Production Supervisor 4th Shift

Link Snacks; New Glarus (WI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401k participation

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Link Snacks, a Wisconsin-based meat snack company, seeks a Production Supervisor to lead a weekend nights shift and manage production, safety, and quality.

You will supervise staffing, training, and daily operations, enforce GMP, HACCP, and SQF compliance, and drive continuous improvements while coaching team members for high performance. This role offers a plant-floor leadership position with competitive pay and full benefits.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 2+ years of experience in manufacturing and 1+ years lead experience.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Ensure proper staffing, including interviewing and hiring.
• Implement and monitor training plans and required trainings.
• Direct daily activities to meet safety, quality, productivity and cost goals.
• Evaluate performance, conduct reviews, address conflicts, and manage timekeeping.
• Ensure quality products and adherence to productivity goals and cost standards.
• Perform production paperwork, receiving and inventory control with accuracy.
• Communicate effectively with peers, subordinates and leaders.
• Resolve day-to-day operational and people issues and drive improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Staffing

Safety awareness

Training

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

At Link Snacks, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago.

We’re everyday people who deliver extraordinary results. Innovation, creativity, and urgency aren’t buzzwords, they’re expectations. And just like the real protein snacks we make across our global house of brands—Jack Link’s®, Lorissa’s Kitchen®, Golden Island®, BiFi®, and Peperami® and KOOEE!® to name a few—there’s nothing artificial about us. What you see is exactly what you get: humble, gritty, passionate people who show up every day ready to not just be a participate in the meat snack industry that the Link Family created, but to move faster, innovate harder and keep raising the bar so high, the rest of the world needs a ladder just to see it.

Dominating this space across the world takes a team. A team that runs together, succeeds together, and celebrates together. A team that’s full of relentless energy and spirit that can only be fueled by one thing: a fist full of our delicious meat snacks.

Real Meat Protein. Real People. Real Results. THAT is Link Snacks.

At Link Snacks, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago.

We’re everyday people who deliver extraordinary results. Innovation, creativity, and urgency aren’t buzzwords, they’re expectations. And just like the real protein snacks we make across our global house of brands—Jack Link’s®, Lorissa’s Kitchen®, Golden Island®, BiFi®, and Peperami® and KOOEE!® to name a few—there’s nothing artificial about us. What you see is exactly what you get: humble, gritty, passionate people who show up every day ready to not just be a participate in the meat snack industry that the Link Family created, but to move faster, innovate harder and keep raising the bar so high, the rest of the world needs a ladder just to see it.

Dominating this space across the world takes a team. A team that runs together, succeeds together, and celebrates together. A team that’s full of relentless energy and spirit that can only be fueled by one thing: a fist full of our delicious meat snacks.

Real Meat Protein. Real People. Real Results. THAT is Link Snacks.

Job Description

Supervises a team of Production Workers and their daily activities to ensure the needs of all functions within the area are met (production, training, safety, security and housekeeping). Provides leadership/direction to the team and ensures that all the procedures for food safety and manufacturing high quality products are achieved. This position works a weekend nights schedule. Generally Friday - Sunday 6 p.m. - 6 a.m.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for ensuring proper staffing is maintained, including interviewing and hiring new team members
• Implement and monitor training plans, ensure compliance required training
• Directs daily activities to meet safety, quality, productivity and cost goals
• Evaluate team members work performance, conduct appropriate reviews for team members, address complaints and resolve conflicts, reward and discipline accordingly, and approve timekeeping
• Provides direction to team members to ensure quality products, and adherence to productivity goals and cost standards
• Perform production paperwork, receiving and inventory control procedures with complete accuracy
• Communicate effectively with peers, subordinates and leaders in an effective, timely manner
• Resolves day-to-day operational and people issues
• Implements process improvements within area
• Develop team members and team leads
• Area-level decisions impacting people and production
• Understand the concepts of FIFO (First-in-First-Out) on perishable products and ensure successful implementation of FIFO throughout the operations within the facility
• Models and reinforce GMP’s, food safety and quality standards; accountable for assigned area and ensure compliance
• Support and successful implementation of SQF (Safe, Quality Foods) within the facility
• Complete and review all Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), and Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures (SSOP) requirements and paperwork. This includes but not limited to Pre-Operational Inspection, Operational Inspections, Pre-Shipment Review, and Corrective Actions
• Immediately report all accidents and deficiencies to management; complete accident investigations and report within 24 hours of incident
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 2+ years of experience in manufacturing and 1+ years Lead experience
• Proficient in internet navigation, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Able to organize and prioritize in a multi-tasking environment
• Accuracy and attention to detail

Additional Information

The hiring range for this $75k-$85k annually

Actual wages will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, and candidate skill set and experience. Base pay is just one component of Link Snacks Total Rewards package for Team Members. Other rewards may include annual incentive and program-specific awards.

Link Snacks provides a variety of benefits to eligible Team Members, including medical, dental and vision benefits, life and disability insurance, 401k participation, paid holidays, and paid time off.

• medical
• dental and vision benefits
• life and disability insurance
• 401k participation
• paid holidays
• paid time off

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to be successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work environment is a plant / office setting with varying degrees of temperatures and noise levels. Exposure to manufacturing equipment movement and wet / slippery floors. Travel may be required.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Link Snacks provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by federal, state or local law.

E-VERIFY

Link Snacks is participant in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For information about the E-Verify program, please visit: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify/employees