Packaging Assistant Supervisor | 1st Shift | Marshall, NC

Who We Are

Fed Up Foods, one of the nation's early producers of kombucha through the Buchi brand, and one of the largest functional beverage manufacturers in America, offers a diverse portfolio of organic private label functional beverages for top global retailers.

The Assistant Packaging Supervisor is responsible for supervising and directing daily packaging operations to ensure production, safety, quality, food safety, and operational objectives are achieved. This position provides leadership, coaching, and support to Packaging employees while coordinating resources, staffing, equipment, and priorities to meet production requirements.

The Assistant Packaging Supervisor is accountable for shift execution, employee development, operational performance, and compliance with company policies, GMP requirements, food safety standards, and operational procedures. This role serves as a key leadership resource within Packaging Operations and acts on behalf of Packaging leadership when required.

• Promote and enforce company safety policies, GMP requirements, food safety standards, SQF requirements, and operating procedures.
• Ensure employees understand, follow, and are held accountable to safety, quality, food safety, sanitation, and regulatory requirements.
• Verify required inspections, quality checks, testing activities, centerline verifications, documentation, and operational records are completed accurately and on time.
• Maintain awareness of SQF programs, including pest control, visitor management, allergen control, cleaning and sanitation, and ensure compliance across assigned operations.
• Ensure production areas remain clean, organized, inspection‑ready, and free of sanitation, foreign material, or food safety hazards.
• Identify, communicate, investigate, and elevate safety, quality, food safety, and regulatory concerns in a timely manner. Support investigations, corrective actions, preventative actions (CAPA), audits, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Support Management's commitment to food safety and quality by ensuring products, processes, and personnel consistently meet customer, regulatory, and company standards.
• Partner with Quality, Maintenance, and Operations leadership to drive compliance, resolve issues, and improve overall operational performance.

• Coordinate staffing, production schedules, line assignments, and operational priorities to achieve production objectives.
• Ensure production lines are properly staffed, supplied, and prepared for safe and efficient operation.
• Monitor production performance, downtime, efficiency, schedule attainment, and operational effectiveness.
• Support troubleshooting activities and coordinate resources to resolve production, equipment, and process issues.
• Oversee startup, changeovers, shutdowns, and daily production execution.
• Verify production orders, labeling, packaging specifications, and operational documentation are accurate and complete.
• Monitor brite tank readiness, carbonation requirements, and production preparation activities.

• Provide day‑to‑day supervision, coaching, training, and support to Packaging employees.
• Support onboarding, employee development, cross‑training, and skill advancement activities.
• Reinforce performance expectations and provide feedback, coaching, and corrective action when appropriate.
• Promote accountability, teamwork, communication, and a positive work environment.
• Support Line Leads and Shift Leads in achieving operational objectives and employee development goals.
• Serve as acting supervisor when required.

• Maintain effective communication with Production, Brewing, Quality, Maintenance, Warehouse, and Leadership teams.
• Communicate operational priorities, schedule changes, staffing concerns, and performance expectations.
• Ensure accurate completion of ERP transactions, production documentation, and operational reporting.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, efficiency, employee development, and operational excellence.
• Perform other duties as assigned to…