Production Supervisor

Lotus Bakeries, Milan; Mebane (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Lotus Bakeries in Mebane, NC seeks a Corporate Procurement Manager to lead a production team and ensure quality, safety and efficiency. The role requires guiding standard work, coordinating with technical teams, and maintaining KPIs across safety, quality, and throughput.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of team leadership in a production setting, strong SAP experience, and good communication in English (Spanish a plus). Familiarity with GMP and bakery operations is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• At least 5 years of experience leading a small to mid-size team
• Experience in a production facility, ideally FDA-regulated
• Food processing/bakery knowledge is a plus; QA/inspections helpful
• Familiarity with equipment operation and mechanical components
• Must follow GMP hygiene practices
• Strong math skills and basic analytics
• Experience with SAP strongly desired
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• English required; Spanish a plus

Responsibilities

• Guide your team to follow standard work and SOPs to guarantee quality, safety and performance
• Oversee production activity in all assigned areas
• Ensure daily KPIs for safety, quality, scrap and production are met or exceeded
• Coordinate shift start-ups and handovers with prior shift supervisor and maintenance
• Build strong relationships with the technical department and assigned technicians
• Adjust schedules and assignments to cover absences and promote cross-training
• Create training plans for new operators and monitor training quality
• Coach operators to maintain equipment operation and address issues
• Record and escalate equipment or quality non-conformities as needed
• Lead shift labor scheduling and report on daily performance

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Problem solving

English (strong)

Spanish (plus)

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Mebane

• Actively guide your team to follow standard work and standard operating procedures to guarantee quality, safety, and performance
• Oversee production activity in all assigned areas
• Ensure that daily KPIs of safety, quality, scrap, and production are met/exceeded
• Organize a smooth start-up and changeover to a new shift by actively engaging with supervisor of previous shift and maintenance technicians to ensure your team is aware of operational status and open technical and quality issues
• Build a strong relationship with the technical department and the tech(s) allocated to your shift
• Adjust schedule and work assignments to account for unforeseen absences and tardies; coordinate rotation of team members during the shift, both to satisfy production needs and to promote cross-training
• Create training plans for new operators and monitor the quality of training delivered
• Monitor for proper operation of the production and processing equipment in the assigned areas and intervene when necessary to train, retrain, and coach team member performance
• Evaluate operational and technical deficiencies that impact uptime; resolve issues when possible and escalate when quality issues or non-conformities arise.Guide leads and operators in performing small technical interventions upon malfunction.
• Confirm that inspection tasks and registration are performed according to instruction
• Signal and register technical malfunctions and abnormalities of equipment, raw ingredients, finished product, and packaging material; escale to maintenance as needed
• Report on daily shift performance and own improvement initiatives
• Exhibit TOP communication with operators in all areas and with technicians, material handlers, managers, and other team members on-shift about issues to be solved
• Lead labor-scheduling activities for your shift
• Complete reports of employee behavioral deficiencies or customer complaints

Profiel

Education (degree): Bachelors’ degree or equivalent work experience

Experience

• At least 5 years of experience leading a small to mid-size team
• Prior experience with leading and motivating a team in a production facility, ideally in an FDA-regulated environment
• Food processing and/or bakery knowledge is a plus; experience with inspections and/or quality control is helpful
• Familiarity with equipment operation and mechanical components
• Must be able to perform duties following all regulatory GMP hygiene practices
• Possess basic math skills
• Possess intermediate computer skills and ability to use Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Outlook
• Solid communication skills, both written and oral
• Experience with SAP strongly desired

Language Skills

• English, verbal and written
• Spanish a plus but not required
• Problem-solving and decision-making
• Flexibility and willingness to adjust to shifting responsibilities in a growing environment
• Strong communication and collaborative skills
• Creative and out-of-the-box thinking
• Exhibit core values of Team Spirit, Open Dialogue, and Passion

Corporate Procurement Manager

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