Production Supervisor

Fresh Express; Salinas (CA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresh Express is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead shift start-up, fulfill customer demands, and coordinate people and materials in a food processing plant. You will supervise finished goods within Safety, Quality and Cost standards.

Responsibilities include interpreting the daily schedule, supporting new product launches, and enforcing attendance policies while driving成本 reduction and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience leading manufacturing teams in a production environment.
• Ability to translate complex assignments into actionable tasks.
• Strong interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and interpret daily manufacturing schedule.
• Supervise production of all finished goods to meet Safety, Quality and Cost standards.
• Support new product launches and allocate manufacturing resources.
• Review attendance and ensure compliance with policy.
• Drive continuous process improvement and labor yield goals.

Skills

Leadership

MS Office proficiency

Communication skills

Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Business, Engineering or Food

Tools

MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Job description

The Production Supervisor will be responsible for shift start-up, fulfillment of customer demands, and coordination of people and materials. This individual will supervise the production of all finished goods in keeping with the standards established regarding Safety, Quality and Cost.

Essential Functions, Duties And Responsibilities

• Evaluate and interpret daily manufacturing schedule.
• Understanding of food processing, food sanitation, food safety, worker safety and cost savings development.
• Ensure continual process improvement.
• Ensure the overall completion of the daily production schedule.
• Support the launching of all new products and process.
• Maintaining a standard of performance for the manufacturing group.
• Ability to communicate throughout the organization in written and verbal form.
• Strong understanding of food processing, food sanitation, food safety, worker safety, cost development or equivalent.
• Support new product initiatives through allocating adequate manufacturing resources to implement and support new products.
• Maintain and improve labor variances and yield goals.
• Review KRONOS punch detail reports and make corrections to ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley controls.
• Monitor daily attendance records to ensure compliance with attendance policies.
• Must have good time management skills, give constructive feedback and able to drive accountability.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge Skills And Abilities

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering or Food
• Manufacturing equivalent.
• Proficiency in MS office software (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• The ability to take complex assignments and interpret them into working action items.
• Proven leadership skills, excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to supervise direct reports through coaching and mentoring.

Other Desired Qualifications/Skills

• Formal process improvement, leadership and execution with demonstration of success.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish or English/Vietnamese) preferred.

Required Education And Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• Minimum 3 years' experience in production supervision within a food processing and packaging environment or equivalent.

Working Conditions

Production plant environment with some business office.

Other Information

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed, as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.

Salary: $72000 - $82000 per year