Production Supervisor - Packaging & Warehouse Operations

Production Supervisor

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
• Carry out all activities with reliability, integrity, compliance and in a safe, environmentally responsible, and efficient manner

• 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

• Bachelor’s degree or High school diploma/GED equivalent with 4 years of production experience
• Minimum of 1 year 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

• 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

• Ability to perform work at a computer and other administrative/managerial tasks
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as required by the operating areas (safety glasses, protective footwear, hard hat, hearing protection, and at times a respirator or 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 hot/cold temperatures, indoor/outdoor environment, dusty environment (Wheat/Gluten allergens), noisy environment, frequent moving/vibration, elevated places, frequent standing, walking, rotating, bending, stooping, twisting, crouching, kneeling, balancing, reaching, or lifting at varying heights and levels, occasionally climbing stairs and/or ladders, occasionally shoveling, carrying, pushing, pulling, working in confined or elevated places.

• Must be able to read, interpret instruction and technology and communicate effectively in English
• Must be willing to work alongside your team including long days (days, evenings, and nights) as well as weekends or holiday work
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now and in the future
• All offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test and pre‑employment background check
• Team…