Operations Supervisor 1st Shift

Company Description

At Jack Link’s, we feed the journey. We take pride in rolling up our sleeves and getting things done together. Fueled by creativity, passion, and a commitment to doing things the right way, we tackle the hard stuff first and focus on real progress, bold moves, and no excuses. We create opportunities, celebrate wins, own our misses, and push forward as a team, knowing our strength comes from supporting one another and having fun along the way. We cultivate a workplace where passion meets purpose and our Team Members are inspired, recognized, and rewarded for their contributions. 

If you’re ready to make a difference and build something meaningful, we want you! 

Jack Link's Protein Snacks is a global leader in snacking and the No. 1 meat snack manufacturer worldwide. Headquartered in Minong, Wisconsin, Jack Link’s is strategically positioned with production, distribution, and support centers in key locations throughout North America, Brazil, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. This global network allows Jack Link's to deliver a wide variety of high-quality, great tasting protein snacks to consumers around the world. The company’s portfolio of brands includes Jack Link’s®, Lorissa’s Kitchen®, Wild River®, Golden Island®, Country Fresh Meats®, BiFi®, Peperami® , Mariani and Local Legends Meat Snacks.

Job Description

Schedule: Monday - Thursday 5:30am - 4pm

Summary:

Responsible for planning, coordinating and executing, in a timely manner, the daily activities of Operations. Ensures processes and standard operating procedures are followed. Supervises a team employees and their daily activities to ensure the needs of all functions within the area are met (production, training, safety, security and housekeeping).  Implements departmental goals, policies, objectives and procedures.

• Ensures that all items are properly identified and inventoried.
• Identifies, through a proactive approach, potential cost-saving and efficiency gain opportunities to improve overall operations.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining a high level employee morale and dedication to serving customers. Assists with hiring decisions. Responsible for coaching and disciplining employees. Responsible for appraising employee performance. Provide input for termination decisions.
•  Maintains a safe and healthy working environment in accordance with all safety, USDA and OSHA regulations.
• Maintains or exceeds quality standards, performance and attendance metrics.
• Responsible for training of new employees and the ongoing training of current employees to ensure quality, safety and productivity goals are met or exceeded.
• Ensures compliance with established processes and procedures.
• Maintains effective internal control over the product flow and account of inventory through area.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent attendance and dependability
• Ability to communicate professionally with people
• Ability to work long hours if needed
• Computer knowledge – SAP, Scale, Outlook, Excel
• Must be detail orientated, follow-up, and execute plan
• Work in a fast paced and always changing environment
• Great verbal and written communication skills 
• Team player
• Ability to comprehend inventory counting 
• Ability to multitask
• Good math and accounting skills; count and record without transposing numbers
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Self-starter

Experience and Education:

• High school diploma or GED required
• 3 years’ experience in distribution center preferred
• Equivalent combination of education and experience

Additional Information

The starting rate for this role is $21.60(Hourly). Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, and candidate skill set and experience. Base pay is just one component of Jack Link’s Total Rewards package for Team Members. Other rewards may include annual incentive and program-specific awards. Jack Link’s provides a variety of benefits to eligible Team Members, including medical, dental and vision benefits, life and disability insurance, 401k participation, paid holidays, and paid time off.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to be successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, lift and/or move up to 25 pou