Manufacturing Operations Lead: Safety, Quality & Efficiency

Coastal Elite Pro; Wyoming (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Coastal Elite Pro is seeking an Operations Supervisor to lead daily manufacturing activities, ensuring safety, quality, and productivity targets are met. You will coordinate schedules, materials, and staffing while driving cross-functional collaboration for continuous improvement and waste reduction.

The role emphasizes strong people leadership, coaching front-line teams, and rigorous adherence to food safety standards.

Qualifications

• Proven operations or manufacturing leadership experience.
• Strong commitment to safety, quality, and food safety compliance.
• Ability to optimize resources (materials, staffing, throughput) and manage performance metrics.
• Lean/continuous improvement mindset and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and coaching/people leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervise plant operations to ensure consistent performance against targets.
• Coach and develop front-line employees; support a high-performance culture.
• Monitor and drive KPI performance for production and operational effectiveness.
• Enforce food safety and applicable compliance standards.
• Support capital and process improvement projects to enhance efficiency and outcomes.
• Identify root causes of issues and implement corrective actions.

Skills

Operations leadership

Safety & quality

Resource optimization

Lean & CI

People leadership

Job description

Coastal Elite Pro is seeking an Operations Supervisor to lead daily manufacturing activities, ensuring safety, quality, and productivity targets are met. You will coordinate schedules, materials, and staffing while driving cross-functional collaboration for continuous improvement and waste reduction.

The role emphasizes strong people leadership, coaching front-line teams, and rigorous adherence to food safety standards.