One of the nation's leading custom pet food manufacturers is looking for a Production Supervisor to join the team. The Production Supervisor will manage daily plant production, shipping and packaging in an timely and efficient manner providing high quality products to customers.
DESCRIPTION OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
- Form, develop, and coach an Operating Team.
- Manage daily employee activities such as timekeeping, vacation, overtime, and employee attendance policies.
- Provide performance feedback to employees on a regular basis including performance reviews
- Apply personnel practices that adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices standards (GMP).
- Utilizing Redzone, recognize downward performance trends and act on that data to improve performance.
- Gather data and execute a daily strategy, which maximizes product quality and productivity.
- Establish and monitor training goals.
- Work in concert with training coordinator, to manage training initiatives for staff members. Coach through training guides for production and packaging equipment to include operation, operator maintenance, and trouble shooting.
- Ensure initial and recurring training is being accomplished and documented by working with training coordinator and by following established training plans. Make recommendations for training initiatives.
- Troubleshoot production problems on a timely basis (may require climbing, bending, crawling, lifting up to 100 pounds)
- Anticipate technical problems and (when appropriate) proactively troubleshoot and make technical adjustments and/or notify Maintenance.
- Work with Maintenance to identify potential line improvements
- Communicate with other departments to schedule sanitation or maintenance activities.
- Ensure inventory is scanned into and out of the computerized inventory system using hand-held scanners as required
- Ensure required paperwork is completed accurately and completely
- Knowledge and proficiency in company business systems as required by position
- Ensure supplies are available for production or packaging.
- Maintain strategic alignment across all shifts.
- Keep management informed about team operations on a regular basis.
- Accountable for meeting or exceeding safety standards.
- Investigate all accidents occurring on assigned shift.
- Operate forklift.
- Responsible to follow established procedures to ensure that the company produces safe, quality food, continue meeting all governmental regulations.