Plant Operations Supervisor — Food & Beverage
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Job Location:
Mount Vernon, OH - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 65000 - 75000
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
What your day looks like
You arrive to a fast-moving production floor rally your team with a focused huddle and set priorities around safety quality and output. You walk the line to verify compliance with procedures conduct quick safety audits and make sure startup checks are complete. Throughout the shift you monitor production rates and scrap coach operators and step in to resolve process or equipment issues alongside maintenance and other support personnel. You document incidents and near-misses keep the quality bar high and close the loop with clear communication at changeover so the next team is set up to win.
Core responsibilities
- Lead coach and evaluate frontline employees to drive daily operations and a culture of continuous improvement.
- Champion proactive safety: conduct audits file incident reports and investigate close calls to prevent recurrence.
- Ensure products meet quality specifications and that all standard procedures are followed.
- Train the team on company procedures with emphasis on safety quality and hitting production goals.
- Partner cross-functionally with HR on payroll processing staffing and personnel/labor matters.
- Coordinate with peer supervisors to communicate key issues during shift changeover.
- Own performance metrics for throughput and scrap and take action to achieve targets.
- Troubleshoot process equipment and material challenges with support teams to maintain steady operations.
What you bring
- 5 years of successful production supervision experience preferably within a unionized manufacturing environment.
- Strong communication skills (verbal and written) and the ability to build productive relationships with hourly employees peers and management.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and the aptitude to learn new systems.
- Demonstrated leadership and people management skills.
- Domain experience in food and beverage manufacturing.
Preferred qualifications
- Bachelors degree (not required).
- Six Sigma certification.
Physical requirements
- Ability to lift and carry 25 lbs. sometimes more.
- Comfort regularly standing and moving throughout the facility.
Proficiencies
- Leadership / People Management
- Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Asset Management
- Data Management
- Fire
- Jboss
- Accounts Payable
- Application Support
About Company
We are Packaging a Better Future. We strive to be the best at what we do and our demand for excellence is who we are. As a market leader, we are a trusted partner to major global brands and create innovative products used more than 5 billion times each week.
