Operations Supervisor

Brand: Post Consumer Brands

Categories: Operations Administrative

Locations: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Remote Eligible: No

Req ID: 32690

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™ and Malt-O-Meal™ cereal and Peter Pan™ peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™ and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit and follow us on LinkedIn ( or Facebook ( for the latest news.

Location Description

The Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania facility proudly produces iconic pet food brands like 9Lives®, Gravy Train®, and Kibbles 'n Bits®. This location also features an on-site Distribution Center, ensuring efficient delivery of products to customers.

Bloomsburg is home to Bloomsburg University, a municipal airport, and a landmark Town Park offering acres of recreational activities. The town also hosts one of the largest and longest-running fairs in the country. With so much to do and see, Bloomsburg is a great place to live, work, and play!

Responsibilities

Lead day-to-day manufacturing operations and help a team deliver safe, high-quality food with strong service, efficiency, cost, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). As an Operations Supervisor, you will turn production priorities into clear daily direction, develop employees through hands-on coaching, and create an environment where team members contribute ideas, solve problems, and take ownership of results.

This is an opportunity to make a visible impact on people, performance, and continuous improvement. You will partner across shifts, support SQF food safety and quality practices, and use standard work and best practices to strengthen processing and packaging operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop operations employees to meet expectations for personal safety, productivity, quality, food safety, sanitation, environmental compliance, regulatory compliance, and SQF.

• Plan, organize, and coordinate staffing and production activities to meet demand requirements while balancing quality and cost.

• Manage and prioritize finished product, packaging, raw material, and work-in-process inventories to support production needs.

• Set clear expectations, strengthen accountability, and serve as a communication and problem-solving resource for employees.

• Maintain facilities, equipment, and operating systems in safe, sanitary, and functional condition while meeting regulatory requirements.

• Perform safety, GMP, and pre-operational audits, and ensure incidents, deficiencies, and emergencies are handled appropriately.

• Lead continuous improvement across safety, quality, yield, OEE, engagement, and processing and packaging efficiency.

• Implement operating procedures and recommend equipment improvements that support reliable performance.

• Support product, process, and material changes and help build systematic training and development plans for team members.

• Promote effective shift-to-shift communication and, where applicable, support practices consistent with the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Make a direct impact on employee safety, food quality, customer service, and manufacturing performance.

• Build leadership capability through daily coaching, employee development, and team engagement.

• Lead practical continuous improvement and see your team’s ideas translate into better results.

• Grow your experience across people leadership, production planning, inventory, equipment, quality, and food safety.

• Join a workplace that combines big company opportunity with a small company attitude.

Qualifications

Location & Travel Requirements

• Work on-site in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.

• Work a 12-hour night shift on a 2-2-3 schedule, including every other weekend.

• Be mobile and able to take on broader assignments at other Post Consumer Brands locations for additional development opportunities.

Education

• High School Diploma or GED required; Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, management, science, or a related field preferred

Required Qualifications

• Availability to work the stated 12-hour night schedule, including every other weekend.

• Strong knowledge of manufacturing systems and processes.

• Strong knowledge of continuous improvement tools and techniques.

• Ability to take on broader assignments at other Post Consumer Brands locations.

• At least three years of combined related experience, preferably in food processing or packaging.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a Union environment

• Previous supervisory experience.

Success in This Role

• Build productive relationships and inspire others through clear expectations, coaching, and follow-through.

• Engage employees in decisions while reinforcing personal accountability and teamwork.

• Communicate effectively across shifts and address personnel and production issues with sound judgment.

• Adapt to change and consistently reinforce standard work, learning, and continuous improvement.

Ready to Make an Impact?

Bring your manufacturing leadership and continuous improvement mindset to a role where your decisions shape safety, quality, team growth, and daily performance. Apply to become an Operations Supervisor and discover the right mix of meaningful responsibility, strong resources, and a team-centered culture.

#PCB27

Lead day-to-day manufacturing operations and help a team deliver safe, high-quality food with strong service, efficiency, cost, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). As an Operations Supervisor, you will turn production priorities into clear daily direction, develop employees through hands-on coaching, and create an environment where team members contribute ideas, solve problems, and take ownership of results.

This is an opportunity to make a visible impact on people, performance, and continuous improvement. You will partner across shifts, support SQF food safety and quality practices, and use standard work and best practices to strengthen processing and packaging operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop operations employees to meet expectations for personal safety, productivity, quality, food safety, sanitation, environmental compliance, regulatory compliance, and SQF.

• Plan, organize, and coordinate staffing and production activities to meet demand requirements while balancing quality and cost.

• Manage and prioritize finished product, packaging, raw material, and work-in-process inventories to support production needs.

• Set clear expectations, strengthen accountability, and serve as a communication and problem-solving resource for employees.

• Maintain facilities, equipment, and operating systems in safe, sanitary, and functional condition while meeting regulatory requirements.

• Perform safety, GMP, and pre-operational audits, and ensure incidents, deficiencies, and emergencies are handled appropriately.

• Lead continuous improvement across safety, quality, yield, OEE, engagement, and processing and packaging efficiency.

• Implement operating procedures and recommend equipment improvements that support reliable performance.

• Support product, process, and material changes and help build systematic training and development plans for team members.

• Promote effective shift-to-shift communication and, where applicable, support practices consistent with the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Make a direct impact on employee safety, food quality, customer service, and manufacturing performance.

• Build leadership capability through daily coaching, employee development, and team engagement.

• Lead practical continuous improvement and see your team’s ideas translate into better results.

• Grow your experience across people leadership, production planning, inventory, equipment, quality, and food safety.

• Join a workplace that combines big company opportunity with a small company attitude.

Location & Travel Requirements

• Work on-site in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.

• Work a 12-hour night shift on a 2-2-3 schedule, including every other weekend.

• Be mobile and able to take on broader assignments at other Post Consumer Brands locations for additional development opportunities.

Education

• High School Diploma or GED required; Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, management, science, or a related field preferred

Required Qualifications

• Availability to work the stated 12-hour night schedule, including every other weekend.

• Strong knowledge of manufacturing systems and processes.

• Strong knowledge of continuous improvement tools and techniques.

• Ability to take on broader assignments at other Post Consumer Brands locations.

• At least three years of combined related experience, preferably in food processing or packaging.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a Union environment

• Previous supervisory experience.

Success in This Role

• Build productive relationships and inspire others through clear expectations, coaching, and follow-through.

• Engage employees in decisions while reinforcing personal accountability and teamwork.

• Communicate effectively across shifts and address personnel and production issues with sound judgment.

• Adapt to change and consistently reinforce standard work, learning, and continuous improvement.

Ready to Make an Impact?

Bring your manufacturing leadership and continuous improvement mindset to a role where your decisions shape safety, quality, team growth, and daily performance. Apply to become an Operations Supervisor and discover the right mix of meaningful responsibility, strong resources, and a team-centered culture.

#PCB27

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)