Production Supervisor

Production Supervisor

At Niagara, we're looking for team members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our team members.

This position is responsible for supervising daily operations of the production floor; ensuring the shift meets the established safety, quality, and production goals in compliance with all applicable legal and food safety requirements.

Essential functions include:

• Managing and directing activities of assigned shift, ensuring product adheres to Niagara's standard of safety, quality, and throughput.
• Maintaining effective working relationships with team members through open communication, visibility, and involvement to promote a positive working environment that maximizes safety, employee engagement, productivity, and throughput.
• Analyzing the production schedule prior to shift start and adjusting team member assignments to meet production targets. Verifying discrete jobs are correct in Oracle (including quality and bill of material list), Warehouse Management System, and/or Line Management System.
• Responsible for team member coaching and development, employment decisions, and resolving issues through conflict resolution. Hiring, training, coaching, and reviewing performance of team members. Partnering with Human Resources and Production Manager for recruitment, corrective actions, and terminations.
• Inspecting raw materials prior to changeovers to ensure correct inventories for production runs. Performing first pass quality checks after changeovers to prevent non-conforming product.
• Collaborating with the Maintenance Department to resolve downtime occurrences on the production lines.
• Completing shift reports for production numbers, downtime, attendance, overtime, and quality checks for submission to the Production Manager.
• Conducting walkthroughs throughout the shift to ensure safety, quality, and housekeeping compliance by team members.
• Interfaces with multiple departments within the organization to ensure customer deadlines are met.
• Participates in interviews with hiring managers.
• Collaborating with plant leadership and shift team members to champion a world-class safety culture.
• Conducting weekly safety talk trainings, daily safety/quality/production meetings, and hourly safety walks.
• Adhering to the highest standards of company and plant safety programs, guidelines, rules, and regulations.
• Abides by Niagara's Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Food Safety Standards at all times. Developing, recommending, and implementing measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Suggesting changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of shift team members.
• Monitoring and reviewing assigned team members time and attendance for accuracy. Utilizing the Efficiency Improvement Tools to understand and comment on line downtime and communicate appropriately per the escalation plan.
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.
• Ability to work 12 hour shifts, day or night, on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule or schedule as dictated by production demand.
• Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.

Qualifications:

• Minimum Qualifications:
• 4 Years – Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
• 4 Years – Experience in Position
• 4 Years – Experience managing people/projects
• *experience may include a combination of work experience and education
• Understanding of production processes and controls
• Preferred Qualifications:
• 6 Years– Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
• 6 Years – Experience working in Position
• 6 Years – Experience managing people/projects
• *experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Competencies:

• Lead Like an Owner
• Identifies safety issues and takes prompt corrective action
• Coaches/corrects unsafe team behavior
• Effectively prioritizes quality, productivity, and cost
• Encourages honest feedback from direct reports, peers, and up-line manager
• Uses customer feedback to improve service levels and internal/external customer relationships
• InnovACT
• Understands the concepts of process consistency and waste minimization
• Modifies goals based on changing business needs
• Promotes sharing of opposing viewpoints
• Find a Way
• Anticipates problems and opportunities within functional area, and recommends proactive solutions
• Uses technical knowledge to coach team performance and educate others
• Leverages technical know-how to solve challenging problems
• Encourages and models teamwork to demonstrate behavioral expectations for Team Members
• Builds relationships up, down, and across effectively
• Empowered to be Great
• Provides effective coaching and feedback to improve individual and team performance
• Provides positive recognition for Team Member results
• Assigns responsibilities to maximize team strengths
• Resolves team conflicts with a calm demeanor and skill
• Effectively communicates team and individual expectations and follows up appropriately

Education:

• Minimum Required:
• High School Diploma or GED
• Preferred:
• Associate's Degree

Certification/License:

• Required: N/A
• Preferred: N/A

Foreign Language:

• Required: None Required
• Preferred: None Required

Benefits:

Our Total Rewards package is thoughtfully designed to support both you and your family:

• Paid Time Off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time
• Paid parental and caregiver leaves
• Medical, including virtual care options
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) with company match
• Health Savings Account with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Expanded mental wellbeing benefits including free counseling sessions for all team members and household family members
• Family Building Benefits including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements
• Income protection including Life and AD&D, short and long-term disability, critical illness and an accident plan
• Special discount programs including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, airport parking, etc.
• Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan and scholarship opportunities
• And more!