Production Supervisor

Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!

More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.

Come join the largest baking company in the world and our family of 20,000 associates nationwide!

• Salary Range: $73,100 - $95,000
• Annual Bonus Eligibility
• Comprehensive Benefits Package
• Paid Time Off
• 401k & Company Match

Production Team Leaders play a key role in helping BBU bake with world‑class practices, win as one team, grow our people, and serve our customers. They embrace the consumer by producing high‑quality products and ensure operational capabilities by supporting their team in executing the Operations Excellence Playbook. Our Production Team Leaders empower and involve their teams to achieve key performance metrics and win the shift.

They create a compelling culture by engaging and developing their team through effective coaching strategies and expect ownership and accountability to achieve throughput and shipping on‑time, in‑full.

• Win the shift by ensuring that all aspects of the shift, such as product, equipment, and processes, adhere to world‑class standards for quality, efficiency, and safety.
• Foster a culture of Associate engagement by respecting, including, and empowering all Associates.
• Uphold and promote our E5 Leadership Behaviors:
  Embrace the Consumer, Ensure Operational Capabilities, Empower and Involve, Engage and Develop, and Expect Ownership and Accountability.
• Identify issues, assign actions to the appropriate team member, and follow up to ensure it was completed. Escalate issues to department leaders, as needed.
• Coach Associates towards an independent, problem‑solving mentality to consistently achieve world‑class standards.
• Operate with a One Team mentality by collaborating across departments to solve issues and ensure production is to schedule.
• Prepare priorities for you and your team for the upcoming shift.
• Communicate and coordinate important issues with the right team members to solve issues, including cross‑functional partners, incoming shift team leaders, and department leadership.
• Deliver on Key Performance Indicators for People, Quality, Safety, Service, and Cost.
• Engage and develop core competencies in Associates through onboarding, training, coaching and consistent performance feedback.
• Achieve all safety goals. Deliver on safety awareness programs in order to eliminate unsafe acts and conditions that contribute to workplace injuries. Comply with workplace standards, company policies and government regulations.
• Ensure product quality, advising others on necessary formula and process adjustments to ensure product runs within specification.
• Lead the team of associates to serve sales by achieving production schedule attainment, KPIs for throughput and shipping on time, in full.
• Ensure cost efficiency by reducing waste, decreasing down time, and overseeing appropriate staff scheduling.
• Utilize tablets and essential applications within the tablets, such as SOMAX, Rever, Shift Guides, Intelex, and more, to keep processes running effectively.

• Operational Execution – Think strategically about business needs, set data‑based priorities, and build plans with associates, fellow Team Leaders and Department Leader to achieve improved business KPIs.
• Set the Standard – Overall responsibility for universal achievement of Operations Excellence standards and practices. Flexibility to work a schedule including weekends and holidays. Ability to read English and follow written procedures accurately.
• Driving our Culture – Build continuous improvement and operational excellence culture, providing consistent leadership and…