Production Supervisor

Philip Morris International; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 88,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Medical, dental and vision plans

401(k)/profit sharing with employer 5%

Paid vacation and holidays

Parental leave and family/mimin

Job summary

Philip Morris International is hiring a Production Supervisor for our Aurora, CO facility. You will lead the shift crew, ensure safety, housekeeping, and asset care, and drive continuous improvement using OPEN+ tools.

The role focuses on coaching, data-driven decision making, and coordinating across shifts to meet production plans. A Technical School or engineering degree and 3–5 years of operations leadership are required.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in operations with production floor crew management.
• Effective coaching and communication skills.
• High level of accountability for results.
• Ability to work with data and solve problems.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a role model for the shift crew and ensure safety, housekeeping, and asset care.
• Maintain assets and keep machinery in good condition; escalate issues.
• Contribute to Value Stream activities to meet volume goals and reduce waste.
• Identify inefficiencies, measure them, and drive corrective actions using OPEN+ tools.
• Coach the crew toward productivity, safety, and quality with timely corrective actions.
• Organize and supervise direct and indirect reports as defined by the line structure.
• Propose and implement organizational and headcount strategies with hiring and development plans.

Skills

Operations experience

Team coaching

Data-driven

Safety awareness

English fluent

Education

Technical School or engineering degree

Job description

Production Supervisor, Aurora, CO

Be a part of a revolutionary change!

At Philip Morris International (PMI), we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future.

With huge change comes huge opportunity. So, if you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions. Our success depends on people who are committed to our purpose and have an appetite for progress.

Your Day-to-Day

• Serve as a role model for the shift crew, ensuring adherence to safety standards, housekeeping protocols, and proper asset care through maintenance and cleaning activities.


• Maintain all assets within the assigned area, ensuring machinery remains in good working condition by escalating issues to the appropriate line structure.


• Contribute to the organization of Value Stream activities to meet volume objectives cost-effectively, with a strong focus on waste reduction. Support synergies across different shifts to align with plans and standards.


• Assist the crew in identifying inefficiencies, measuring them, driving action plans, and implementing corrective actions using OPEN+ tools.


• Coach the Operations crew towards continuous improvement in productivity, safety, and quality, ensuring deviations or shortfalls are promptly addressed through corrective actions.


• Organize, supervise, and coach the work of direct and indirect reports as defined by the line structure.


• Make proposals to management and implement agreed-upon organizational and headcount strategies through effective hiring, assessment, training, and development plans.

Who We're Looking For

• 3-5 years of experience in operations with direct/indirect experience in production floor crew management


• Technical School or graduate engineering degree with experience in continuous improvement roles (Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Six Sigma, or similar).


• Effective coaching and communication skills.


• High level of personal responsibility and accountability for results.


• Ability to work with data, information, and problem-solving skills.


• Familiarity with structured problem-solving tools


• Must be able to work 12-hour shifts rotating, including nights and weekends


• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills.


• Demonstrated ability to assimilate technical data to support recommendations.


• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.


• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, collaboration, teamwork, customer orientation, quick learning, and attention to detail.


• Legally authorized to work in the US.

Annual Base Salary Range: $ 88,000- $110,000

What we offer:

We offer employees a competitive base salary and the potential to receive a discretionary annual bonus.

Employees (and their families) also have the option to enroll in our company's medical, dental, and vision plans. The company offers flexible spending accounts for health care, dependent care , and savings accounts for those who enroll in a high-deductible health plan (HDHP). Employees are auto-enrolled in our company’s 401(k)/Deferred Profit Sharing (DPS) Plan, which provides for both annual 5% employer matching and annual employer contributions.

As a new hire, you will enjoy paid vacation time, paid sick time, 12 paid company holidays, and 3 paid floating holidays. We also provide our employees with paid parental leave, paid family and medical leave, paid bereavement leave, paid sick and safe time, paid public emergency leave, paid time off for jury duty, and paid time off for certain activities relating to their status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or crime. The company offers unpaid National Guard and reserve leave, unpaid civil air patrol leave, unpaid qualified volunteer leave, and unpaid time off for employees engaging in certain activities relating to criminal proceedings.

The company also provides basic life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, and short-term and long-term disability insurance to employees at no cost. Employees have the option to purchase supplemental life and AD&D coverage for themselves, spouse, and dependent children.

• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment, and explore.


• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture where each team member’s contribution is valued; collaborate with some of the world’s best professionals and feel like you belong.


• Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our size and scale provide endless opportunities for growth.


• Take pride in delivering our promise to society: To improve the lives of millions of smokers.

PMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

PMI is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., and its U.S. affiliates have more than 2,300 employees.

PMI has been an entirely separate company from Altria and Philip Morris USA since 2008. PMI’s affiliates first entered the U.S. market following the company’s acquisition of Swedish Match in late 2022.Philip Morris International and its U.S. affiliates are working to deliver a smoke-free future. Since 2008, PMI has invested $12.5 billion globally to develop, scientifically substantiate and commercialize innovative smoke-free products for adults who would otherwise continue to smoke with the goal of transitioning legal-age consumers who smoke to better alternatives. In 2022, PMI acquired Swedish Match – a leader in oral nicotine delivery – creating a global smoke-free champion led by the IQOS and ZYN brands. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized versions of PMI’s IQOS electronically heated tobacco devices and Swedish Match’s General snus as Modified Risk Tobacco Products and renewal applications for these products are presently pending before the FDA. For more information, please visit www.pmi.com/us and www.pmiscience.com.

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