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

Job purpose:

 

The Production Supervisor is responsible for managing and leading a Production shift team to achieve daily, monthly and annual production goals and ensure quality, safety and accountability of people and processes.

 

Duties and responsibilities:

 

The primary job duties and responsibilities are:

 

• Direct and coordinate all activities related to a production shift to maximize productivity.
• Minimize cost variables by utilizing effective labor and process management guidelines.
• Ensure quality processes are adhered to and quality checks are completed.
• Ensure daily production requirements are achieved and daily schedule is followed.
• Coordinate training and evaluation of staff.
• Lead daily and mandatory staff meeting.
• Ensure accountability of staff to safety, quality and production standards.
• Address employee and leadership concerns and inquiries and assist in developing solutions.
• Gather and report daily production data to appropriate levels of leadership.
• Support safety, quality and production initiatives to achieve goals.
• Consistently communicate with leadership, Human Resources and employees.
• Conduct daily production audits.
• Attend and actively participate all assigned and mandatory meetings.
• Recognize and reward employees.
• Accurately and timely enterprise systems record keeping.
• Manage labor resources according to forecasts.
• Daily completes all work requirements listed in their Leader Standard Work.
• Maintains excellent housekeeping standards to maintain a safe work area.
• Immediately addresses and reports safety issues or hazards.
• Maintains excellent safety record.
• Maintains excellent attendance record.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

 

Experience:

 

Experience required:

• At least five (5) years of experience in a manufacturing environment; including successful completion of jobs or similar activities requiring control of a mechanical process and inspection of product to meet quality standards.
• At least one (1) to two (2) years of supervisory and/or leadership experience.
• Demonstrated self-compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Demonstrated experience with Lean Manufacturing Principles and Six Sigma methodology preferred.

Skills:

 

An individual must have the following skills in the Production Supervisor position:

• Effective communication skills (written and verbal) with all levels in the organization.
• Detailed-Oriented.
• Active Listening.
• Strong interpersonal relationship skills.
• Conflict management.
• Effective decision-making.
• Organized.
• Time management.
• Proficient in basic computer operation and data entry; some experience with Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Teams.

 

Physical requirements:

 

This position is located in a manufacturing location. Physical requirements will include but are not limited to:

• Standing for lengthy periods of time (frequent)
• Sitting for extended periods of time (frequent)
• Climbing up/down stairs/ladders/platforms (occasional)
• Working in a manufacturing environment that includes periods of hot and cold weather, dust, noise above 85 dBA, occasional odors, and moving equipment (frequent)

 

Working conditions:

 

An individual that works in the Production Supervisor position:

• Must be able to work a 12-hour rotating schedule.

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Associates degree or BA/BS in business