Position Location: San Bernardino, CA

Job Description:

Country Archer is the #1 premium meat snack brand in the US! Since 2011, we've been leading the charge in raising snacking standards with our delicious jerky and meat sticks crafted from only real ingredients. As a rapidly growing company, we're not just offering a job – we're offering an opportunity to make a real impact. Join our team of talented professionals and be part of our entrepreneurial culture, where hard work and innovation are celebrated as we continue to push boundaries and redefine the snack industry. This is your chance to be part of something truly exciting and help shape the future of snacking.

Are you ready to lead and inspire a dynamic team towards achieving exceptional results? We are seeking a motivated and experienced Production Supervisor to spearhead our RAW and Ready-to-Eat (RTE) departments. In this role, you'll be instrumental in elevating key performance indicators (KPIs), driving departmental initiatives, and nurturing a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. As a pivotal member of our plant leadership, you'll actively engage in weekly meetings, leveraging your problem-solving skills to identify and implement innovative solutions. Collaboration will be key, as you work seamlessly with quality, warehouse, maintenance, and sanitation teams to ensure operational excellence. If you're passionate about driving success in a fast-paced production environment, we want you on our team.

Our company has a high energy, fast-paced and welcoming work culture in which everyone “roles up their sleeves” and partners closely together to continue to propel the company’s success. You will succeed in this position if you are high energy with a drive towards improvement and growth, a strong communicator and skilled engaging across multiple functions and levels across the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Take steps to actively maintain a safe workplace in compliance with OSHA regulations and that promotes an attitude that worker safety is very high priority.
• Ensure compliance with food safety regulations and standards (OSHA, USDA, HACCP, GMPs)
• Maintains effective working relationships with team members through open communication, visibility, and involvement to promote a positive working environment that maximizes safety, employee engagement, productivity, and throughput.
• Determine optimal staffing levels and proactively alert management to the need for new hires.
• Helps to drive improvements in labor efficiency by managing headcount, overtime, and work activities of the team.
• Manage employee requests and scheduling. Approve time-off request as fit to support the needs of the plant and employee.
• Address equipment issues promptly and collaborate with the maintenance team to minimize downtime.
• Provide feedback and coaching to line leads and production staff.
• Set rate of production to meet output requirements while also actively engaging in and leading execution of work processes to ensure high quality product and efficient use of input materials.
• Provide input for and participate in development/ documentation of training materials/ Stand Works Instructions (S.W.I.’s).
• Serve as an example to other production workers for proper behavior and work ethic.
• Proactively address problems in the Production Department.
• Ensures timely and accurate documentation of all daily paperwork related to product safety & quality, lot traceability, throughput, yield and other production reporting.
• Facilitate clear and open communication across all levels on all topics relevant to the operation.
• Report any food safety or quality issues to QA tech and plant manager.
• Responsible for team member coaching and development, employment decisions, and resolving issues through conflict resolution. Hires, trains, coaches, and reviews performance of team members. Partners with Human Resources and Production Manager for recruitment, corrective actions, and terminations.
• Will act as back up to Line Leads or Production Team Worker as needed.
• Other appropriate duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Minimum of 4 years of experience as a successful leader in the food industry
• Leadership experience in production environment
• Experience with USDA preferred
• Preferably bilingual English/Spanish

Shift Schedule: Monday- Friday 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM

Saturday work as required by production demand.

Salary: $70,000 to $85,000