Vitamix is unquestionably the premium brand of high-performance “blenders,” and known for its top-notch company culture and climate. It is an important component of what makes Vitamix unique and successful, and the reason why Vitamix is recognized as a Top Workplace, NorthCoast99 Winner, and Smart Culture Award recipient.

Throughout its 101-year history, Vitamix has encouraged and promoted healthy lifestyles for both its customers and employees. Employees enjoy multiple wellness programs and perks, a free Vitamix machine, and an onsite fitness center. Vitamix also offers a flexible work environment, great work culture, healthy living initiatives like fitness reimbursements, and opportunities for advancement.

For consumers, Vitamix can be found domestically in places like William Sonoma, Sur la Table, Crate & Barrel, Target, Amazon, and at Vitamix.com, and is in over 130 countries around the world.

Ultimately, Vitamix is the Global-leader in high-performance blending solutions for home and commercial use, is preferred by chefs and is found in many of top restaurants around the world. It is relied upon by culinary schools in the U.S. and has been used to train thousands of students and master chefs worldwide. If it is not a Vitamix, it’s just a blender.

Vitamix is seeking a 3^rd Shift Production Supervisor who will be responsible for managing the ongoing activities in production, including the direction of daily work, coordination of line staffing, coaching, development, and evaluation of employees in a lean manufacturing environment. The Supervisor will ensure orders are completed on time and meet quality standards that will result in a WOW experience for our customers. The successful candidate will have prior leadership experience in a progressive production environment.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assigns work based in adherence with the production schedule and monitors performance to ensure quality and productivity goals are met in a safe manner.
• Assigns employees to daily workstations and ensures assignments rotate to develop capabilities throughout the department.
• Assists plant manager in implementing new and/or existing equipment, processes, and product lines.
• Develops and implements production tracking and quality control systems to analyze production, quality control, maintenance, and other operational reports to detect production problems.
• Collaborates with the Quality department to set and monitor production standards, investigate all finished goods audit findings, and implement corrective actions with a sense of urgency to meet Vitamix standards.
• Attends daily operations meetings and provides root cause and corrective actions on daily production issues.
• Leads daily Team Leader meetings and documents issues and communicates to other departments and shifts.
• Promotes a LEAN manufacturing environment and participates in ongoing initiatives and kaizen events.
• Champions a safe work environment including monthly safety talks, ensuring proper PPE usage by employees, and root cause investigations from workplace incidents.
• Partners with Human Resources on all employee matters including performance, behaviors, and attendance. Participates in the production regular and temporary employee life cycle including, but not limited to, interviewing, performance assessments, disciplinary issues, and terminations.
• Contributes to creating a positive work environment by living the Vitamix CORE, adjusting to change, accepting new challenges, and is receptive to continually improving work processes.

The ideal candidate will also possess:

• Alignment with Vitamix’s culture and Guiding Principles which defines its Purpose, Mission, and Values.
• Expertise around Vitamix competencies: Adapting to Change, Customer Thinking & Focus, Drive for Results, Accountability, Team Orientation, Developing Others, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel. Experience utilizing ERP systems for production related activities is preferred.
• Ability to work comfortably in a fast-paced, deadline oriented environment
• Ability to lead and develop a team
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to adapt and support changes quickly to meet business needs
• A high level of corporate professionalism, maturity and political savvy.
• Proven ability to collaborate with and achieve actionable results through others, plus the ability to build strong and sustainable relationships (both internally and externally), and the capability to interact within all levels of the organization.
• Flexibility, resourcefulness and an ability to thrive in a fast-paced, changing and growing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, understand, and drive resolution of complex critical issues.
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment.
• 3^rd shift works Monday-Thursday, 8:30pm-6:30am. If we are running OT, hours will be Friday 8pm-6:30am.
• High School Diploma or GED in combination with relevant experience. Associate’s Degree is preferred.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.