Production Supervisor

SUMMARY: Responsible supervising production teams in a manufacturing environment including training, coaching, and developing employees to achieve operational performance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Follows and supports all Company policies and procedures
• Support area leader in managing assigned department. In addition, act as a liaison between functional areas and ability to escalate as needed.
• Monitor work schedules and adjust work flows to achieve customer needs
• Takes all actions and necessary steps to deliver quality product to our customers.
• Responsible for developing, implementing, and supporting production training programs within production
• Supports process improvements in production to increase efficiency
• Participate and support continuous improvement programs such as SPQDC, Flow, SMED, EPEI, 5S and problem solving within production
• Ability to capture performance data to identify and achieve necessary KPI’s

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include leading, training, delegating, coaching, and motivating employees within the department. Ability to resolve conflicts and foster a positive work environment. Organize work shifts ensuring that there is adequate team members coverage (s) and resources to meet customer needs.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in business administration, management, or technical field OR 4 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Related experience includes:

• Must have prior leadership experience leading, developing, training, and coaching employees on performance
• Experience with continuous improvement programs such as SPQDC, Flow, SMED, EPEI, 5S and problem solving
• Experience with high-automated production processes (preferred for pet food).
• Experience in statistical data interpretation and analysis (e.g., SPC).

Computer and Technology Skills:

The successful candidate must be proficient in MS Office applications, ADP, SAP and or other ERP systems

Language Skills:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedural manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization. German language speaking skills is another advantage.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and ability to apply concepts such as: fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to stand, walk, sit, and talk and hear. The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 15 pounds, frequently lift and / or move up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Allergen Awareness

Products produced in this facility may contain the following allergens: Egg, Shellfish, Fish, Gluten.

Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Job descriptions are not intended to create a contract, nor are they to be construed to constitute contractual obligations of any kind or a contract of employment between saturn petcare inc. and any of its employees. The provisions of job descriptions have been developed at the discretion of management and may be amended or cancelled at any time by saturn petcare inc. with or without notice.

Employment with saturn petcare inc. is voluntarily entered, and the employee is free to resign at will at any time, with or without cause. Similarly, Saturn Petcare Inc. may terminate the employment relationship at will at any time, with or without notice or cause, so long as there is no violation of applicable federal or state law.