Description

Join a global leader that is a third-generation, family-owned company that is passionate about bringing the world's best dairy products to family tables. We understand the power of food to connect people, unite cultures, and enrich daily life. The Lactalis U.S. Yogurt Group offers your favorite yogurts like Stonyfield Organic, siggi's, Brown Cow and Green Mountain. Our customers demand high quality, so we are always looking for people who enjoy a challenge, make things happen, and get results.

The Production Supervisor directly supervises production employees to maximize productivity on assigned shifts and areas, including planning, assigning tasks, directing work, coordinating daily meetings, addressing product complaints, and employee complaints.

Essential Duties:

• Works with plant management and other supervisory staff to assign, direct, review, and monitor work of supervised staff to maximize productivity in the plant.
• Ensure proper procedures are in place and being followed for production efficiency, quality of product, employee safety, and state/federal guidelines.
• Inspects products to verify conformance to specifications and directs setup / adjustment of machines.
• Evaluates needs in production for daily assignment of duties, establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules.
• Evaluations process of new and tenured associates.
• Recommends improvements to production methods, equipment performance and quality of product.
• Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists workers in solving work problems.
• Maintains time and production records.
• Collaborates with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments.
• Provides supervision of assigned employees in scheduling of daily and weekly activities, including ensuring effective selection, retention, feedback, disciplinary action, and performance management.
• Oversees effective training for all employees under their supervision. Instructs employees regarding production and equipment standards and processes.
• And other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred or HS/GED plus 2 years plant supervision required.
• Experience leading and following safety/security and sanitation/quality policies and procedures in a food manufacturing environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and SAP.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing organizational and operational needs; ability to lead others through change.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Skilled in organization and prioritization; and attention to detail.
• Strong team player and leader with the ability to work across multiple functions and disciplines.
• Ability to regularly walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, and lift/move up to 10 pounds. Occasionally, lift/move up to 50 pounds. Close vision and full range of body motion is required.

The above job description is intended to describe the duties of an employee in general terms and does not necessarily describe all the duties.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Direct hire - No agencies.

Casa Grande Dairy Products, LLC, part of Lactalis US Yogurt, is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally recognized basis including, but not limited to veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disability.