Bilingual Overnight Production Supervisor

Morales Professional is currently recruiting for a Bilingual Production Supervisor for a client in Indianapolis, IN, on the 6pm-6am Shift, working a 2,2,3 rotation schedule.

The Production Supervisor is a high-visibility, floor-based leader responsible for managing hourly bakers to achieve safety, quality, and cost objectives. This role focuses on driving high-performance team culture through active coaching, rigorous attendance management, and consistent application of company policies.

Specific Responsibilities

• Lead with safety as the highest operational priority. Enforce safety policies, procedures, and regulatory requirement
• Conduct safety observations, audits, and incident investigations and ensure corrective and preventive actions are implemented and sustained and promote safe work practices, PPE use, and hazard awareness.
• Ensure compliance with GMPs, SQF Code, HACCP plans, and customer requirement.
• Verify production activities meet approved food safety and quality specification.
• Ensure accurate and complete food safety and quality documentation. Reinforce food safety culture through visible floor leadership.
• Execute daily production plans to meet safety, quality, service, and cost targets. Communicate schedules, priorities, and expectations to direct report.
• Monitor and control KPIs (attainment, efficiency, waste, labor, downtime). Resolve shift-level production issues and escalate as need.
• Ensure effective shift handoffs and operational communication.
• Active Coaching: Act as a player-coach on the floor, providing real-time feedback to bakers on technique, speed, and safety. Identify skill gaps and coordinate cross-training to ensure a flexible workforce.
• Disciplinary Action: Address performance or behavioral issues immediately and fairly. Partner with HR to ensure progressive discipline is consistently followed, with all documentation remaining objective, timely, and in full alignment with company policies.
• Labor Optimization: Utilize labor management software to ensure daily staffing levels meet production demand while minimizing unnecessary overtime.
• Attendance Tracking: Monitor points or attendance occurrences daily. Conduct return to work interviews and address chronic absenteeism or tardiness through the formal disciplinary process.
• Efficiency Monitoring: Monitor line efficiencies, downtime, and labor utilization. Audit and correct downtime codes for data accuracy to ensure proper root cause solutions and resource allocation.
• Inventory and Reporting: Ensure accurate inventory usage against reported consumption of raw and packaging materials using ERP software.

Required Background

High school graduate or GED with at least 2+ years of supervisor experience in a production or manufacturing environment. Background in food/beverage production helpful. Associate or bachelor’s degree welcomed. Must be bilingual in Spanish. Other strong attributes, include:

• Strong safety, GMP, HACCP, and SQF knowledge.
• Proven leadership in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing production KPIs and accountability.
• Effective communication, coaching, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work extended hours on the production floor.