3rd Shift Production Supervisor

3rd Shift Production Supervisor

Tropicana Brands Group is a $3B startup aiming to revolutionize the beverage category. Formed in 2022 as a joint venture between PAI Partners and PepsiCo, our portfolio includes iconic brands like Tropicana, Naked, KeVita, Izze, Copella, and Punica. With over 76 years of global leadership in the orange juice category, we're committed to preserving this legacy while driving innovation in other areas. From reimagining orange juice to creating functional smoothies and driving afternoon refreshments, we are striving to become the undisputed global leader in fresh and chilled beverages.

The Supply Chain function is essential to Tropicana Brand Group's success by enhancing operational efficiency, reducing costs, and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality products. By improving warehouse operations, optimizing transportation routes, and refining inventory management practices, the team plays a critical role in streamlining processes. Collaborating with other departments to align strategies, the Supply Chain team ensures that Tropicana meets customer demands while maintaining a high standard of performance and cost-effectiveness. Through their efforts, they contribute to both short-term achievements and long-term growth.

Tropicana Brands Group is looking for a highly qualified Manufacturing Supervisor to support the Packaging Department to ensure the company's goals and initiatives are met. We are looking for a critical thinker with exceptional communication, influencing and relationship management skills who thrives in a fast-paced environment. This role will be responsible for:

• Ensuring team compliance with all safety policies and procedures
• Maintain product quality and sanitation standards
• Optimize operational efficiencies to support the blending and production
• Track operational output measures (i.e. efficiency, yield loss, product quality, inventory accuracy, transactional accuracy), anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of financial targets
• Develop team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goal

Deliver effective change leadership to drive business changes while minimizing people impact

Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to assist team to solve operational issues

Motivate team members to achieve plan goals

Incorporates Productivity, Yield Loss, TPM and Innovation initiatives into Manufacturing strategic plan

Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for frontline hourly personnel

Develops training and organization capability assessments to support business initiatives

Support cross-functional strategic plans as needed through implementation and execution

Regular presence on the plant floor

Administer policies and procedures

Tackle ambiguous problems to determine and prioritize business strategies

Ability to structure and prioritize tasks, and focus efforts in an ambiguous work environment

Demonstrated ability to implement short and long term strategies to support organizational operation and transformation

3-5 years supervising in food and beverage manufacturing

We are seeking a candidate based in Fort Pierce, FL.

This role requires off-shift and/or weekend work

This role requires lifting up to 50 lbs occasionally

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required. Preferably in engineering, business, operations management, supply chain, or similar field

Experience developing/coaching hourly staff preferred

Proficient in Microsoft Suite applications

TBG is pleased to offer you a comprehensive benefits package which includes a 401(k) plan, medical, dental, vision, company provided life, STD and LTD insurance. In addition, you may also elect to participate in voluntary life, accident, hospital, and critical illness coverages.

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