What are the responsibilities and job description for the PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR position at Kari Out?
About Kari-Out®
Kari-Out® supports food on the go with a diverse portfolio of products for the food service industry, including packaging, tableware, sauces, wipes, and ingredients. Since the 1970s, we have built a strong reputation for delivering high-quality products while maintaining a commitment to sustainable practices, serving both independent and national foodservice distributors.
Founded in 1964, Kari-Out is a family-owned company with extensive experience in food production and takeout packaging. Today, we employ hundreds of team members across multiple locations nationwide, operating over 1 million square feet of facility space.
As we continue to grow, we remain focused on innovation, product excellence, and strong partnerships. Our success is driven by our people and our commitment to meeting the evolving needs of our customers.
If you’re looking to join a collaborative environment that challenges the status quo and prioritizes customer success, we encourage you to apply.
About the Role
We are currently seeking a skilled Production Supervisor to join our team at our sauce manufacturing facility in Totowa, New Jersey. This is a third-shift role, with hours from 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM.
The Production Supervisor is responsible for overseeing daily manufacturing operations to ensure production goals are achieved safely, efficiently, and in accordance with established quality standards. This position provides leadership and direction to production employees, coordinates staffing and workflow, monitors production performance, and works closely with Quality, Maintenance, Warehouse, and other departments to support overall plant operations.
The ideal candidate will have manufacturing supervisory experience, strong leadership skills, knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), experience with SAP or similar manufacturing systems, and a demonstrated interest or experience in Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Understand every aspect of the plant’s operations (from receiving material handling to manufacturing packaging to shipping) and maintain all workflow processes for each product line.
- Manage hourly staff to ensure safety, quality, productivity, reliability, and facility cleanliness is maintained.
- Schedule personnel and resources based on staffing levels and production requirements as well as effectively cross train staffing for redundant work center coverage to meet the production schedule.
- Responsible for training all shift employees as well as assessing talent and creating employee development plans.
- Assist in decisions regarding the company’s production organizational chart, including hiring for open and/or new positions on the shift, and manage temporary staffing for the shift such as monitoring of hours worked.
- Effectively execute disciplinary on company policy and management’s directives for all shift personnel.
- Assist with productivity and maintenance functions as required (which may include operating machinery).
- Troubleshoot machines to provide guidance to departmental Technicians and Operators as well as providing feedback on Engineering and Maintenance on issues and potential fixes
- Ensure proper paperwork and data entry for the shift is being completed in a timely manner
- Track and maintain KPIs for all assigned metrics and provide feedback on shift trends as well as suggest and implement cost reduction strategies.
- Effectively communicate with other shift Supervisors, Plant Manager and other Department leaders on a routine basis.
- Run routine shift meetings covering safety, quality, facility, HR, scheduling and other updates/notifications.
- Attend weekly production meetings with other shift supervisors, Plant Manager and other department leaders.
- Ensure that employees are following and adhering to safety guidelines and GMP’s and safety inspections.
- Assist in maintaining tooling and printing inventories and communicate with Engineering and Maintenance to reorder items as required.
Qualifications
- Willingness and ability to work off shift for occasional support (based on business needs).
- Minimum of 5 years’ supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Ability to lead and manage up to 30 hourly workers including department leaders.
- Prior experience in enacting and maintaining safety policies and disciplinary actions.
- Technical abilities on machinery include troubleshooting manufacturing equipment.
- Knowledge of computer programs including Microsoft Office, SAP.
Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
- Wellness Program
- Voluntary benefits
- 401(k) plan
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
This is a third-shift role, with hours from 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM.
Salary : $80,000 - $90,000