Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift

freshexpress; Salinas (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

freshexpress is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead daily manufacturing operations in a food processing environment. The role focuses on starting shifts, fulfilling customer demands, and coordinating people and materials while upholding safety, quality and cost standards.

This position requires a Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of production supervision experience within food processing/packaging, with strong leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or Food Manufacturing.
• Minimum 3 years of production supervision in food processing/packaging.
• Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience supervising direct reports through coaching.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and interpret daily manufacturing schedule.
• Ensure safety, quality and cost standards are met.
• Lead continuous process improvement and labor optimization.
• Coordinate resources to meet daily production goals.
• Support new product launches and process changes.
• Review attendance and ensure policy compliance.
• Communicate effectively across the organization.
• Manage Kronos punch and Sarbanes-Oxley controls.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Coaching/Mentoring

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Office (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.