Senior Production Supervisor

Nippon Premium Bakery Inc.; Santo Tomas; On-site; PHP 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Nippon Premium Bakery Inc. is seeking an experienced Production Lead to assist the Production Manager in directing bakery production activities.

The role focuses on executing the production plan with high quality and minimal waste, while coordinating with QA/QC, Planning, Inventory, Logistics, and R&D to resolve material shortages and improve processes. Candidate should have 3+ years leading a production team in bakery/manufacturing, with strong GMP/ISO knowledge and hands-on equipment

Qualifications

• Graduates in engineering, food science, or related fields with 3+ years leading production teams.
• Experience in bakery/manufacturing settings.
• Knowledge of GMP, SSOP, HACCP, ISO.
• Familiarity with SAP transactions.
• Strong documentation and safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Review production plan with Production Planner before approval.
• Coordinate with QA/QC to improve sanitation.
• Communicate with Planning, Inventory, Logistics for raw materials shortages.
• Ensure compliance with company rules with disciplinary actions.
• Lead projects to reduce losses and target zero waste.
• Review daily production performance and report weekly.
• Ensure continuous improvement measures are implemented.
• Schedule manpower and input into AANYAHR system.
• Attend meetings and represent Production Manager when needed.
• Oversee safety, GMP compliance, and equipment validation.

Skills

Leadership

Documentation

Continuous improvement

People management

Problem solving

Education

Engineering or Food Science degree

Tools

SAP

AANYAHR system

Job description

I. JOB SUMMARY

Assist the Production Manager in managing and overseeing the entire production activities in the plant; ensuring that production process will be executed according to plan with limited errors and rejections.

II. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review accomplished production plan from Production Planner before letting the production manager approved such plan.

• Coordinate with QA/QC department to improve entire plant sanitation.

• Communicate together with Production Planning and Inventory Control Personnel regarding any incident of raw materials shortage with Logistics, QA/QC and R&D and with the Production Manager and/or CTO.

• Ensure compliance by production employees to company rules and regulations and recommend disciplinary actions against employees who violate such rules.

• Generate and implement together with Production Manager projects and proposals related to production reduction of losses and initiatives that target zero waste.

• Evaluate with the Production Manager daily production performances and consolidates results with concerned departments on a weekly and monthly basis.

• Ensure with the Production Manager that all measures involve in the continuous improvement program are being implemented accordingly.

III. SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in the proper communication of corporate objectives, policies and procedures to all production supervisors and rank and file employees.

• Assist in training and recommend personnel for proper training to ensure adequate supervisory back-up.

• Recommend measures together with Production Manager that will improve or ensure safety within the entire factory.

• Responsible for the quality and safety of the products being processed in the factory and ensure that these products are within the safety and quality standards being implemented in the factory.

• Ensure that every employee in the factory complies with GMP requirements.

• Responsible in keeping the availability of all raw materials.

• Maintain records.

• Establish system for keeping of inspection and monitoring records such as well as the occurrence of problem and corrective action that resolve the problem.

• Prepare together with the Production Manager the monthly report before being submitted to the CTO/ President/CEO. This report includes highlights of the monthly activities in the factory that covers all concerns related to production department.

• Properly schedule manpower and upload it in the AANYAHR system.

• Conduct meetings to personnel and discuss the production performance, highlights and opportunities and KPIs.

• Coordinate with Sales, CPD and FG WHSE for changes in the sales/production plan.

• Observe, instruct, coach, lead and develop staff.

• Identify technical and non-technical development gaps and implement relevant plans and objectives.

• Supervise validation activities, ensuring proper and timely execution of validation of protocols required in respective areas.

• Do work orders for engineering activities that need to be done in the production areas.

• Attend on meetings and trainings and on behalf of the absent-Production Manager.

• Perform other related duties as maybe required by the CTO or the President/Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

IV. KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Graduate of engineering, food science or any related courses with background and at least 3 years of experience leading the entire production team or with similar role in a bakery manufacturing set up. If undergraduate in college or any technical course, must have at least 5 years of combined work experience leading the entire production team or with similar role in a bakery or any manufacturing setting.

• Knowledge in basic to high-end baking procedures basic trouble shooting and different baking principles.

• Adept in GMP, SSOP, HACCP and ISO systems.

• Experience on production equipment operation and expose to troubleshooting equipment problems.

• Background on Occupational Safety, Food Safety and Hygiene, Continuous improvement program, and SAP transactions.

• Know how to perform GMP, Hygiene and Sanitation and Facility Audits.

• Ability to work in a continuous operation environment.

• Possess with high leadership skills and a detail-oriented person with exceptional documentation practices.

• Computer Literate.