Production Supervisor

The Production Supervisor supervises a staff of production employees, and manages the production team activities in accordance with production schedules ensuring unit goals are achieved.

The Supervisor also ensures adherence to established operations and safety policies and procedures, maintains standards in the areas of safety, food safety, housekeeping, attendance, operational discipline, process safety management, and scheduled/unscheduled maintenance, and is responsible for communications up and down the line and for assuring that communications from team members are accurate and complete, along with being responsible for responding to personnel, operational, and safety, and environmental incidents.

Production Supervisor Responsibilities:

• Role model, establish expectations, and drive accountability in Core Values, e.g. Safety/Food Safety, Ethical Behavior, Respect for People, Environmental Stewardship.
• Provide 24/7 production coverage support through shift rotation.  First call point of contact for production issues/area emergencies.
• Ensure safety in day-to-day activities through execution of site safety policies including proper permitting, safety audits, housekeeping, incident investigation/recommendation implementation.
• Direct production teams, across multiple units, in activities such as coordination of competing production priorities and troubleshooting of process and mechanical reliability issues.
• Work directly with technical resources (engineers, laboratory analysts, etc.) to resolve production issues as well as on continuous improvement activities focused on unit processes and equipment.
• Manages/supports team and team members’ performance including shift staffing needs, overtime requirements, performance appraisals, and identifying and resolving performance issues.
• Maintains electronic employee data including accurate weekly time keeping records.
• Supports development of team member functional knowledge, skills (technical & soft), and abilities through formal training activities and mentorship/coaching.
• Perform job duties in a manner that follow food safety and quality guidelines including but not limited to HACCP, GMPs, QA Policies, Sanitation, and Pest Control.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Chemical or Mechanical Engineering is desired) plus 1-3 years minimum Manufacturing experience OR5 years manufacturing/production facility experience, with two years’ experience in a lead operator or equivalent capacity.
• Supervisory experience preferred.

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to utilize common computer applications including Microsoft Excel, Work, PowerPoint, and Visio, SAP, SharePoint, etc.
• Demonstrated communication (written & oral) effectiveness
• Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical problem solving skills including data collection/analysis and solution definition/implementation
• Ability to manage multiple work streams necessary to meet plant targets, business objectives, and customer needs.
• Demonstrated team leadership through successful team building, skill development, and change management

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

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