Production Supervisor

Jobtailor; Waukesha (WI); On-site; USD 58,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Wisconsin seeks a skilled Production Supervisor to oversee workflows, meet production goals, and lead a manufacturing team. You will manage performance, coach staff, and collaborate across functions to ensure quality and safety in a food manufacturing setting.

The role emphasizes continuous improvement, training, and strong communication to drive efficiency and cost objectives. Prior GMP/HACCP knowledge is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years as frontline supervisor in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience in food manufacturing facilities and knowledge of GMPs, HACCP, and sanitation.
• Must possess knowledge of the manufacturing environment.
• Strong leadership capability and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate cross functionally and upwards.
• Strong analytical ability, observation, and coaching skills.
• Ability to motivate, lead, and engage employees.
• Excellent problem solving skills and strong work ethic.
• Proven track record in driving production goals and quality.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the workflow at our facilities.
• Focus on meeting production goals, quality, safety, people leadership, engagement, and cost objectives.
• Performance management of direct reports including direction setting, accountability, coaching, feedback, performance reviews, development, training, etc.
• Monitor the production process utilizing RedZone and engaging with the area team.
• Escalate any production issues per escalation criteria.
• Plan, organize, and delegate work assignments to accommodate schedules.
• Ensure administrative tasks are completed including interviewing new potential team members, planning & scheduling, safety reporting, Kronos, and other system entries.
• Ensure product specifications are met and alert production manager and QA if quality is in question.
• Resolve quality issues through training and enforcement of standards.
• Lead & participate in continuous improvement projects within supervised area.
• Attend specified meetings and provide detailed shift handover information.

Skills

Leadership

Performance Mgmt

GMP Knowledge

HACCP Knowledge

Analytical Ability

Coaching

Training

Delegation

Problem Solving

Excellent Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

RedZone

Kronos

Job description

• Oversee the workflow at our facilities


• Focus on meeting production goals, quality, safety, people leadership, engagement, and cost objectives


• Performance management of direct reports including direction setting, accountability, coaching, feedback, performance reviews, development, training, etc.


• Monitor the production process utilizing RedZone and engaging with the area team


• Escalate any production issues per the escalation criteria


• Plan, organize, and delegate work assignments to accommodate departmental schedules


• Ensure administrative tasks are completed including interviewing new potential team members, planning & scheduling, safety reporting, kronos, and other system entries


• Ensure product specifications are met and alert production manager and quality assurance if product quality is in question


• Resolve quality issues through training of personnel and enforcement of standards


• Lead & Participate in continuous improvement projects within supervised area


• Attend specified meetings and provide detailed shift handover information

Requirements

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience


• A minimum of 3-5 years as front line supervisor in a manufacturing environment is preferred


• Experience in food manufacturing facilities and knowledge of GMP's, HACCP, and sanitation practices is helpful


• Must possess knowledge of the manufacturing environment


• Skill set of strong leadership capability and organizational skills


• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate cross functionally and upwards


• Skill set must include strong analytical ability, observation, and coaching skills


• Ability to motivate, lead, and engage employees


• Excellent problem solving skills and strong work ethic

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong leadership and organizational skills in overseeing production workflows, ensuring quality and safety standards, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. Possesses expertise in performance management, coaching, and effective communication within a manufacturing environment.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Leadership Capability


• Performance Management


• GMP Knowledge


• HACCP Knowledge


• Analytical Ability

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Production Management


• Quality Assurance


• Coaching


• Problem Solving


• Performance Reviews


• Training


• Delegation


• Sanitation Practices


• Workflow Oversight


• Continuous Improvement

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication


• Collaboration


• Motivational Skills


• Organizational Skills


• Engagement

Industry Keywords

• Food Manufacturing


• GMP


• HACCP


• Sanitation


• Production Goals


• Safety Reporting

Tools & Technologies

• RedZone


• Kronos