Production Supervisor

Company Overview

Balchem Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets specialty ingredients that improve and enhance the health and well‑being of life on the planet, providing state‑of‑the‑art solutions and the finest quality products for a range of industries worldwide. Our corporate headquarters is located in Montvale, New Jersey and we have a broad network of sales offices, manufacturing sites, and R&D centers, primarily located in the US and Europe.

Founded in 1967, Balchem is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ – “BCPC”) with annual revenues over $900 million and a market cap exceeding $4.0 billion. The company consists of three business segments:
Human Nutrition & Health;
Animal Nutrition & Health; and Specialty Products. Balchem employs over 1,400 people worldwide who are engaged in diverse activities, committed to developing the company into global market leadership positions.

This position is responsible for the efficient day‑to‑day operation of the production rooms as well as the development and management of the production team. The role also motivates a safety and continuous improvement culture while achieving operating goals to meet growth expectations.

• Responsible for department incident rate consistent with IFP company goals; must maintain department safety rules compliance and be a positive safety role model
• Responsible for training all department employees on safe work practices
• Responsible for ensuring an organized, clean and safe work environment
• Ensure procedures and work practices have appropriate safety review and new equipment is reviewed for proper guarding, safe operating procedures, and lockout tagout
• Must have regular safety discussions with team and proactively listen to employees’ safety concerns/suggestions; must act upon those concerns and provide feedback
• Responsible for implementing corrective actions after an incident or near miss
• Follow all Food safety practices and processes applicable to the department
• Perform/execute job duties keeping the company’s commitment to quality in mind
• Monitor and maintain all food safety activities as part of daily tasks
• Enforce food safety plan while producing product
• Build a unified, successful team
• Responsible for achieving established performance measures for productivity, quality, and safety levels as set for the production rooms and the whole department; meet or exceed daily production goals related to safety, quality, and quantity produced
• Perform troubleshooting of production room issues as capable and perform minor maintenance on the lines; accurately assess when to call in additional support from maintenance and management
• Cross trained to operate all production rooms including paperwork and set‑up; provide backup to positions as needed to ensure efficient operations
• Drive, initiate, and support continuous improvement and elimination of waste and variation in processes using established improvement processes
• Responsible for the timely, efficient, thorough, and effective cleaning and sanitation of their area of responsibility, including but not limited to production or packaging equipment and the surrounding areas or rooms, support areas, and other areas as may be required
• Provide daily work assignments and production priorities to the operators
• Build and maintain a high‑performance team environment and coach others in effective team interaction and function; foster an empowerment environment
• Lead, motivate, and direct employees to achieve clear performance objectives
• Must understand the company vision and set goals that will drive the Team in that direction
• Detect quality issues and source the root cause to resolve the issue; perform any necessary adjustments to batches
• Coordinate and participate in PM (preventative maintenance) tasks on a daily, weekly, monthly basis
• Promote GMP compliance and help correct GMP issues
• Promote quality awareness and help correct quality issues
• Understand the product specs and operating standards by customer product and implement the necessary equipment for processing
• Learn, understand, train to, develop and follow documented policies, procedures, and work procedures and…