Production Supervisor-PRN

Cardinal Foods a domestic Marketer, Manufacturer and Distributor of traditional, specialty and value-added fruit and vegetable ingredients. These products are currently manufactured in North Carolina with a short-term eye on growth in the southeast and then to other concentrated growing areas nationally.

The Production Supervisor is expected to maintain clean, organized, and food-safe warehouse and exterior storage areas; ensure inventory records are accurate and current; and promote a culture of safety, accountability, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

• Provide direct supervision, leadership, scheduling, and daily direction to all forklift operators and warehouse personnel. Forklift operators will report directly to the Warehouse Manager, with a dotted-line relationship to the appropriate Production Shift Supervisor while supporting production activities.
• Ensure forklift operators complete required daily equipment inspections and immediately report equipment deficiencies, damage, or unsafe operating conditions to the Maintenance Department.
• Coordinate the receiving, weighing, documentation, and orderly storage of all incoming raw materials, ingredients, packaging materials, and other supplies.
• Ensure raw materials and packaging are properly identified, stored, rotated, and moved in accordance with company food safety, traceability, and inventory procedures.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date inventory records for raw materials, packaging materials, work-in-process materials, and finished goods.
• Ensure warehouse, dock, cooler/freezer, and exterior storage areas are maintained in a clean, organized, safe, and inspection-ready condition.
• Coordinate with Production to ensure materials are available when needed while preventing unnecessary congestion or accumulation of materials in production and warehouse areas.
• Prepare and stage finished products as far in advance of scheduled shipments as practical to support efficient loading and on-time deliveries.
• Verify that the correct product, item code, lot number, pallet number, quantity, and other required information are confirmed before products are loaded for shipment.
• Ensure all finished products are handled and shipped in accordance with FIFO/FEFO requirements and company product movement procedures, as applicable.
• Manage truck loading activities with a target of completing loading within two hours from the time the trailer door is opened until the trailer is closed and sealed.
• Ensure trailers are inspected prior to loading and that all required shipping documentation and seals are properly completed.

Cardinal Foods a domestic Marketer, Manufacturer and Distributor of traditional, specialty and value-added fruit and vegetable ingredients. These products are currently manufactured in North Carolina with a short-term eye on growth in the southeast and then to other concentrated growing areas nationally. CF may also be engaging in other complimentary business ventures as the opportunities arise in the future. It is the intention of management to grow the business revenue exponentially within five years.

This growth will come via customer demand in various channels, participating in both traditionally available products and new products aligned with the global food growth trends (e.g. healthy eating, cleaner label). Team, product and processes are critical to our success as we are recruiting high performers with extensive experience that can perform and manage multiple functional responsibilities. Our lean organizational structure, headquartered in Burgaw, NC and doing business there, will allow CF to control cost and achieve its profitability targets.

As a lean organization, it is required that we maintain a collaborative work environment with focus and dedication to achieving the desired results. The goal of CF is to build a team of members who are honest, hardworking and show ability even without experience as these characteristics will enable our company to continue to prosper and remain at the top of the industry.

With our location close to the coast we exemplify a laid back, family-oriented environment that truly encourages productivity and innovation.

• The Production Supervisor is responsible for the safe, accurate, and efficient operation of all warehouse activities, including receiving raw materials and packaging supplies, inventory control, storage, staging, and shipment of finished products. This position…