Production Supervisor

The Hershey Company Robinson plant is a non‑union plant producing Pay Day, Heath, Skor, Milk Duds, Whoppers, and Reese’s Pieces in a high‑speed complex environment.

• With minimal direction and input from senior leadership, propose, plan, and execute projects to eliminate the root cause of manufacturing problems.
• Independently execute projects of high complexity that have a large impact on the company’s current and/or future business interests. Projects may relate to people, procedures, policies, finances, equipment, processes, and/or products.
• Be responsible for the financial planning, as well as directing and managing the activities of hourly production personnel while safely and effectively meeting the needs of the department.

• Ensure that the area of responsibility supports all plant goals daily and weekly, reviewing results with staff.
• Coordinate and administer daily interaction between the assigned area and all other departments in the plant, including peers across shifts.
• Ensure personnel have proper qualifications, are properly trained, and motivated to work productively both as part of a team and individually.
• Ensure compliance with established standards in food quality & safety and employee safety, and identify and implement opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure compliance with administrative and reporting procedures while complying with overtime and provisions of the handbook.
• Coordinate labor staffing on a daily basis in coherence with budgeted staffing.
• Document notification requests in SAP PM, follow‑up and prioritize with maintenance and other shifts.
• Input data into SAP, check QA documentation, and verify employee time cards.
• Analyze information and follow‑up on exceptions and opportunities.
• Foster a continuous improvement mindset, elevating new ideas and executing plans to positively impact the plant operations and goals.

• Excellent people and leadership skills.
• Strong change‑management skills, driving and implementing change to optimize the business focusing on safety, quality and costs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Problem‑solving and decision‑making abilities.
• Ability to work with and relate to all levels of personnel.
• Ability to read/interpret production performance reports.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in manufacturing or in a high‑speed, complex environment.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Minimum of 3 years in a supervisory capacity preferred.
• Food manufacturing experience preferred.
• SAP experience preferred.

The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of The Hershey Company is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veterans.