Production Supervisor

The Production Supervisor oversees the day-to-day production operations and staff to ensure timely and efficient workflow. This role is responsible for ensuring productivity targets, quality and safety standards meet company standards. It is the responsibility of the Production Supervisor to lead a team of workers, oversee employee issues and concerns, provide training, and manage performance.

**Job Responsibilities and Duties**:

- Provide guidance to line leaders and production work force with respect to performance management, employee relations, awareness of business context/profitability as well as training/development of staff members
- Ensure delivery of the production goals and objectives by establishing clearly defined quality methods for staff members to apply
- Prestart and pre shift preparations and audits.
- Lead by example, ensuring a safe and efficient workplace is always maintained.
- Support the Production Manager to ensure the operation remains within budget for labor and throughput; monitor and measure performance to minimize downtime, reduce costs and improve quality and efficiencies
- Complete required documentation, records and checklist; submit to appropriate management personnel
- Communicate and address variances, quality issues and concerns with relevant departments to help identify the causes and implement sustainable corrective action
- Monitor the working environment to ensure compliance of company safety policies and procedures
- Collaborate with inventory, receiving, shipping and quality departments to ensure an efficient operation workflow, production requirements and reworked product consistently matches product specifications
- Support the resolution of Customer concerns/Complaints. Identify and eliminate root cause using robust countermeasures. Sustain the corrective actions to eliminate repeat issues.
- Ensure all external and internal auditory standards and improvement requirements are met.
- Other core expectations as defined by the company

**Required Skills / Experience / Education**:

- High school diploma or equivalent required; degree in business administration, supply chain management, engineering or related discipline preferred
- Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in production environment
- Intermediate level Microsoft (MS) Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) skills required
- Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices, Health and Safety principles
- Understanding of legislative requirements to maintain compliance to all relevant statues and guiding principles
- Proven ability to lead and motivate a team
- Excellent analytical, time management, and organizational skills
- Commitment to high professional and ethical standards
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and in a team Ability to work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment

**Work Conditions**:

- Hours of work may vary depending on business needs; role requires flexibility
- This job operates within a Production and warehouse space, where temperatures range from 45-80°F. The dust levels are higher than normal and noise level in the work environment can be loud due to packaging machinery.
- The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; bend; twist; use hands to handle or feel product or packaging.

**Physical Requirements**:

- Role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Employee is to work and lead on the Production floor standing for extended periods of time.
- The position involves walking and lifting, regularly for audits and product verifications specifically drop test and weight evaluation and audits.

Pay: $60,000.00-$65,000.00 per year

Application question(s):

- Do you have a minimum of 2 years in a production environment?
- This job operates within a Production and warehouse space, where temperatures range from 45-80°F. The dust levels are higher than normal and noise level in the work environment can be loud due to packaging machinery. Can you fulfill this requirement?
- The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; bend; twist; use hands to handle or feel product or packaging. Can you fulfill this requirement?

**Language**:

- Fluent English (required)

Work Location: In person