Job description

Winland Foods is a leading private label food manufacturer of pasta, dry dinners, condiments, syrups, and more with nearly 3,000 employees operating out of 14 production facilities in US, Canada, and Italy. As a ‘newly’ established company, we are creating the building blocks for an innovative and agile organization that is purpose driven - delivering high quality food to our customers and communities. We foster an environment that encourages all employees to be heard, and values their contributions and ideas. By joining Winland Foods, you become a part of a new team that values passion, collaboration, and strives to prosper with our customers.
Employee Type:
Full time
Location:
MO Excelsior Springs
Job Type:
Production Operations
Job Posting Title:
Production Supervisor
Job Description:
Role and Responsibilities
The Production Shift Supervisor oversees all production operations, conduct of food safety, and quality procedures of the plant to assure a safe, efficient, productive, and positive work environment for the assigned shift. This role consistently directs, coaches, trains, and gives performance feedback to the associates on the line. All procedures and practices used are grounded in standards, regulations and laws addressing occupational safety (OSHA) and food safety and food quality (FDA) in addition to environmental safety (EPA) in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
The Production Shift Supervisor identifies, manage, and executes the plant’s process improvement opportunities. Manages production staff to attain production and quality goals. Identifies problems or bottlenecks in production processes and resolves issues. Ensures production resources, including materials, equipment is available as needed to maintain production schedules. Supports continuous improvement goals in safety, quality, cost, and customer service. Responsible for managing and owning various functions of the business and creating an engaged and team-oriented work force to improve business results.
In this role you will: manage production employees to include Packaging Machine Operators, Press Operators, Palletizing Machine Operators, Distribution personnel, and Temporary Employees, is responsible for the general direction, coordination, and evaluation of these units; Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Adheres to company safety and sanitation policies and follows Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s) in all areas of responsibility.
• Follows established Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
• Access and understand computer programs (MII, IQS, Centerlines, and Machine Programs).
• Expected to be an ambassador/supporter of the training program, and provide feedback as needed to ensure training tools and job aids are developed for improved plant operations success.
• Attend training planning meetings and leading training projects, as required.
• Creates a safe and productive work environment for all employees.

Proficient knowledge of all equipment along with auxiliary equipment.

• Limits downtime to specified standards.
• Provide shift-focused supervision to the production associate.s
• Communicate routinely with a professional manner with associates to assure that all understand the day’s production schedule, key issues, and challenges.
• Provide supervision to the production of products during their shift assuring the implementation and monitoring of good manufacturing practices, quality and safety standards, QA monitoring and continuous improvement.
• Participate in overseeing maintenance, sanitation, equipment, and organization on each shift for the plant.
• Identifies problems or bottlenecks in production processes and resolves issues.
• Assure daily documentation, analysis, and trending of data regarding production, waste, maintenance issues, safety issues, employee issues and any other incidents.
• Assure the implementation of all identified food quality and food safety standards, laws, good manufacturing practices, training, and continuous improvement.
• Ensures production resources including materials, equipment, and people resources are available as needed to maintain production schedules.
• Identify and document the skills, performance opportunities, learning needs, time and attendance of each production associate and teaches routinely
• Assure all associates are consistently trained in all required standards and expectations, including temporary employees
• Manage production performance against plant goals in safety, quality, CPS, cost, customer service and culture
• Manage and supervise all OSHA compliance training for production employees, including temporary employees
• Work with the management team to develop safe work practices and implement them for effective safety that result in zero recordable and lost time accidents and encourages safe work performance.
• Exudes a high degree of interpersonal skills, objectivity and can work well with everyone.
• Assure fair and consistent application of policies, procedures, and discipline
• Follows and enforces standards for food safety and food quality production reflected in SQF as well as the regulations of major vendors and governmental agencies such as OSHA, FDA and EPA and assures associates are consistently trained in these standards and comply with all requirements.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong relationships with all line associates and departments.
• Anticipates needs of production, processing, and warehouse.
• Demonstrates a positive attitude.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills.

Qualifications and Education Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Four-year Degree in Business or Engineering or a related field or equivalent work experience, preferred.
• Minimum of two years of production manufacturing experience, preferred.
• High School Diploma, GED, equivalent.
• Working knowledge of production equipment and systems.
• Working knowledge of food safety and food quality standards and regulations such as SQF or BRC and environmental and safety regulations preferred.
• Strong computer skills with Microsoft Office applications and ability to learn new systems quickly
• Strong analytical, planning, organizational, and time management skills.
• Ability to facilitate cross-functional teams
• Ability to effectively present information to top management
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Highly motivated self-starter and ability to work independently, demonstrated people and project leadership experience.
• Demonstrates good people skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong communication skills
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to be organized, multitask, and keep up with multiple fast-paced machines
• Strong skills in judgement and communication
• Basic math and measuring ability
• Demonstrates understanding of packaging operations
• Ability to comprehend written and oral communication and apply commonsense understanding to carry out and follow instructions and standard operating procedures.
• Ability to read production orders and machine specifications.
• Proficient understanding of centerlines and can explain their usage
• Can demonstrate a good sense of urgency to keep production line assigned to running.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s)

• Preferred Skills

Communication Skills

• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. The ability to think, communicate in a fast-paced environment. Must be able to effectively communicate throughout all departments.
• Ability to read and interpret documents in the English language such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedures manuals. Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees of the company. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret production schedules, technical procedures, and reports. Ability to write reports and calculate efficiencies for production reporting requirements. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from co-workers, managers, and auditors.
• reasoning ability

• Strong analytical skills. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral or schedule form. Demonstrate creative troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Utilize needs assessment to identify gaps and use information to develop, implement, and adapt training content and methods
• Other Skills and Abilities

• Ability to use computers and all standard programs used by the industry and the ability to learn and effectively use all other computer programs that are or will be made available.
• Must be an effective teacher/trainer exhibiting patience and dedication; exhibit good attendance and safety practices; able to deal with stressful situations calmly and exhibit good judgement; have good time management skills; willing to train according to best practices.
• Must possess a solid mechanical aptitude combined with technical training and/or the equivalent in manufacturing experience (preferably in food manufacturing).
• Additional Notes

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to move about the facility. The employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee is required to stand and walk up to 90 percent of the shift; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms. The position requires climbing on a frequent basis. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Vision requirements include near and far visual acuity with some degree of color perception.
• Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• Employee must comply with all safety policies and safe work procedures established by the company.
• Using personal protective equipment as established in company policies and safe work procedures.
• Job tasks may also involve:
• Using personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, goggles, gloves, and other equipment as established in company policies and safe work procedures.
• Compliant with the uniform policy.
• Lift 35 pounds at a minimum, anything over should seek assistance.
• Frequent carrying, bending, standing, sitting, and repetitive motion.

Winland Foods believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
Winland Foods is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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Job Type: Full-time

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