Production Supervisor

Glanbia Nutritionals, Inc.; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discounts

Generous family leave policy

Health & dental plan

Competitive salary

401K

Job summary

Glanbia Nutritionals, Inc. is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead the Carlsbad, CA manufacturing team, overseeing blending, packaging, and shipment while upholding safety, quality, and customer specs.

You will partner with QC, planning, purchasing, and sanitation to drive daily operations, continuous improvement, and a culture focused on safety and accountability.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; college degree preferred, especially in a technical discipline.
• Prior manufacturing supervisory experience.
• Experience leading, training, coaching, and developing employees.
• Knowledge of food safety, HACCP, sanitation, cGMP, and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day manufacturing operations across blending, inspection, packaging, and warehouse areas.
• Promote a behavior-based safety culture with a focus on creating a zero-risk workplace.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives using Glanbia Performance System principles.
• Ensure proper documentation, labeling, packaging controls, and product quality standards are followed.
• Conduct pre-shift meetings and assign team members to support production needs.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure orders are completed safely, accurately, and on time.
• Ensure equipment, materials, and production areas are properly cleaned, set up, and used in accordance with cGMP standards.
• Supervise, coach, train, and develop manufacturing team members while supporting performance, attendance, and engagement.
• Support food safety programs, including HACCP, allergen control, sanitation, housekeeping, and pest control practices.
• Foster Glanbia’s culture of Living the Values through a positive, hands-on, “can do” leadership approach
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Supervisory experience

Manufacturing operations

Safety culture

cGMP

HACCP

Documentation

Team leadership

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Technical discipline degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

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 a Production Supervisor to join our Manufacturing team in Carlsbad, CA. This role will oversee the preparation, production, packaging, and shipment of blended materials while ensuring products are manufactured safely, efficiently, and in line with customer specifications and company standards.

Reporting to the Production Manager, this position will partner closely with Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Planning, Purchasing, and Sanitation to support daily operations, food safety, continuous improvement, and a strong safety-first culture

Essential Functions

• Lead day-to-day manufacturing operations across blending, inspection, packaging, and warehouse areas.
• Promote a behavior-based safety culture with a focus on creating a zero-risk workplace.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives using Glanbia Performance System principles.
• Ensure proper documentation, labeling, packaging controls, and product quality standards are followed.
• Conduct pre-shift meetings and assign team members to support production needs.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure orders are completed safely, accurately, and on time.
• Ensure equipment, materials, and production areas are properly cleaned, set up, and used in accordance with cGMP standards.
• Supervise, coach, train, and develop manufacturing team members while supporting performance, attendance, and engagement.
• Support food safety programs, including HACCP, allergen control, sanitation, housekeeping, and pest control practices.
• Foster Glanbia’s culture of Living the Values through a positive, hands-on, “can do” leadership approach
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; college degree preferred, especially in a technical discipline.
• Prior manufacturing supervisory experience preferred.
• Experience leading, training, coaching, and developing employees.
• Knowledge of food safety, HACCP, sanitation, cGMP, and quality standards.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Mechanical aptitude and working knowledge of production documentation, weigh-up processes, and computer systems.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and work flexible hours, including overtime and weekends as needed.
• Bilingual English/Spanish skills are a plus.

Where and how you will work

The opportunity will be based in Carlsbad, CA.

What we would like to offer you!

• staff discounts
• generous family leave policy
• health & dental plan
• competitive salary
• 401K

Compensation

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 CA. 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. The annual salary for CA based employees for this role is $75,000-$95,000k with an annual bonus.

About Glanbia

Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 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.