Production Supervisor

Production Supervisor-  PLW 

As a production supervisor you will be responsible for leading team members to manage all daily operations within the mill. Supervises operations to attain production and quality goals. Identify problems or bottlenecks in production processes and resolves issues. Ensure that production resources including materials, equipment and human resources are available as needed to maintain production schedules. And, support continuous improvement goals in safety, quality, cost and customer service. 

To succeed, you must be able to: 

Deliver results in first-time situations by inspiring others and working to earn trust every day. 

• Serve others with understanding, respect, and care. 
• Operate with simplicity, clarity and transparency. 
• Deal with and drive change. 
• Organize, prioritize and own multiple tasks while meeting or exceeding deadlines. 
• Learn and apply new technology, and share your knowledge with others. 

Above all you will be expected to carry out all your activities with reliability, integrity, compliance and in a safe, environmentally responsible, and efficient manner. 

Your responsibilities: 

• Oversees/executes day-to-day operations for a major area or sub-group area including multiple people intensive departments and/or highly technical processes, ensuring direct reports are following policies and procedures related to employee safety and food/feed safety. 
• Partners/collaborates with Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) and Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory (FSQR) experts to implement the most effective approach for complying with corporate safety policies and procedures. 
• Health & Safety: Enforces a culture of zero injury and illness. 
• Environmental: Understands and proactively avoid environmental impact and potential risk to the businesses. 
• Food Safety: Directly monitors risks associated with products. Ensures HACCP/FDA requirements are met in all food and feed processes. 
• Educates/trains workforce in the food safety fundamentals and completes safety inspections and housekeeping audits. 
• Documents and investigates EHS/Food Safety incident data compiled by direct supervisors to identify risks and recommend mitigation actions (i.e. safety index, RIFR, food safety index, CFSRA and FDA audits). 
• Directly oversees and monitors production outcomes, quantity, and quality to ensure customer and food safety requirements are within specifications. Works with Operations team to meet customer specifications and timeline. 
• Directly oversees sterile zone maintenance & sterile zone consumables inventory. 
• Oversees, documents and investigates quality data issues that occur, compiles information and provides recommendations for improvements for review by Plant Manager/Corporate QA Specialists. 
• Within defined area(s) of scope, identifies risks and recommends areas of improvement and innovation. Measures quality performance in areas that impact the customers. 
• Supports BU/Plant customer relationship by meeting businesses objectives and by understanding how operational performance impacts internal/external customers. 
• Accountable for implementation of non-base capital investments for a major area or sub-group area (multiple departments/processes or shifts). Works with appropriate COEs (i.e. engineering, plant management) to provide input in the development of plant capital investment strategies. 
• Responsible for preparing and managing the production budget (daily/monthly) for multiple departments/processes, or shift. 
• Ensures accurate execution of purchase orders and timely payment of invoices. 
• Uses proper procurement practices. Works with direct supervisor to forecast volume of orders on a monthly/yearly basis. 
• Accountable for maintaining/ordering proper packaging consumables inventory 
• Develops operational plans and monitors day-to-day operations for all production processes for multiple departments, processes, or shifts.  
• Directly oversees and supervises daily operations of assigned major area or sub-group area to achieve production throughput requirements including work flow, job assignments, scheduling, shift coverage, etc. 
• Oversees the production and shipment of quality products to fulfill customer requirements. Controls and effectively utilizes the production capacity, manpower and equipment and outside resources through planning, organizing and scheduling to minimize losses; works within the framework of the budget to optimize company profitability. 
• Identifies, aligns, and provides input to best in class operational practices. Utilizes deep technical skills (i.e. production, engineering) and relevant experience to identify/solve problems and recommends/implements operating efficiencies. 
• Consolidates performance measurements and deploys leading common practices to promote operational efficiencies (i.e. yield optimization, energy/water usage reductions, etc). 
• Aligns and implements common reliability processes and ensures the reliability culture is foundational to operations (i.e. deploys common reliability processes and metrics; focus on eliminating the root-cause of reliability problems, etc). 
• Partners with local plant Reliability and Engineering management to develop approaches for meeting/tracking efficiency standards (scorecard and metrics control, total cost of maintenance, monthly review of compliance audits, etc). 
• Champions a culture that promotes operational excellence. Recommends process improvements and supports business case for new investments/innovations. 
• Ensure total employee involvement and linkages of individual and team activities to losses and the business need. 
• Directly Partners/Supports COEs to identify opportunities for continuous improvements applicable to the entire business. 
• Performs and supervises activities of workers engaged in repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools, and equipment. Schedules repair, maintenance, and installation to ensure continuous production operations. Participates in development of preventive maintenance program in conjunction with engineering department. Inspects operating machines and equipment for conformance with operational standards. 
• Develops/supervises and provides coaching to operation team including coaching Ardent Mills core values and guiding principles. 
• Develops planning for future production workforce needs and participates in selection of employees. Responsible for developing strong leaders and a more diverse workforce by seeking multiple approaches to source/attract diverse talent. 
• Implements department operational/reliability/safety training programs and controls/monitors employee performance records on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. 
• Accountable for production talent development and responsible for overall training and on boarding new/transferred employees as well as workforce engagement, recognition, development and coaching. 
• Implements systems and processes to maintain a highly engaged workforce. Holds direct reports accountable for actively addressing engagement issues and for identifying/leveraging best practices in engagement. 
• Motivate and enhance skills of direct reports and associates. 
• Maintain compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, quality specifications, safety standards and sanitation practices. 
• Applies disciplinary actions when needed. 

 Essential skills and experience: 

• Bachelors degree or 4+ years equivalent job experience. 
• 2+ years’ experience in plant operations 
• 1+ years supervisory experience required. 
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment. 
• Strong leadership behaviors. 
• Demonstrated safety and food safety champion behaviors 
• Strong interpersonal skills (communication, coaching, setting expectations, providing feedback). 
• Demonstrated problem solving/decision making skills. 
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and lead others to work as a team. 
• Packaging/bulk load out experience in a food environment 

Good to have: 

• Training in LEAN, Six Sigma, or other manufacturing and warehousing optimization processes  
• Knowledge of continuous improvement processes. TPM knowledge highly preferred. 
• Reliability centered maintenance training around packaging equipment best practices. 
• Demonstrated scheduling and process optimization for packaging/warehouse/bulk load out operation. 

Physical requirements and working conditions (with or without reasonable accommodation): 

• The employee is subject to extreme heat and cold. Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than hour and temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity. 
• The employee is subject to atmospheric conditions. One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system of the skin:  Fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases or poor ventilation. 
• The worker is subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places or exposure to chemicals. 
• The worker is subject to noise. There is sufficient noise to cause worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level. 

Other considerations: 

• Occasional travel required 
• This position is off-shift 
• Weekend work required 
• Must be able to read, interpret instruction and technology and communicate effectively in English 
• Must be willing to work alongside your team including long days (days, evenings, and nights) as well as weekends or holiday work 
• Must be authorized to work in the Unites states without sponsorship now and in the future 
• Except where prohibited by law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test and pre-employment background check 
   

Team members must be clean shaven in order to perform tasks where respiratory protection is required and the use of a respirator (including N-95 dust mask) requires a proper seal for adequate protection.

The preceding position description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this position.  It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees in this position. The description, duties, functions, and responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of Ardent Mills.   

Location:

 

 

Martins Creek PA

Address:

4888 South Delaware Drive, Easton PA, 18040

Additional Locations (if applicable):

Employment Type:

Full time

Additional Information:

Competitive Compensation:

We provide market-driven base pay, based on skills, abilities, and level of experiences. Our salary ranges are broad, and individual salary will be market competitive based on a candidate’s unique set of skills and level of experience. The starting range for this position is $74,600.00 - $99,444.40, with additional earning potential possible commensurate with experience. Additionally, we believe that our team members are the reason for our success and all team members are incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and individual results achieved. While the specific bonus plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions, the targeted bonus plan and targeted percentage amount for this role is Bonus - OIP, 5% Annual.

Benefits:

At Ardent Mills we offer a wide range of benefits to our team members and their eligible family members. Some of our great benefit programs you may be eligible for include: • Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage• Health and Dependent Savings Accounts • Life and Disability Programs • Voluntary Benefit Programs • Company Sponsored Wellness Programs • Retirement Savings with Company Match • Team Member and Family Assistance Program (EAP) • Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays • Employee Recognition Program with Rewards (RAVE).

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EEO Commitment:

At Ardent Mills, everyone matters and everyone has a voice. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and team members and the decisions will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, age, political affiliation, or any other non-merit characteristic protected by law or not. Together, celebrating our differences, we make Ardent Mills. The preceding position description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this position. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees in this position. The description, duties, functions, and responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of Ardent Mills.

En Ardent Mills, todos importan y todos tienen voz. Estamos comprometidos a brindar un ambiente de respeto mutuo donde haya igualdad de oportunidades disponibles para todos los solicitantes y miembros del equipo y las decisiones se basarán en el mérito, la competencia, el desempeño y las necesidades comerciales. Estamos orgullosos de ser un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. No discriminamos por motivos de raza, color, religión, credo, origen nacional, ascendencia, estado civil, sexo, orientación sexual, identidad o expresión de género, discapacidad física o mental, embarazo, información genética, condición de veterano, edad, política. afiliación, o cualquier otra característica no meritoria protegida por ley o no. Juntos, celebrando nuestras diferencias, formamos Ardent Mills. La descripción del puesto anterior ha sido diseñada para indicar la naturaleza general y los deberes y responsabilidades esenciales del trabajo realizado por los empleados dentro de este puesto. Es posible que no contenga un inventario completo de todos los deberes, responsabilidades y calificaciones requeridas de los empleados en este puesto. La descripción, los deberes, las funciones y las responsabilidades están sujetos a cambios a discreción de Ardent Mills.

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