Production Supervisor - Night Shift

Inland Packaging; La Crosse (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Inland Packaging in La Crosse, WI is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead day-to-day manufacturing operations on the floor. You will guide a team of production personnel to meet safety, quality, productivity, and customer-service goals while collaborating with operators, scheduling, customer service, and plant leadership to remove roadblocks and keep production moving.

This hands-on leadership role emphasizes building a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in manufacturing with people leadership.
• Proven ability to develop employees.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop your team with clear expectations and feedback.
• Coordinate staffing, workload, equipment, and resources to meet schedules.
• Foster a positive, accountable work environment for success.
• Collaborate with operators to improve flow and reduce downtime.
• Champion safety culture and ensure safe practices are followed.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, efficiency, and productivity.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Team development

Problem solving

Communication skills

Prioritization

Education

Associate Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Arts, Engineering, Manufacturing, Printing and Publishing or a related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Office software (Word/Outlook/PowerPoint)

Job description

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Operations Indirect - Label Regular Full-Time Management La Crosse, WI, US

Salary Range: $65,000.00 To $75,000.00 Annually

What We Do At Inland

At Inland Packaging, great packaging starts with great people.

As a family-owned label and packaging manufacturer, we combine advanced technology, talented teams, and a commitment to continuous improvement to produce approximately 25 billion labels each year for well-known brands including Kraft Heinz, New Glarus Brewing, Purina, AriZona, Coors Light, and many more.

We continue to invest in our people and our operations, creating opportunities for employees to learn, grow, and build meaningful careers in manufacturing.

If you're an experienced manufacturing leader who enjoys developing people, solving problems, and keeping production moving, we'd love to have you on our team.

About the Role

As a Production Supervisor, you'll be a hands-on leader responsible for guiding the day-to-day operations of our manufacturing floor.

You’ll lead and develop a team of production employees while helping ensure we meet our goals for safety, quality, productivity, and customer service. You'll work closely with machine and press operators, scheduling, customer service, and plant leadership to remove roadblocks, improve production flow, and keep the operation running efficiently.

This is an opportunity to make a direct impact on both people and performance while helping shape a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

What You’ll Do

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This list of essential functions is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary.

• Lead, coach, and develop your team, providing clear expectations, regular feedback, recognition, and support.
• Coordinate staffing, workload, equipment, and resources to meet production schedules and customer deadlines.
• Build a positive, accountable work environment where employees feel supported and equipped to succeed.
• Partner with machine and press operators to improve production flow, troubleshoot challenges, and minimize downtime.
• Champion a safety-first culture and ensure safe work practices are consistently followed.
• Monitor production performance and adjust staffing or resources as priorities change.
• Collaborate with Scheduling and Customer Service to anticipate production needs and support on-time shipments.
• Participate in daily scheduling meetings to ensure staffing, materials, and resources are prepared for upcoming production demands.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, efficiency, and productivity.
• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives across the manufacturing operation.
• Communicate production results, constraints, and priorities to employees and plant leadership.
• Ensure standard work practices and company procedures are consistently followed.
• Support hiring, onboarding, training, performance management, employee development, and other people-leadership responsibilities.
• Address issues fairly and consistently while helping employees overcome roadblocks and perform at their best.

What We’re Looking For

We're looking for a confident, people-focused leader who enjoys being on the production floor and working alongside their team.

Required Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, including experience leading people, processes, and projects.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and develop employees.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, production throughput, and downtime in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to collaborate across departments and lead cross-functional initiatives.
• Comfortable working independently and making decisions when needed.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint, along with a general understanding of business operating systems.

What Will Help You Succeed

• Establishing and sustaining trusting relationships by accurately perceiving and interpreting own and others’ emotions and behavior; leveraging insights to effectively manage own responses so that one’s behavior matches one’s values and delivers intended results.
• Utilizing financial data to diagnose business strengths and weaknesses and identify the implications for potential strategies, keeping a financial perspective in the forefront when making strategic decisions.
• Leading Change
  • Driving organizational and cultural changes needed to achieve strategic objectives; catalyzing new approaches to improve results by transforming organizational culture, systems, or products/services; helping others overcome resistance to change.
• Coaching and Developing Others
  • Providing feedback, instruction, and development guidance to help others excel in their current and future job responsibilities; planning and supporting the development of individual skills and abilities.
• Driving Execution
  • Translating strategic priorities into operational reality; aligning communication, accountabilities, resource capabilities, internal processes, and ongoing measurement systems to ensure that strategic priorities yield measurable and sustainable results.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Arts, Engineering, Manufacturing, Printing and Publishing or a related field

Required Work Schedule

• Monday through Friday, 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
• Additional hours may occasionally be needed based on production demands.
• Flexibility to attend important meetings or company functions outside regular working hours may be required.
• Occasional travel or overnight trips may be necessary.

Location

• On-Site at 3030 Airport Road La Crosse, WI 54603

Operates in a demanding, fast-paced, people-oriented manufacturing environment with frequent changes and interruptions, and multiple project assignments. Works with a variety of people including vendors, customers, employees, managers, and executives.

Physical Requirements

• Light physical work may be required from time to time
• Must pass Ishihara Color Assessment and receive a minimum of average/normal color vision score on Farnsworth Munsell 100 Hues and D-15.
• 20/40 corrected vision
• No unusual physical requirements are necessary