Cold food Supervisor

Flying Food Group; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Flying Food Group is seeking a production supervisor to lead daily operations in our Newark, NJ facility. You will oversee labor, ensure safety and quality standards, and drive productivity in a cold environment.

The role requires strict adherence to HACCP, GMP, and USDA guidelines, effective team coaching, and coordination of schedules to minimize overtime while meeting deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Follow the Basic Principles in all employee interactions
• Provide direction, guidance, and assistance to employees to enable them to work more effectively
• Motivate employees by giving positive feedback, always in a respectful manner
• Measure and manage productivity in the department to identify areas for improvement
• Coordinate production process to increase productivity and improve process controls
• Effectively allocate production labor as needed on a daily basis to improve productivity
• Manage workforce to cross-train employees and rotate employees regularly
• Follow all procedures for reporting Worker's Compensation incidents and accidents
• Ensure meal processing counts and deadlines are met by checking line progress regularly
• Ensure accurate counts are produced to specification
• Ensure portions control is accurately measured by employees by conducting regular verifications
• Train employees in production processes and portion control
• Proactively engage in employee relations issues to resolve them effectively and promptly
• Manage storage and rotation of daily food production overages to minimize waste
• Hold regular communication meetings with employees to review production results, safety, and hygiene
• Communicate schedule changes to employees
• Manage production schedules and processes to minimize overtime
• Manage workforce accountability for quality and productivity
• Ensure employees have the proper tools and equipment needed for production
• Ensure that HACCP, GMP, and USDA standards are achieved and completed
• Ensure customer production and labeling requirements are achieved
• Able to work in cold environment 32/38 degrees

Job description

Responsibilities and Duties

• Follow the Basic Principles in all employee interactions
• Provide direction, guidance, and assistance to employees to enable them to work more effectively
• Motivate employees by giving positive feedback, always in a respectful manner
• Measure and manage productivity in the department to identify areas for improvement
• Coordinate production process to increase productivity and improve process controls
• Effectively allocate production labor as needed on a daily basis to improve productivity
• Manage workforce to cross-train employees and rotate employees regularly
• Follow all procedures for reporting Worker's Compensation incidents and accidents,
• Ensure meal processing counts and deadlines are met by checking line progress regularly
• Ensure accurate counts are produced to specification
• Ensure portions control is accurately measured by employees by conducting regular verifications
• Train employees in production processes and portion control
• Proactively engage in employee relations issues to resolve them effectively and promptly
• Manage storage and rotation of daily food production overages to minimize waste
• Hold regular communication meetings with employees to review production results, safety, and hygiene
• Communicate schedule changes to employees
• Manage production schedules and processes to minimize overtime
• Manage workforce accountability for quality and productivity
• Ensure employees have the proper tools and equipment needed for production
• Ensure that HACCP, GMP, and USDA standards are achieved and completed
• Ensure customer production and labeling requirements are achieved
• Able to work in cold environment 32/38 degrees