Dairy Production Lead: Safety, Quality & Impact

HP Hood LLC.; Concord, Northern (NH, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

HP Hood LLC. is seeking a Production Supervisor to oversee an entire facility or a department during the assigned shift, ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency while supporting daily operations on the floor.

Responsibilities include coordinating production and sanitation, optimizing labor use, and leading a team through scheduling, training, and performance management to meet company goals.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent. Bachelor’s degree preferred at some facilities.
• At least 5 years’ experience in Dairy Manufacturing environment. May require 3 years at a supervisory level in a production environment depending upon facility.
• Experience working with HTST pasteurization (site-dependent).
• Experienced in inventory management systems (site-dependent).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily production and cleaning activities and schedules to meet business objectives.
• Ensure that production efficiencies are maximized and waste is minimized.
• Ensure positive employee relations and maximize labor efficiency.
• Properly address and handle operational, maintenance, and employee issues in a timely manner.
• Strive to meet identified goals.
• Provide all aspects of leadership for department employees. Personnel responsibilities include, but not limited to: shift scheduling, team building, maintaining high level of motivation & morale, training, conflict resolution, performance evaluations, attendance monitoring and disciplinary action where appropriate.
• Properly and effectively communicate to employees, peers, and management.
• Establish clear responsibilities and expectations for each position and ensure that each employee meets these standards.
• Enforce and ensure compliance with all rules, policies, programs, and procedures, including but not limited to GMP’s, SQF, Safety, Quality, Regulatory (State and Federal), Company, and Plant.
• Conduct Incident Investigations for accidents, damage, mishaps, etc. in a timely manner and appropriately follow up with any identified corrective action.
• Work jointly with production control, customer service and Warehousing to ensure order fulfillment requirements are met accurately and on time.
• Maintain solid customer satisfaction levels relating to quality and accuracy while ensuring the highest level of operational efficiencies.
• Operational responsibilities to include, but not limited to: inventory management, shift start meetings, create & implement training processes, housekeeping, research/resolve filling errors and implement corrective actions.
• Equipment/Machinery: Ensure equipment is properly maintained and fully operational, work jointly with the maintenance organization on all equipment/machinery issues.
• Ensure that the highest level of housekeeping, cleaning, and sanitation is maintained at all times.
• Administer coaching and corrective action as necessary.
• Assume increased responsibilities as production requirements dictate.
• Adjust work shifts dependent upon production and staffing needs.
• Assume production manager responsibilities as needed in their absence.
• Additional Duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Excel

RSView

Teamwork

Math skills

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

RSView

Excel

Word

Job description

HP Hood LLC. is seeking a Production Supervisor to oversee an entire facility or a department during the assigned shift, ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency while supporting daily operations on the floor.

Responsibilities include coordinating production and sanitation, optimizing labor use, and leading a team through scheduling, training, and performance management to meet company goals.