Production Supervisor

2nd Shift Production Manager – Food Manufacturing Must be Bilingual (English/Spanish)
Must be a U.S. Citizen or Fully Executed Green Card Holder Melrose Park, IL | 2nd Shift | Full-Time We are recruiting a 2nd Shift Production Manager for a food manufacturer in Melrose Park, IL. This person will lead approximately 20 production employees and be responsible for safety, quality, production performance, staffing, and day-to-day shift operations.

This is a good opportunity for someone with food manufacturing leadership experience who enjoys being involved in the operation, developing employees, and keeping production running efficiently.

Schedule Monday–Thursday:
Approximately 3:30 PM–12:30 AMFriday:
Typically a shorter shift

On-site in Melrose Park, ILWhat You'll Be Responsible For Lead, coach, and manage approximately 20 production employees

Coordinate daily production activities to meet schedule, quality, and output requirements

Manage staffing, work assignments, workflow, and production priorities

Monitor production performance, downtime, labor utilization, waste, and efficiency

Address equipment, process, material, and production issues that affect the shift

Partner with Quality, Maintenance, Sanitation, and Warehouse Ensure compliance with GMPs, food safety, sanitation, quality, and safety procedures

Train employees on SOPs, production standards, safety, and operating procedures

Manage employee performance, attendance, accountability, and development

Complete required production and shift documentation

Identify opportunities to reduce downtime and waste and improve productivity and overall shift performance

What We're Looking For Food production or food manufacturing experience is required

Production leadership experience as a Production Manager, Production Supervisor, Shift Manager, Manufacturing Supervisor, or similar

Experience directly managing approximately 20 employees or more Bilingual English/Spanish with the ability to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking production employeesU.S. Citizen or fully executed Green Card holder

Experience managing production schedules, staffing, workflow, and daily priorities

Knowledge of GMPs, food safety, sanitation, quality, and workplace safety requirements

Ability to address employee performance and hold teams accountable for safety, quality, and production expectations

Comfortable working the required 2nd-shift schedule

Technical & Manufacturing Skills

Experience with the following is valuable:

Food manufacturing / food processing operationsGMPs, HACCP, preventive food safety controls, sanitation, and allergen controls

Production scheduling and workflow management

Production reporting and documentation

Labor and staffing management

Downtime, efficiency, waste, scrap, and yield tracking

Root-cause problem solving and corrective actions

Continuous improvement / Lean manufacturing

Equipment and process troubleshootingSOPs and standardized workOSHA-related manufacturing safety practicesERP or production-management systems

Microsoft Excel and production data analysis

Experience in dairy, cheese, refrigerated foods, meat, bakery, beverage, prepared foods, or other high-volume food manufacturing environments would translate well to this position.