Production Supervisor (Nights)

About SunOpta

SunOpta delivers customized supply chain solutions and innovation for top brands, retailers, and foodservice providers across a broad portfolio of beverages, broths, and better-for-you snacks. With over 50 years of expertise, SunOpta fuels customers’ growth with high-quality, sustainability-forward solutions distributed through retail, club, foodservice, and e-commerce channels across North America. 

Job Summary: 

The Production Supervisor plans and manages the day-to-day allocation of resources for designated shift (equipment, people, materials, and systems) to efficiently, safely and cost effectively achieve performance targets as agreed with Production Management. They also ensure that a high quality of products, services, housekeeping, and hygiene standards are maintained and improved in the area; review daily achievement of targets and report variances during on-the-floor and review meetings; and coach, mentor and develop team members to meet current and future business requirements.

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Supervises employees to ensure safety, quality, and productivity.
• Achieves budgeted targets for raw material yield, labor, and packaging materials usage for shift.
• Responsible for the accuracy of all production reporting related to shift.
• Schedule and conduct daily production meetings with shift personnel.
• Audit’s workstations to ensure SOPS are being following routinely.
• Collaborating with warehouse and quality assurance personnel to ensure prompt shipment of product.
• Responsible for the complete and accurate reporting of shift production data.
• Maintaining GMP / Housekeeping at a high level within the department through the involvement of all team members.
• Develops and recommends improvements of facilities, equipment, or procedures to improve safety, quality, and efficiency.
• Oversees and or conducts shift training of new or existing employees.
• Drives productivity, quality, and safety initiatives throughout production to impact productivity and the cost structure.
• Establish and support a work environment of continuous improvement that supports the companies Quality policy, Quality System & the appropriate regulations for the area.
• Oversees the management of shift production personnel.
• Drives productivity, quality, and safety initiatives throughout production to impact productivity and the cost structure.
• Ensures production is following SunOpta QA standards, SOPs, HACCP, and GMPs.
• Member of the Lean Steering Committee.
• Committed to ensuring that the products produced meet all food safety and quality requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional groups including Human Resources, Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Warehousing, and Finance to meet production targets.
• All other duties, as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Manages employees on a production shift.
• Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of assigned shift.
• Ensure effective employee relations.
• Provide employee coaching and development.
• Resolve employee issues through problem resolution.
• Manage production line performance measures and provide regular progress reports to managers.
• Coach and counsel employees; document/discuss performance reviews on a timely basis.
• Perform accident investigations.
• Manage production priorities.
• Track absenteeism and timekeeping.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate degree in related field.
• 5 – 7 years supervisory experience in a food manufacturing facility.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in a related field.
• Bi-Lingual Spanish.
• LEAN Manufacturing.

Knowledge and Skills: 

• Ability to use critical thinking to plan and problem-solve.
• Must have a working knowledge of MS Word and MS PowerPoint
• Experience with Oracle is beneficial.

Featured benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid Family leave
• Paid maternity leave
• 401(k) with Match
• Voluntary Life, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital indemnity
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition assistance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability insurance 

Additional Considerations: 

• Location: This position will be at the 3rd Avenue SunOpta Plant in Alexandria, MN.
• Shift: This position will be a night shift (D-Shift) role on a 2-2-3 pattern; 8 pm to 8 am.
• Work Environment: Approximately; 95% of the work is performed in a production environment; 5% of work may be performed in an office environment.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
EOE M/W/VET/DISABLED