Packaging Supervisor

Glanbia Nutritionals, Inc.; Aurora (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at Glanbia Nutritionals as a Packaging Supervisor for the 2nd shift. You will lead and develop production teams, ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment. This role offers a chance to grow your career with an industry leader in nutrition, providing competitive compensation and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Health & dental plan

Generous family leave policy

401K

Staff discounts

Qualifications

• 3+ years of production supervisory experience in a manufacturing plant.
• Knowledge of GMP/HACCP principles is essential.
• Ability to manage and develop team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead, train, and develop production employees ensuring safety and performance.
• Optimize resources across production lines for efficient operations.
• Drive performance improvements using continuous improvement techniques.

Skills

Continuous Improvement

Leadership

Safety Management

Performance Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations management, business

Tools

Food Production Equipment

Job description

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Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Packaging Supervisor to join our team on the 2nd shift! In this position you will be responsible for leading, hiring, training, and developing production employees to ensure their safety and optimal performance while fostering a culture of ownership. This role demands strong business and technical leadership in safety, continuous improvement techniques, quality, performance, cost management, and people leadership. The Packaging Supervisor will work cross-functionally to meet production demands and develop and coordinate activities, processes, and standards to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people objectives. This permanent position will report to the Production Manager and duties include but are not limited to the following;

• Lead, hire, train, and develop production employees to ensure their safety and optimal performance, while fostering engagement and an ownership mentality.
• Optimize resources across production lines to ensure safe, efficient, and effective operations, adhering to quality standards.
• Utilize continuous improvement techniques to drive performance improvements and eliminate losses in production processes, line performance, and team performance.
• Provide necessary business and technical leadership in safety and quality standards, ensuring compliance and excellence.
• Oversee performance metrics, manage cost objectives, and implement strategies to enhance productivity, efficiency, and budget adherence.
• Collaborate effectively with other departments to meet production demands and achieve organizational goals.
• Develop and coordinate activities, processes, and standards to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people objectives.
• Maintain a high level of completion of quality initiatives, advocate for safe work habits, and ensure compliance with safety, quality, and professional standards within the food manufacturing facility.

The Skills you will bring to the team

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations management, business, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience with a high school diploma or GED).
• 3+ years of production supervisory experience in a manufacturing plant.
• Experience managing Continuous Improvement through manufacturing metrics. (MES/5S/OEE/LEAN MANUFACTURING)
• Knowledge and Experience with Food Production Equipment.
• Experience in food and/or consumer products environment.
• Advanced knowledge of GMP/HACCP.
• Ability to facilitate work teams
• Ability to manage and develop team members
• Occasional flexibility to support other shifts with advanced notice

If you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please apply!

Where and how you will work

The opportunity will be based in Aurora, IL. This role is 2nd shift (more details about the shift schedule will be shared by your recruiting team)

What we would like to offer you!

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary, 401K. Compensation for roles at Glanbia varies depending on a wide range of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience. Glanbia provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in Illinois. This range may not be applicable to other locations. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range. Annual salary for Illinois - based employees for this role is $65,000 - $90,000.

About Glanbia

The Glanbia Group comprises three divisions: Glanbia Performance Nutrition , Glanbia Nutritional's, and Joint Ventures . Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 6,000 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading products in 130 countries worldwide.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.