalent with 4 years of production experience

• Minimum of 3 years' experience having leadership responsibilities in an industrial environment (milling, agricultural, food production, or equivalent)

• Demonstrated understanding of safety hazards and protocols

• Understanding of computerized maintenance management systems

Good to have:

• Knowledge of maintaining, operating, and troubleshooting packaging equipment and conveying systems

• Training in LEAN, Six Sigma, or other manufacturing and warehousing optimization processes

• Reliability centered maintenance training around packaging equipment best practices

Physical requirements and working conditions (with or without reasonable accommodation):

• Ability to perform work at a computer and other administrative/managerial tasks

• Ability to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as is required by the operating areas (i.e. safety glasses, protective footwear, hard hat, hearing protection and, at times, a respirator or a harness)

• Ability to work a rotating schedule including nights, weekends and holidays

• Ability to work a machine-paced continuous process that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with conditions which include:

• Hot/Cold temperatures (inclement weather)

• Indoor/Outdoor environment

• Dusty environment (to include Wheat/Gluten allergens)

• Noisy environment

• Frequent moving/vibration/or other motion of equipment/processes

• Elevated Places

• Ability to perform work safely which may require:

• Frequently standing, walking, rotating, bending/stooping, twisting, crouching, kneeling, balancing and reaching or lifting at varying heights and levels

• Frequently climbing stairs and/or ladders

• Occasionally lifting, shoveling and/or carrying

• Occasionally pushing and/or pulling

• Working in confined or elevated places

Other considerations:

• Must be able to read, interpret instruction and…