Production Supervisor: Lean Manufacturing & Safety Leader

Salary Range: $62,208.00 To $93,312.00 Annually

Job Title: Production Supervisor – Plant 1

FLSA Exemption Status: Exempt

Department: Manufacturing

Reports To: Core Sauce Production Manager

Job Summary: The Production Supervisor – Plant 1 contributes to the success of the company by guiding, overseeing and driving assigned production shifts to achieve company goals by communicating expectations, planning, monitoring and evaluating job results. This person must be able to have the flexibility to work with all the shifts as needed and drive efficiency through their own actions to meet customer needs and achieve standards related to cost, line efficiencies, safety, and productivity.

Safety

Bowman Andros is committed to maintaining a strong safety culture focused on preventing injuries and providing all employees with a safe, healthy, and productive work environment.

Every employee at Bowman Andros is expected to demonstrate a personal commitment to safety by following established procedures, identifying and reporting hazards, and actively participating in safety initiatives. Safety is a shared responsibility, and we believe that all incidents are preventable through awareness, accountability, and continuous improvement.

We strive to empower our teammates to take ownership of safety, look out for one another, and contribute to a workplace where safety is always the top priority.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Leads a team of hourly teammates to ensure efficient production of products within their assigned facility.
• Coaches team members on appropriate processes and facilitates problem solving through teamwork.
• Tracks key performance indicators and anticipates and corrects trends which may have a negative impact on targeted metrics.
• Ensures that safety practices are properly followed, including adherence to proper PPE requirements, forklift safety, role model behavior and maintaining clean and organized work spaces.
• Works cross functionally with other departments to ensure that the lines continue to operate efficiently while minimizing downtime, meeting scheduling deadlines, and managing labor and teammate schedules to budget expectations.
• Coordinates with Quality, Customer Operations, Safety and Maintenance to ensure smooth, efficient and continuous production and warehouse operations.
• Encourages, promotes and implements cost-saving strategies and techniques through Lean Manufacturing and other principal programs.
• Ensures that products meet all customer quality specifications before shipping.
• Maintains compliance with all company policies, regulatory requirements, quality standards, HACCP systems, and safety standards.
• Proactively seeks to correct unsafe conditions and reports any conditions that are not immediately resolved.
• Maintains physical condition of production floor by planning and implementing new design layouts, inspecting equipment, issuing work orders for repair and requisitions for replacement.
• Continuously promotes motivation among the staff to strive for more efficient and productive manufacturing operations, including modeling and leading high standards of customer service, productivity and efficiency.
• Coaches behaviors for team members on appropriate processes and facilitate problem solving through team work and the promotion of a respectful environment, to include conducting and leading team meetings.
• Follows 5S principles in lab and office areas; embraces and practices continuous improvement program at Bowman Andros.
• Role Model, promote and assist with enforcing all Bowman Andros Products Food Safety policies, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s) and Quality standards for all teammates.
• Other duties, as needed.

Required Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

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• Bachelor’s Degree or a minimum of 2 years of progressive leadership experience in a production environment preferred.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to cover Production Supervisors paid time off.
• Demonstrated planning, organizing, and project management skills.
• Business acumen with the ability to align HR and Company strategic goals.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Prior knowledge of or ability to learn food safety, manufacturing…