Production Supervisor
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POSITION OVERVIEW:
It is the responsibility of the Production Supervisor to coordinate raw materials, machinery, and staffing/crewing to provide the highest return of investment to Diamond Pet Foods , while achieving production and packaging goals as outlined by the Plant Manager. This position is considered a “key” employee.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Supervise the day-to-day workflow of production, packaging, warehouse, food safety and sanitation and quality control employees.
- Minimize wasted resources (i.e. wasted materials, product, employee time, machine under-utilization)
- Assist in the forecasting and planning of workload for various areas of the production and packaging departments.
- Under the direction of the Plant Manager and Assistant Plant Manager enforce equitable disciplinary program as specified according to policies and the Employee Handbook.
- Inspect products to verify conformance to specifications and direct set-up and adjustments of machines.
- Maintain production schedules and estimate worker hour-requirements for completion of job assignment, including adjusting work procedures to meet production schedules.
- Initiate, ensure employee compliance, and enforce all quality and food safety/product handling policies/practices and actions to FDA requirements.
- Interpret safety policies/practices to employees, including enforcing safety regulations.
- Interpret specifications, production changes and job/work orders.
- Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product. May include suggesting changes in work conditions and the use of equipment to increase efficiency of available resources.
- Analyze and resolve work problems, and/or assist employees in solving work problems.
- Initiate and/or suggest plans to motivate employees to achieve work goals.
- Maintain time and production records.
- Confer with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments.
- Assist in the training of various key-operating areas of the production facility.
- Other duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE, ABILITY AND SKILLS:
- Knowledge of GMP’s.
- Ability to communicate effectively with production employees, other supervisors, and management.
- Knowledge of SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedures). Ability to develop procedures that are simple and easy to follow. Ability to write reports, SOPs and procedure manuals.
- Ability to read and understand production stages, work orders and other production shift requirements and directives.
- Ability to supervise multiple production employees.
- Ability to work independently without immediate direction or supervision.
- Ability to interact with management and staff at all levels.
- Ability to multi task and can handle pressures and deadlines.
- Confident and conscientious individual with the desire to make a difference in the organization.
- Deadline driven in a challenging, evolving & fast-paced environment.
- Results oriented.
- Attendance and accountability are key requirements for the Production Supervisor as a “key” position for production management.
- Self-motivated with a high degree of initiative and can work independently.
- Dedicated team player.
- Demonstrated leadership in order to be proactive in solving problems and troubleshooting issues.
- Excellent organizational skill.
- Willing to accept challenges.
- Bright and insightful with demonstrated common sense.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
- Proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
- Candidate must have the ability to multi-task and be detailed oriented as well as working in a team environment.
- Candidate should also be performance and goal oriented, and must have a high professional demeanor and appearance.
- ** Candidate must be willing to work any shift.
EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE:
- Demonstrated experience in food manufacturing or other similar industry that involves food handling safety and production; or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience is a large plus.
- Demonstrated experience in supervising a team of production employees.
- A Bachelor degree in Engineering, Business, or other related field is a plus.
- Must be computer literate.
QUALIFICATIONS AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
- Stand 90% of the time to oversee production on the floor, sit 10% of the time to do reports and accomplish administration and management of team employees.
- Must be able to lift, carry or move 50 or more pounds of product as required when necessary.
- Pushing, pulling, stooping, walking, standing and climbing a ladder to operating systems and lines are routine as required to monitor production.
- Must work in a safe, professional manner at all times.
- Must report any accidents, property damage, or near misses to the Safety Manager and Plant or Assistant Plant Manager immediately.
- Indoor plant production work 95% of the time with 5% coordinating or overseeing outside transportation offloading and uploads.