Production Supervisor
Schreiber Foods strives to do good through food every day. Based in North America, we’re a customer-brand leader in cream cheese, natural cheese, process cheese, beverages and yogurt.
Our more than 9,000 employees and presence on five continents enable us to be an essential ingredient in our customers’ success. With annual sales of more than $5 billion, we partner with the best retailers, restaurants, distributors and food manufacturers around the globe. We also recognize our responsibility to do good in the world and are driven to make a difference in everything we do.
Schreiber Foods is seeking multiple Production Supervisors across our manufacturing plants in the U.S.
As the Production Supervisor, you will guide a diverse team of partners in a food manufacturing setting. You will participate in our Production Leader training where you will learn about production processes, how to coach and mentor team members and strive towards resolution of production, safety and quality matters. Our Production Supervisors are focused on three core priorities: Leadership, Manufacturing Operations, and Regulatory & Customer Compliance.
What you’ll do:
Leadership:
- Engage your team by communicating expectations and providing ongoing performance feedback.
- With coaching and support from plant leadership, guide a team of production partners to maximize efficiencies and achieve daily production goals.
- Assist in overseeing company, plant or department processes and programs. Monitor training to ensure team is prepared for success.
- Support diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in alignment with company commitments.
Manufacturing Operations:
- Daily problem solving to identify waste and cost reduction opportunities.
- Participate in capital improvement projects.
- Resolve roadblocks to maximize production efficiencies.
- Provide support and back up to production partners as needed.
Customer Compliance:
- Collaborate with others to drive our efforts which serve our customer obsession.
- Develop and demonstrate knowledge of various government regulations.
- Represent the plant with regulatory, customer, and internal audits.
- Establish and audit standard operating procedures which define and monitor processes to ensure customer requirements are met.
This position will be working nights and weekends. The work schedule will be shared with you during the interview process. As you demonstrate successful performance in the role there will be the opportunity to move to days.
What you need to succeed:
- Bachelor’s degree in dairy, food science, agriculture, business, or related field preferred. We also are looking for candidates with a high school diploma or GED with 3-5 years of proven leadership or manufacturing experience.
- Ability to communicate with influence both written and verbally.
- Looking for partners who are proactive, self-accountable, focus on solutions not problems and have a continuous desire to learn, grow and improve themselves and their roles.
- Ability to collaborate with partners from diverse backgrounds and ensure a culture rooted in dignity and respect of others.
- Physical requirements include ability Stand- Up to 12 hours per day, Walk- Up to 60 minutes per hour, Sit- Up to 15 minutes per hour, Lift/Carry up to 50 pounds, Bend/Squat/Twist.