Production Supervisor - Manufacturing

Brand: Bob Evans Farms

Categories: Operations Administrative

Locations: Lima, Ohio

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Remote Eligible: No

Req ID: 31088

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

About Bob Evans Farms, Inc.

For over 75 years, Bob Evans Farms has delivered delicious, quick-to-table, farm-inspired food that makes mealtime a little bit easier and a lot more delicious. We're proud to be the No. 1-selling refrigerated dinner sides*, including many varieties of wholesome, feel-good favorites such as mashed potatoes and macaroni & cheese, sold in grocery stores across the country. We're also a leading producer and distributor of sausage and egg products including liquid eggs. In addition to our flagship Bob Evans ® brand, our product portfolio includes Simply Potatoes ® , Egg Beaters ® and Owens ® Sausage. Bob Evans Farms is based in Columbus, Ohio, and is owned by Post Holdings, Inc., a consumer-packaged goods holding company. For more information about Bob Evans Farms, Inc., visit .

Responsibilities

Position Overview:

This position is accountable for the daily coordination of production. It requires the assessment of daily operational requirements and the development of daily work assignments for each team member. This position plays a key role in achieving the proper staffing levels for the production lines for the facility to achieve safety and production objectives. The incumbent is responsible for providing a safe and productive work environment and monitoring the development of team members providing coaching and counseling to improve their performance.

Accountabilities:

1. Oversee shift production on the production floor including adherence to all safety protocols, supervision of hourly production staff responsible for daily manufacturing activities and communicating job expectations

2. Responsible for hourly employee performance activities including coaching, counseling, discipline, timekeeping and policy and procedure management and enforcement.

3. Maintains production through continuous improvement activities, monitoring staffing and resources, developing reporting procedures and systems, and initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within and between departments.

4. Participates in recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, training and mentoring processes.

5. Identifies shift production performance gaps in efficiency, suggest improvements and implement corrective actions to fix deficiencies.

6. Ensure a safe work environment through prompt resolution of safety-related issues, monitoring of work practices to ensure safe work behaviors and doing safety related facility tours and audits. Participates in plant safety program as a leader or group participant.

7. Ensure product quality by adherence to product/packaging specifications, SQF protocols and OSHA compliance standards.

8. Validate equipment operation at beginning of shift, communicate problems, and initiate work orders for equipment that cannot be repaired during the shift. Provide feedback to maintenance regarding work orders completed or scheduled.

9. Ensure collaboration of team members across functions on shift and hand off to oncoming leadership to ensure the development of a high-performance work environment.

Qualifications

Experience and Education:

Education :

• A bachelor's degree or a combination of college and equivalent work experience in a food manufacturing facility.

Experience :

• Four to five years of progressive experience working with industrial food manufacturing equipment and supervision of multiple employees.

Candidate Profile:

The incumbent is challenged to work closely with multiple cross-functional groups. The ideal candidate will act each day as a positive example of the company values. He/she will always put safety first, perform job responsibilities to the best of their ability to help everyone win together. He/she will do the right thing and be courageous working to do what is best for customers, company, team and self, knowing that positive actions will help everyone as the company drives for results.

You will be expected to be dependable, resourceful, flexible to business needs, a team player, a good communicator and a person with high integrity.

Skills:

• Ability to lead and direct a diverse set of human resources

• Effective oral and written communication skills

• Operating knowledge of computers, desktop software, and business systems

• High School equivalency math skills

• Must possess knowledge in the area of safety; including OSHA and other applicable federal and state regulations.

• Knowledgeable of food processing, HACCP, GMPs and sanitation preferred

Work Environment and

Physical Requirements:

• Manufacturing Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to cold, wet or humid conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and the noise level can be loud.

• Requires walking, sitting, standing and bending for long periods of time

• May lift up to 30lbs occasionally

• Vision abilities required to read instructions and to enter data on computer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work and may not include all the responsibilities or duties required.

Position Overview:

This position is accountable for the daily coordination of production. It requires the assessment of daily operational requirements and the development of daily work assignments for each team member. This position plays a key role in achieving the proper staffing levels for the production lines for the facility to achieve safety and production objectives. The incumbent is responsible for providing a safe and productive work environment and monitoring the development of team members providing coaching and counseling to improve their performance.

Accountabilities:

1. Oversee shift production on the production floor including adherence to all safety protocols, supervision of hourly production staff responsible for daily manufacturing activities and communicating job expectations

2. Responsible for hourly employee performance activities including coaching, counseling, discipline, timekeeping and policy and procedure management and enforcement.

3. Maintains production through continuous improvement activities, monitoring staffing and resources, developing reporting procedures and systems, and initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within and between departments.

4. Participates in recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, training and mentoring processes.

5. Identifies shift production performance gaps in efficiency, suggest improvements and implement corrective actions to fix deficiencies.

6. Ensure a safe work environment through prompt resolution of safety-related issues, monitoring of work practices to ensure safe work behaviors and doing safety related facility tours and audits. Participates in plant safety program as a leader or group participant.

7. Ensure product quality by adherence to product/packaging specifications, SQF protocols and OSHA compliance standards.

8. Validate equipment operation at beginning of shift, communicate problems, and initiate work orders for equipment that cannot be repaired during the shift. Provide feedback to maintenance regarding work orders completed or scheduled.

9. Ensure collaboration of team members across functions on shift and hand off to oncoming leadership to ensure the development of a high-performance work environment.

Experience and Education:

Education :

• A bachelor's degree or a combination of college and equivalent work experience in a food manufacturing facility.

Experience :

• Four to five years of progressive experience working with industrial food manufacturing equipment and supervision of multiple employees.

Candidate Profile:

The incumbent is challenged to work closely with multiple cross-functional groups. The ideal candidate will act each day as a positive example of the company values. He/she will always put safety first, perform job responsibilities to the best of their ability to help everyone win together. He/she will do the right thing and be courageous working to do what is best for customers, company, team and self, knowing that positive actions will help everyone as the company drives for results.

You will be expected to be dependable, resourceful, flexible to business needs, a team player, a good communicator and a person with high integrity.

Skills:

• Ability to lead and direct a diverse set of human resources

• Effective oral and written communication skills

• Operating knowledge of computers, desktop software, and business systems

• High School equivalency math skills

• Must possess knowledge in the area of safety; including OSHA and other applicable federal and state regulations.

• Knowledgeable of food processing, HACCP, GMPs and sanitation preferred

Work Environment and

Physical Requirements:

• Manufacturing Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to cold, wet or humid conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and the noise level can be loud.

• Requires walking, sitting, standing and bending for long periods of time

• May lift up to 30lbs occasionally

• Vision abilities required to read instructions and to enter data on computer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work and may not include all the responsibilities or duties required.

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)