Production Supervisor

Korpack; Lombard (IL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Korpack is seeking a Production Supervisor to run half the floor on their shift, leading Line Leads and operators to hit the production plan while ensuring safety and quality in a food-grade environment.

You will coordinate with our staffing agency for temp staff, make keep/release calls, and ensure equipment readiness to keep lines moving efficiently. This role reports to the Production Manager and requires strong floor leadership and fast decision-making.

Qualifications

• 3+ years supervising in manufacturing, packaging, or food production.
• Ability to lead working leads and large temp-heavy crew.
• Bias for the floor — you supervise by walking, watching, and coaching.
• Comfort making fast, fair personnel and priority decisions.

Responsibilities

• Shift production plan attainment and quality — your lines hit plan, and the product is right.
• LMA of Line Leads — lead, manage, and hold accountable the leads running your lines.
• Personnel decisions — keep/release calls on temp associates and replacement coordination with our staffing agency.
• Equipment readiness and coverage — elevate equipment issues fast; keep lines staffed and running.
• Safety and housekeeping — a safe, food-grade floor is non-negotiable.
• Assign leads and crews to lines based on the daily plan; adjust as the day moves
• Walk the floor: monitor rates, quality, and staffing across your lines continuously
• Partner with the shift Production Control Supervisor on WOs, materials, and line-feed
• Make performance calls on temp associates and coordinate replacements with the agency
• Enforce safety, GMP, and housekeeping standards; lead shift startup/handoff communication

Skills

Manufacturing supervision

Lead Line Leads

Safety & GMP

Temp staff decisions

Job description

Korpack is a growing, privately held packaging solutions company in the western Chicago suburbs, providing contract packaging, packaging materials, and automation to leading consumer brands. We run food-grade (SQF) production across two facilities and are investing heavily in people, systems, and a new 350,000 sq ft expansion. Two things define how we work: efficiency — lines that run to standard, every shift — and accuracy — work orders, inventory, and shipments that are right the first time in our ERP (Acumatica).

POSITION SUMMARY

Production Supervisors run half the floor on their shift: the people, the plan, and the quality of what ships. You lead the Line Leads and operators, hit the shift's production plan, and keep the operation safe and moving. Our staffing agency handles attendance and payroll administration for temp associates — your focus is performance, quality, and execution, with the authority to make keep/release calls and coordinate replacements.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Shift production plan attainment and quality — your lines hit plan, and the product is right.
• LMA of Line Leads — lead, manage, and hold accountable the leads running your lines.
• Personnel decisions — keep/release calls on temp associates and replacement coordination with our staffing agency.
• Equipment readiness and coverage — elevate equipment issues fast; keep lines staffed and running.
• Safety and housekeeping — a safe, food-grade floor is non-negotiable.

DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assign leads and crews to lines based on the daily plan; adjust as the day moves
• Walk the floor: monitor rates, quality, and staffing across your lines continuously
• Partner with the shift Production Control Supervisor on WOs, materials, and line-feed
• Make performance calls ontempassociates and coordinate replacements with the agency
• Enforce safety, GMP, and housekeeping standards; lead shift startup/handoff communication

WHAT YOU BRING

• 3+ years supervising in manufacturing, packaging, or food production
• Proven ability to lead working leads and large temp-heavy crewse>
• Bias for the floor — you supervise by walking, watching, and coaching
• Comfort making fast, fair personnel and priority decisions

PAY & SCHEDULE

$26.00/ hr base (Day A / PR 1st) · $28.00/ hr on Day B and Night A. Full-time, benefits eligible.

Hourly · Madsen & St. Charles (PR) · $26/ hr base · $28/ hr differential shifts · Reports to shift Production Manager