Processing Supervisor 3rd

Brand: Michael Foods Inc.

Categories: Operations Administrative

Locations: Chaska, Minnesota

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Remote Eligible: No

Req ID: 30522

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that’s First in Food .

Location Description

Northfield, Minn. is home to two Post Consumer Brands manufacturing plants, the Campbell Mill and Ames Mill, two distribution centers, and more than 750 team members. The Campbell Mill plant is 1 million square feet and is home to 7 manufacturing technologies to produce a wide variety of cereal products our customers know and love. Northfield is a town steeped in history, featuring two colleges and the original Ames Mill where the Malt-O-Meal Company got its start.

Responsibilities

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Production Supervisor oversees a team responsible for completing production and

sanitation tasks. The role involves planning, directing, and coordinating the work activities

and resources necessary for manufacturing food products ensuring adherence to safety,

quality, quantity specifications, and cost.

Key skills include people management, operational and sanitation knowledge, training ability,

developing expectations, driving results with data, and follow-through.

The Production Supervisor ensures compliance with all company and regulatory processes,

including but not limited to Safety, Food Safety, Human Resources, and job-specific

requirements. They work to continuously improve production and sanitation best practices

through training, standards development, data analysis, escalations, and reporting.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leads team members to support safety, food safety, operations, sanitation, and

personnel development. Ensures a safe and healthy workplace.

• Keeps management informed about operational, quality, safety issues, employee

concerns, and production cost control.

• Adheres to safe work practices, GMPs, and maintains product quality. Reports any

conditions affecting food safety, quality, or personnel safety to management.

• Produces the highest quality product at the lowest possible cost consistent with good

manufacturing practices.

• Recognizes and takes steps to resolve operating problems to minimize their impact on

operations.

• Requests and directs services of maintenance, sanitation, and other personnel as

necessary to achieve the desired level and quality of production, sanitation, safety

and warehouse services.

• Responsible for ingredient, packaging usage, and all other department costs.

• Encourages suggestions from employees to improve production, quality, safety and/or

control costs of production.

• Participates on plant safety team.

• Always ensures regulatory compliance.

• Cooperates with all departments to ensure a coordinated work relationship always

exists.

• Enforces company policies in a fair and consistent manner.

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• Maintains consistent communications and participates in and leads meetings as

required.

• Leads and/or participates in continuous improvement initiatives.

• Develops self and team members' skill sets to continuously improve work standards and

performance.

• Drives individual accountability and ownership of results. Fosters accountability for

direct reports in the areas of safety, quality, delivery, and productivity

• Keeps accurate and up-to-date records (i.e. timekeeping, downtime records, absentee

records, etc.).

• Accountable for a safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety

policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks.

• Adhere to Quality work practices, follow GMP’s, maintain sanitary conditions and

ensure that product quality is maintained. Report to management any conditions or

practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality.

• Willing to work overtime or weekends when required.

• Minimal travel required.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

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Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or

experience.

• 2- 3 years supervisory experience, preferably in the food industry.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and team building skills.

• Ability to prioritize and follow directions with little/no supervision.

• Strong organizational skills and ability to perform multi-functional tasks.

• Must be able to work overtime and/or weekends when required.

• Bi-lingual is a plus

• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and in group situations.

• Ability to solve practical problems.

• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in various forma

The pay range for this position is $70,386 - $98,541 per year.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Production Supervisor oversees a team responsible for completing production and

sanitation tasks. The role involves planning, directing, and coordinating the work activities

and resources necessary for manufacturing food products ensuring adherence to safety,

quality, quantity specifications, and cost.

Key skills include people management, operational and sanitation knowledge, training ability,

developing expectations, driving results with data, and follow-through.

The Production Supervisor ensures compliance with all company and regulatory processes,

including but not limited to Safety, Food Safety, Human Resources, and job-specific

requirements. They work to continuously improve production and sanitation best practices

through training, standards development, data analysis, escalations, and reporting.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leads team members to support safety, food safety, operations, sanitation, and

personnel development. Ensures a safe and healthy workplace.

• Keeps management informed about operational, quality, safety issues, employee

concerns, and production cost control.

• Adheres to safe work practices, GMPs, and maintains product quality. Reports any

conditions affecting food safety, quality, or personnel safety to management.

• Produces the highest quality product at the lowest possible cost consistent with good

manufacturing practices.

• Recognizes and takes steps to resolve operating problems to minimize their impact on

operations.

• Requests and directs services of maintenance, sanitation, and other personnel as

necessary to achieve the desired level and quality of production, sanitation, safety

and warehouse services.

• Responsible for ingredient, packaging usage, and all other department costs.

• Encourages suggestions from employees to improve production, quality, safety and/or

control costs of production.

• Participates on plant safety team.

• Always ensures regulatory compliance.

• Cooperates with all departments to ensure a coordinated work relationship always

exists.

• Enforces company policies in a fair and consistent manner.

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• Maintains consistent communications and participates in and leads meetings as

required.

• Leads and/or participates in continuous improvement initiatives.

• Develops self and team members' skill sets to continuously improve work standards and

performance.

• Drives individual accountability and ownership of results. Fosters accountability for

direct reports in the areas of safety, quality, delivery, and productivity

• Keeps accurate and up-to-date records (i.e. timekeeping, downtime records, absentee

records, etc.).

• Accountable for a safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety

policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks.

• Adhere to Quality work practices, follow GMP’s, maintain sanitary conditions and

ensure that product quality is maintained. Report to management any conditions or

practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality.

• Willing to work overtime or weekends when required.

• Minimal travel required.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

#firstinfood

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or

experience.

• 2- 3 years supervisory experience, preferably in the food industry.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and team building skills.

• Ability to prioritize and follow directions with little/no supervision.

• Strong organizational skills and ability to perform multi-functional tasks.

• Must be able to work overtime and/or weekends when required.

• Bi-lingual is a plus

• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and in group situations.

• Ability to solve practical problems.

• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in various forma

Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)