Production Packaging Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

Location: Ottawa, IL
Salary: $65,000–$70,000 annually
Schedule: Monday – Friday | 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Employment Type: Full-Time

Key Responsibilities

• Production Planning & Execution
• Partner with the Planning team to convert production demand into daily work orders and production schedules.
• Assign work to employees based on priorities, workload, and skill sets.
• Perform real-time work order transactions within the ERP system.
• Quality & Continuous Improvement
• Promote Lean Manufacturing initiatives including:
• • 5S
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Continuous Improvement
• Inventory & Material Management
• Leadership & Team Development
• Supervise approximately 15 permanent employees with the ability to scale operations to 30+ team members during peak production periods.
• Train, coach, and develop employees to meet production and quality expectations.
• Coordinate onboarding and training of temporary employees.
• Maintain a cross-training matrix to ensure staffing flexibility across packaging lines.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in consumer products, food manufacturing, packaging, or distribution environments.
• Continuous Improvement or Lean Manufacturing training.
• Experience supervising temporary labor during seasonal production increases.
• 3–5 years of supervisory experience in manufacturing, packaging, kitting, fulfillment, or distribution.
• Experience managing production schedules and work orders.
• Strong ERP system experience.
• Experience with label software such as Bartender or Zebra Designer .
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing tools including Gemba Walks, 5S, and Root Cause Analysis.
• Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods.
• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds.

All About Personnel was founded with the goal of providing high quality management consulting, and staffing services to small, medium, and large sized companies. Our primary objective in our consulting and staffing engagement is to improve our client’s profitability by increasing productivity, improving quality and competitiveness and reducing turnover by finding the right talent in your industry. During the past twenty years, staffing along with the talent has changed significantly and it is our goal to assist our clients by helping them improve their profitability by increasing their efficiency rate and reducing turnover. Our client scope is leading companies in consumer manufacturing, food manufacturing, wholesale, distribution, transportation, government, and commercial printing.

Company Description

All About Personnel was founded with the goal of providing high quality management consulting, and staffing services to small, medium, and large sized companies. Our primary objective in our consulting and staffing engagement is to improve our client’s profitability by increasing productivity, improving quality and competitiveness and reducing turnover by finding the right talent in your industry. During the past twenty years, staffing along with the talent has changed significantly and it is our goal to assist our clients by helping them improve their profitability by increasing their efficiency rate and reducing turnover. Our client scope is leading companies in consumer manufacturing, food manufacturing, wholesale, distribution, transportation, government, and commercial printing.