Production Supervisor

Rudolph Foods Company; Lima (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Rudolph Foods Company is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead and coordinate production activities during a shift, ensuring safe, high-quality product output while meeting schedules and cost targets. You will guide production employees and support safety, accountability, quality, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

The role emphasizes managing safety practices, food safety standards, staffing, and productivity with a focus on audit readiness and accurate record-keeping across the shift.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 3-5 years of manufacturing experience.
• 3-5 years of supervisory experience.
• Food manufacturing experience strongly preferred; snack food manufacturing and experience managing multiple production lines preferred.
• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering, Food Science, Business, or a related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety practices, daily observations, pre-shift safety meetings, and compliance with company safety requirements.
• Support food safety and quality standards, including sanitation, required checks, documentation, and audit readiness.
• Coordinate staffing, labor assignments, production schedules, changeovers, and production reporting.
• Monitor production efficiency, yields, downtime, waste, and labor productivity; identify improvement opportunities.
• Coach and develop employees, manage attendance and scheduling, address concerns, and administer corrective action when needed.
• Maintain accurate production, quality, safety, attendance, training, and shift communication records.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

GMPs

HACCP

SQF/BRC

OSHA

Production scheduling

Employee relations

Microsoft Office

Education

Associate's or Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Production Supervisor leads and coordinates production activities during an assigned shift to safely produce high-quality products while meeting production schedules, cost objectives, food safety requirements, and customer expectations. The role provides direct leadership to production employees and supports safety, accountability, quality, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead safety practices, daily observations, pre-shift safety meetings, and compliance with company safety requirements.
• Support food safety and quality standards, including sanitation, required checks, documentation, and audit readiness.
• Coordinate staffing, labor assignments, production schedules, changeovers, and production reporting.
• Monitor production efficiency, yields, downtime, waste, and labor productivity; identify improvement opportunities.
• Coach and develop employees, manage attendance and scheduling, address concerns, and administer corrective action when needed.
• Maintain accurate production, quality, safety, attendance, training, and shift communication records.

MINIMUM / PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 3-5 years of manufacturing experience.
• 3-5 years of supervisory experience required.
• Food manufacturing experience strongly preferred; snack food manufacturing and experience managing multiple production lines preferred.
• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering, Food Science, Business, or a related field preferred.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing operations, food safety, GMPs, HACCP, SQF/BRC, OSHA, production scheduling, employee relations, Lean Manufacturing, and Microsoft Office.

WORK CONDITIONS

Fast-paced food manufacturing environment. Schedule may include fixed or rotating shifts, weekends, and holidays as needed. Role requires extended standing and walking, climbing stairs/platforms, working around machinery, wearing required PPE, and occasionally lifting up to 50 pounds.