Food Production Supervisor (2nd & 3rd Shift)

MSI Express; Portage (IN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

MSI Express in Portage, Indiana is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead daily manufacturing operations, optimize yields, and ensure adherence to safety and USDA health standards across all steps.

You will direct hourly production associates, monitor performance metrics, and drive continuous improvement while maintaining strong relationships with customers and safeguarding plant assets and quality. This role requires a Bachelor's degree and prior food manufacturing supervision experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Food manufacturing experience desirable.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems.
• Strong leadership for hourly staff.

Responsibilities

• Oversee production and track yields, implementing adjustments as needed.
• Ensure safety and USDA health standards across all manufacturing steps.
• Lead hourly production associates in safety, service, performance, and quality.
• Maintain customer relationships and protect plant assets while fostering a positive work environment.

Skills

Analysis & problem solving

Flexibility

Hourly management

Customer interaction

Supervisory experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

MSI Express is a single-source contract manufacturing and packaging company, delivering innovative engineering solutions from our strategically located network of manufacturing facilities.

Role Purpose/Position Summary

As a Production Supervisor, you are responsible to overseeing production, tracking product yields, and making necessary adjustments. Ensuring that safety and USDA health standards are met throughout all steps of the manufacturing process. Provide direction to the production department associates in areas of safety, service, performance, quality and leadership. Responsible for maintaining and/or enhancing customer relationships, plant assets and a positive employment atmosphere.

Key Accountabilities/ Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to the plant production associates in areas of safety, machine operation, sanitation, quality, customer service and maintenance.
• Adherence to the site’s productivity metrics to include crew size, operational efficiency; scrap loss, etc. to optimize profitability.
• Maintain a clear understanding of customer expectations for accuracy, quality and timelessness and develop methods for meeting or exceeding those expectations.
• Training and enforcement of company policies.
• Communicate company philosophy, policies, and expectations clearly to all hourly personnel.
• Provide input in the establishment of setting plant budgets, goals and standards.
• Develop strong production team members through the effective use of performance management processes and tools.
• Monitor production performance and develop/implement action plans to address areas of concern or opportunities for improvement in a timely fashion.
• Create a positive working environment for all associates, which support continuous improvement, reinforce company philosophy and policies and treat every individual equally with respect.
• This position has responsibility for Food Safety and Quality within their influence.
• The associate in this job has the responsibility to report, in a timely manner, Food Safety and Quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action on those problems.

Qualifications/ Capability Profile

• Bachelor's degree - Essential
• Food manufacturing experience -Desirable
• Experience with customer interaction -Desirable
• Demonstrate hourly management skills -Desirable
• Previous Supervisory -Desirable
• Ability to Analyze/ Problem Solve -Essential
• Flexibility -Essential

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