2nd Shift Meat Production Supervisor — Lead & Improve

Grecian Delight; Elk Grove Village (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive compensation and 10

Medical, Dental and Vision options for

Safe-harbor 401(k) Plan with generous

Life, AD&D, Short and Long-term

Health Savings Account Contributions

Paid Vacations and Holidays

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Grecian Delight | Kronos Foods (“GDK”) is seeking a dynamic 2nd Shift Production Supervisor – Meat to lead our Elk Grove Village facility. You will provide leadership, coaching, and professional development to hourly production personnel within a USDA-regulated environment, driving accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

You will execute the daily production schedule, monitor performance, and partner with Maintenance, Quality and Planning to resolve issues, while ensuring

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of supervisory experience in a USDA food manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading large hourly production teams.
• Strong knowledge of USDA regulations, HACCP, SQF, GMP, OSHA and food safety standards.
• Experience managing labor, production schedules, and departmental performance metrics.
• Ability to coach employees, resolve conflict, and hold team members accountable.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with ERP or manufacturing systems preferred.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, coaching, and professional development to hourly production personnel while cultivating a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Execute the daily production schedule while meeting safety, quality, labor, and productivity targets.
• Monitor production performance and implement corrective actions to achieve operational goals.
• Partner with Maintenance, Quality, Sanitation, Warehouse, and Planning to resolve production issues and minimize downtime.
• Conduct shift start-up meetings and communicate production priorities, safety expectations, and performance metrics.
• Investigate production, quality, and safety incidents and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain compliance with USDA, FDA, SQF, HACCP, GMP, and company policies.

Skills

Supervisory leadership

Team management

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

Coaching & accountability

ERP / MES systems

Tools

ERP / MES systems

Job description

Grecian Delight | Kronos Foods (“GDK”) is seeking a dynamic 2nd Shift Production Supervisor – Meat to lead our Elk Grove Village facility. You will provide leadership, coaching, and professional development to hourly production personnel within a USDA-regulated environment, driving accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

You will execute the daily production schedule, monitor performance, and partner with Maintenance, Quality and Planning to resolve issues, while ensuring