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Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 1 Jul 2025

About the role

Production - 2nd Shift – Salem, VA

We Create Products and Brands That People Trust to Clean, Sanitize, and Protect Their Homes and Pools

When you join KIK Consumer Products, you’re joining a team that cares about the work we do and also about each other. We bring exceptional brands and products to consumers that help them protect the health and wellness of their families and the cleanliness of their homes and pools. We are committed to building a culture of performance driven by accountability, collaboration, and agility that enables timely fact-based decision-making and exceptional execution with unwavering ethics. As one of North America’s largest independent manufacturers of consumer products, KIK helps a large portfolio of brands and retailers bring their products to life.

Your Role at KIK

We create the products and brands that people trust to clean, sanitize, and protect their homes and pools. We are one of North America’s largest independent consumer product manufacturers with 20 North American manufacturing facilities. We also operate globally in Europe, Asia, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. We are known by our portfolio of over 40 brands including Spic and Span® and Comet® cleaning products, Clorox® Pool&Spa™ (under license), BioGuard®, and Natural Chemistry® pool chemicals, and Prestone® and Holts® automotive performance chemicals. We are also the #1 producer in North America for store-brand (“private label”) bleach and a leading private label provider of laundry detergent and additives, dishwashing products, general purpose cleaning and other home care products.

Our global team of over 2,500 employees drive our capabilities in product development, product formulation, strategic sourcing, manufacturing, packaging design, brand marketing, project management, quality assurance, compliance, distribution, and logistics.

Our organization is constantly evolving and is driven by a set of “One KIK” values – a dedication to following through on commitments in a customer-focused, profit-motivated way; while never compromising on safety, ethics, or integrity.

What You’ll Be Doing

Work with the Production Manager & Site Engineer to implement improvement strategies that will help the site perform more effectively.
Evaluate individual team member’s performances and develop their skills to align with personal/company goals through coaching.
Keep abreast of the supervisorial and technical competencies within the industry.
Supervisor to establish line performance standards and goals on his/her shift, monitor, make necessary corrective actions, and report outcomes.
Actively lead the hiring, training, retraining, development, and motivation of production team on his/her shift with a minimum degree of guidance from the Production Manager.
Practice firm but fair discipline: Ensures that all company regulations, policies, and rules are followed.
Directs the work team and supervises the shift’s production to meet published schedules.
Maintains a consistently safe work environment and personally demonstrates his/her commitment to safety and compliance.
Achieves consistent quality and high efficiency levels by optimum utilization of equipment and manpower.
Ensures efficient coordination and processing of a high volume of work orders and develops and maintains a very close and effective working relationship with all other departments.
Ensures that production schedules are attained daily while meeting safety, cost, and quality objectives.
Directs involvement with improving operating efficiencies, reducing costs, identifying unfavorable trends, and taking timely corrective actions.
Holds employees accountable for always maintaining an inspection ready workplace.
Ensures that proper levels of Good Manufacturing Practices, Health and Safety and Housekeeping rules are maintained and that regulatory requirements are always met.