Job Summary of the Production Supervisor: The Production Supervisor plans, directs, and coordinates the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing food products in accordance with safety, cost, quality, and quantity specifications.

Qualifications of Production Supervisor:
• Minimum of 3 years supervisory experience.
• Food manufacturing experience is required.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience.
• Ability to effectively coordinate and supervise all department functions.
• Bilingual in Spanish desired.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals in English.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups, customers/vendors, or employees of the organization.
• Must have excellent communication, interpersonal, and team-building skills. Able to direct, train, and motivate department personnel.
• Ability to recognize problem situations, investigate, and take appropriate steps to resolve.
• Ability to work in cold, wet, noisy, dusty, and humid environments.
• Demonstrates the ability to maintain positive interpersonal relationships and work effectively with others to complete work assignments.
• Able to work independently or with others in a team environment depending upon the assignment.
• Self-motivated while also willing to ask questions and seek direction.

Responsibilities of the Production Supervisor:
• Produces the highest quality product at the lowest possible cost consistent with good manufacturing practices.
• Provides a safe work environment for all personnel.
• Recognizes and takes steps to resolve operating problems to minimize their impact on the operations.
• Requests and directs services of maintenance, sanitation, and other personnel as necessary to achieve the desired level and quality of production, sanitation, safety, and warehouse services.
• Cooperates with all departments to assure a coordinated work relationship always exists.
• Responsible for ingredient usage and all other department costs.
• Keeps accurate and up-to-date records (i.e. timecards, downtime records, absentee records, etc.).
• Enforces company policies in a fair and consistent manner.
• Encourages suggestions from employees which will improve production, quality, safety and/or control costs of production.
• Keeps management informed on operating and/or employee problems, quality, safety and/or control costs of production.
• Maintains consistent communications and monthly department meetings.
• Follows proper SOP’s (Standard Operation Procedures)
• Assumes personal responsibility to insure safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks.
• Adheres to Quality work practices, follows GMP’s, maintains sanitary conditions and ensures that product quality is maintained. Reports to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality.