Production Supervisor

Company Overview

Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

Our Sustainability Commitment

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

Job Description

Purpose of the job: Responsible for supervising the hourly, union employees on shift in order to meet the safety, environmental, production, quality and cost goals of the department, as well as to meet customer delivery dates. This position is also responsible for contract interpretation, overseeing employee training, enforcing rules, policies and procedures recommending disciplinary action when require, verifying and approving work ours and pay rates utilizing the timekeeping systems.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

1. Ensure all employees are knowledgeable of and adhere to Novolex packaging safety policies and procedures, as well as OSHA regulation

2. Organize, manage, and direct the activities of employees assigned on shift to meet production goals and Key Performance Indicators (KPI's). verify and approve work hours and pay rates utilizing the timekeeping systems.

3. Responsible for effective employee relations. Provide employee coaching and development. Resolve employee issues through problem resolution. Ensure hourly employees have proper training and tools to meet department goals.

4. Meet production goals by balancing quality, productivity, performance, cost, safety, environmental and morale to achieve positive results in all areas of the department.

5. Work with other departments, shifts and direct reports to achieve team attitude among crews and peers.

6. Check work areas for safety hazards, conduct weekly safety meeting with department employees, communicate the status of orders, schedule departmental clean-ups, communicate with Quality Improvement Manage concerning all issues affecting quality (side seams, skiving issues, mixed loads, etc.).

7. Provide products and services that consistently meet the mutually agreed upon specifications of both our internal and external customers.

8. Ensure that all requirements of SQF Code are being administered and adhered to.

9. Participate in scheduled food safety internal audits.

10. Implement and maintain quality systems that ensure procedures and processes are in place to provide products that meet manufacturing specifications and customer requirements; provide tools for educating team members on quality standards and specifications for packaging; standardize quality test procedures and interpretations of results throughout the division; create a foundation and mechanism for process monitoring and continuous improvement.

11. Involve team members in continuously improving the quality of our products and services, and the efficiency of operations and staff activities throughout the business.

12. Leading quality improvement activities within their respective organizations.

13. Responsible for assuring that the products produced within each manufacturing facility are safe and comply with all federal, state and international laws, regulations, and guidelines.

14. Responsible for compliances with and adherence to all established good manufacturing practices, food safety plans and all applicable regulations and guidelines.

Skills, Abilities, Special Licenses or Certificate:

1. A demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others.

2. Supervisory skills.

3. Ability to balance and achieve results in areas of safety, quality, productivity, cost and employee relations.

4. Strong interpersonal and communications skills.

5. Ability to manage multiple priorities and work well under pressure.

6. Strong team player.

7. Knowledge of production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture of product.

8. Knowledge of business and management principles.

9. Computer literate.

10. Knowledge of Food Safety requirements.

11. Ability to interpret and administer SQF Code.

Company Benefits

What You'll Get From Us

Benefits

With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

Community Engagement

At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact View email address on click.appcast.io .

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Job Locations US-GA-Athens

ID 2026-34971

Category Operations

Position Type Full Time

Pay Type Salaried