Packaging Supervisor

American Sugar Refining, Inc.; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 63,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) with match

Life insurance

Disability and sick time

Job summary

American Sugar Refining, Inc. seeks a Packaging Supervisor to direct sugar packaging on rotating shifts, lead unionized teams, and ensure GMP compliance. The role emphasizes on-floor leadership, meeting safety, quality, and cost targets while driving continuous improvement initiatives.

The ideal candidate will supervise up to 35 employees per shift, manage performance, and coordinate with maintenance to sustain equipment reliability.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of supervision in industrial food manufacturing/production.
• Experience leading unionized production teams.
• Knowledge of GMPs and safety procedures.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily production activities to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets.
• Monitor production performance and address issues in real time.
• Lead shift meetings and communicate department priorities.
• Manage attendance, overtime, and disciplinary actions.
• Support Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen to improve efficiency.
• Ensure documentation for production, quality and safety is complete.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Training others

Overtime flexibility

Mechanical knowledge

Office software

GMP knowledge

Supervisory experience

Industrial electrical background

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

4-year technical degree

Continuous Improvement or quality certs

Tools

Word

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Job description

ASR Group is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England and Portugal. ASR Group also owns and operates mills in Mexico and Belize. The company’s brand portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle’s® and Sidul®.

Overview

The function of the Packaging Supervisor is to direct sugar packaging production on rotating shift. You will direct teams of specialized union employees ensuring Good Manufacturing Practices and safe operating procedures. Meet or exceed production targets, quality standards, maintain and regulatory compliance through the supervision of hourly personnel on rotating shifts. This role requires a leader who is comfortable spending most of their time on the production floor, engaging with our employees identifying and solving problems.

PRODUCTION / EMPLOYEE LEADERSHIP

• Coordinate and supervise daily production activities to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets
• Monitor production performance for assigned areas and address issues in real time
• Ensure production schedules are met while maintaining OEE and waste targets
• Conduct daily huddle meetings and communicate priorities within departments
• Manage employee performance, attendance, overtime coverage, and disciplinary actions as required
• Follow Standard Work to achieve production result through employee leadership in a unionized environment

Detailed Roles & Responsibilities

• Conducts regular shift meetings regarding safety, production, quality and other important information.
• Conducts training, monitoring and evaluating employee performance and implementing recommendations to improve employee performance.
• Analyzes production requirements to estimate worker hours and create production schedules that meet both internal and external needs.
• Ensures quality of finished products by adhering to company policies, procedures and specifications, making corrections to produce a safe quality-final product. Participate in quality investigations as necessary and identify corrective actions
• Coordinates flow of materials into and out of the production areas for distribution in accordance with production schedule
• Conducts safety audits and ensuring that all safety requirements are met
• Provides guidance to workers in adjusting, repairing, and maintaining machines and equipment to optimize production
• Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules
• Develops, recommends, and implements measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Ensures all required documentation for production, quality, and safety is completed and delivered in accordance with department and company requirements.
• Ensures equipment is operating properly & efficiently. Liaise with the Maintenance Team by reporting defects and downtime and assist with root cause analysis.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

• Lead and support Lean, Six Sigma, and Kaizen initiatives to improve Operating Efficiency - OEE
• Identify waste reduction and throughput improvement opportunities
• Participate in root cause analysis using tools such as 5 Whys, Problem Cause Solution (PCS), A3 problem solving, and Fishbone diagrams
• Effectively leverage performance systems, such as RedZone, to implement corrective and preventive actions to sustain improvements

Work Experiences

• Ability and wiliness to train others
• Quantifiable leadership skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work overtime, weekends, holidays and rotating shifts
• Basic understanding of mechanical, electrical and instrumentation
• Proficient with Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices is required
• Minimum of 3-years experience in an industrial food manufacturing/production environment supervising shift employees
• Industrial electric background, computer, PLC programming, mechanical troubleshooting preferred

Education Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• 4-year Degree in Industrial/Electrical/Sciences/Technical area preferred
• Continuous Improvement or quality certification(s) strongly preferred

Supervisory Responsibility

• Up to 35 employees per shift

SALARY PAY RANGE: $62,500 - $115,500.00 plus bonus

The pay rate for the successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s qualifications and prior experience.

Benefits include healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs) available the first of the month following 30 days of employment, 401(k) with match, life insurance, AD&D, short-term disability, vacation, holiday and sick time.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.