Production Supervisor

Kerry; Rochester (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kerry is seeking a Production Supervisor in the United States to lead the plant’s operations, drive safety and quality, and coordinate with production team leads and operators.

The role requires strong leadership, knowledge of fermentation, drying and packaging processes, and SAP proficiency. You will maintain SOPs, train staff, and ensure on-time production while upholding safety standards.

Qualifications

• A four year degree preferred in engineering, food technology or business.
• 5 years production supervision experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads and coordinates the employee element of the assigned work group to maximize efficiency.
• Oversees fermentation, dry packaging, liquid receiving & filtration & evaporation, wet blend operations.
• Uses SAP for materials flow and trains staff on software and PLC interfaces.
• Ensures training, SOPs and work instructions are maintained and followed.
• Maintains production tracking and KPIs and schedules daily activities to meet ATP requirements.
• Maintains safety, GMP compliance and sanitation standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational

Training

IT skills

Education

Engineering degree

Food technology

Business degree

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

• A. Reports to Production Manager
• B. Directly Supervises Production Team Leads, ProductionOperators
• C. Indirectly Supervises None
• D. Absence Covered By Production Manager

ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Demonstrates leadership in the area of safety. This requires observing and
enforcing safety rules and practices, encouraging safe work behaviors, and
promptly correcting conditions and unsafe behavior, which may lead to accidents.
Continually endorse the Quality & Food Safety Policies, assure conformance to
all requirements of the Quality & Food Safety Management Systems, & take
action to properly report failures of these systems to site management.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY

Executes the production schedule for processing products to meet established
product quality specifications and packaging requirements while ensuring
compliance to safety, environmental and regulatory policies. Coordinates and
supervises the activities of the operators and team leaders to maximize
fermentation, centrifugation, blending, evaporation, filter press and liquid cultures
packaging efficiencies with minimal equipment downtime.
Trains new and existing team members on equipment operations, maintains and
updates operating procedures and working instructions. Must follow established
procedures and run set points in order to achieve QC approved products.

Job Description – Production Supervisor

Assists the Production Manager in implementing and conceiving new initiatives
with the purpose of improving plant performance driven by, but not limited to Key
Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as BOP, product cost/lb, throughput,
downtime (% on-line), % shippable, % OTIF (On Time In Full), inventory levels
and safety indicators.

Night Shift Role

Salary Range $80,000 - $90,000/yr

Key responsibilities

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be
assigned.

• A. Essential Functions
• 1. Leads and coordinates employee element of assigned work group to
  maximize efficiency. This includes activities such as hiring &termination of staff, corrective actions, annual review process, training, coaching, counseling, conflict resolution, and other disciplining of staff.
• 2. Becomes expert in department(s) overseeing-- Fermentation, Dry
  packaging, Liquid Receiving & filtration & evaporation, Wet Blend
  operations, Spray drying, and any other process streams by
  understanding & coordinating the equipment operation, procedures,
  SQF, HACCP, GMP, Safety, sanitation, preventative maintenance
  programs and personnel capabilities.
• 3. Utilizes SAP and other software to perform transaction functions for
  materials flow. Trains new and existing team members on the
  operation of all PCs, software, relevant PLC interfaces and
  instrumentation, the importance of following JAMs and working
  instructions and provides documentation of training.
• 4. Empowers employees to effectively perform their tasks
  independently at the expected level by ensuring that the necessary
  knowledge, training and tools have been provided while developing
  training tools where needed.
• 5. Will help the site implement new equipment, develop SOP’s and
  complete product qualification steps on new equipment.
• 6. Assures that working instructions and process descriptions are up to
  date, accurate and accessible to all team members through the QSet
  manual. Assures all procedures and instructions are adhered to in
  the production process.
• 7. Validates critical control point (CCP) instrumentation in the
  fermentation and cultures production process to ensure adherence
  to established quality assurance, GMP and regulatory procedures.
• 8. Participates in developing finite production schedules at weekly
  scheduling meeting. Schedules and coordinates the daily activities
  of the operators to meet production processing and adherence to
  plan (ATP) requirements.
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• 9. Reports all equipment and instrumentation malfunctions immediately
  for repair and assists in trouble shooting and diagnosing problems to
  ensure timely repair. Initiates maintenance work orders.
• 10. Interacts with the Process Development project team to optimize the
  yields and processing parameters. Participates in process
  troubleshooting and HACCP teams for continuous improvement of
  existing and new process equipment.
• 11. Continually ensures and oversees the cleanliness, sanitation and
  appearance of the equipment, facility sanitation and housekeeping
  procedures to ensure compliance with established internal programs
  and regulatory codes.
• 12. Progresses facility initiatives to achieve continual improvement in
  separating, sorting, scrubbing, standardizing and systematizing (5S).
• 13. Maintains production tracking records, reports and spreadsheets to
  provide information and data for monthly reporting of production
  efficiency and monthly KPIs.
• 14. Responsible for the scheduling of all production personnel.
  Approves vacation requests and arranges for coverage. Posts the
  schedule weekly for employees, and updates Kronos schedules and
  time off requests daily. Approves time cards in Kronos weekly

Qualifications and skills

A. EDUCATION A four year degree preferred in engineering, food technology or business, or 5 years production supervision with demonstrated effective leadership and performance.

B. EXPERIENCE Minimum of 2 years experience in a dairy plant or related industry. Leadership experience is desirable. Familiarity with spray drying and powders processing highly desirable.

C. SKILLS Ability to understand functioning process equipment. Good communication, leadership planning and organizational skills are required. Influential track record in training. Must have good computer/IT skills; Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint experience required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Primary work site Office-30%, Manufacturing Areas-70%
Temperature factors Ambient/seasonal.
Noise factors Manufacturing Areas as Posted
Vibration In some Manufacturing Areas Hazards Minimal
Safety equipment Manufacturing Areas - Hardhats, Steel Toe Shoes, Hair Nets, and Safety Glasses
Work surface Office-Carpet; Manufacturing-Concrete/Mezzanine
Ability to climb mezzanine stairs to access process equipment and computerinterface points, lift loads up to 50#, work in confined spaces, and enter freezer spaces with temperatures to -40°F.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to usehands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, climb stairs and frequently required to reach with hands and arms and occasionally to stoop, kneel, or crouch.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus. The position frequently requires the ability to hear and to communicate verbally.

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