Production Supervisor with experience in food industry preferably meat or poultry.

Description

Hires, trains, coaches and motivates employee team members to achieve their maximum quality and productivity performance.  Facilitates and encourages employee involvement through crew meetings, safety teams, ESP, audits, problem solving, etc…

Directs and monitors the operations of the department.  Makes recommendations and works to plan and implement process improvements.

Schedules people, materials and equipment to most effectively and efficiently utilize departmental resources to achieve the company’s mission. Determines work assignments and makes changes as necessary to accommodate staffing and production needs of the department.

Ensures company policies and procedures are followed fairly and equitably, maintaining standards for safety, quality, food safety and overall personnel satisfaction. Responsibly uses independent judgement to enforce corrective action procedures within the department.

Responsible for the performance evaluation process for the department.  Prepares and issues performance evaluations and approves those prepared by process leaders for the department.

Certified in CPR, First Aid and AED or willing to be certified (within 6 months) and willing to serve in such capacity.

Practices proactive process improvement methods and techniques using SPC data and real time data. Is proactive in achieving standard or above standard results in yield, efficiency and quality while maintaining a safe work environment.

Supports Black Belt projects, problem solving teams and takes an active role on teams as needed.

Monitors equipment and quality checks to assure quality and productivity standards are maintained.

Promotes safe work habits through training, recognizing safety hazards, performing safety audits and completing accident investigations.

Facilitates the development and implementation of departmental goals, objectives and budget, ensuring that necessary records to track, monitor and explain any variances from budgeted goals are established. 

Qualifications

BA or BS. 1 - 4 yrs experience in production supervision with food company.