Processing 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

Supervises a team of Production Workers and their daily activities to ensure the needs of all functions within the area are met (production, training, safety, security and housekeeping).  Provides leadership/direction to the team and ensures that all the procedures for food safety and manufacturing high quality products are achieved.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The duties and responsibilities of this position shall consist of, but not be limited to, the following:

Personnel

• Ensure proper staffing is maintained, including interviewing and hiring new team members.
• Implement and monitor training for new hires & ongoing training of current team members.
• Maintain attendance records, counsel team members with poor attendance, & follow up with coaching/discipline as appropriate.
• Evaluate team member work performance, conduct appropriate reviews for team members, address complaints and resolve conflicts, reward or discipline accordingly. Provide input for termination decisions.
• Review, correct, and approve timekeeping tool to ensure team members are paid correctly each pay-period.

Safety

• Enforce all safety rules and company policies; provide appropriate interpretation of company policies and safety policies for team members.
• Immediately report all accidents and deficiencies to management; complete accident investigations and report within 24 hours of incident.
• Verify work and storage areas are maintained, safe, clean, and organized.
• Ensure safety devices are installed and working properly.
• Perform all duties within OSHA and company safety standards; Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO), wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and maintain safety equipment.
• Complete and review all Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), and Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures (SSOP) requirements and paperwork.  This includes but not limited to Pre-Operational Inspection, Operational Inspections, Pre-Shipment Review, and Corrective Actions.

Quality

• Ensure quality protocols are followed and openly communicated with QC and the Plant Manager in order to fix defects and ensure quality standards are consistently met.
• Maintains quality product by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
• Recommend methods to improve manufacturing processes including equipment performance to ensure product quality and increase efficiencies.
• Supports successful implementation of SQF (Safe Quality Foods) within the facility.
• Drive and support Continuous Improvement (CI) efforts.
• Understand the concepts of FIFO (First-In-First-Out) on perishable products and ensure successful implementation of FIFO throughout packaging operations within the facility.
• Ensure all required sanitation functions are within acceptable standards.

Productivity

• Monitor and track inedible, rework and down time generated by machine.
• Perform production paperwork, receiving, and inventory control procedures with complete accuracy.
• Identifies, through a proactive approach, potential cost-saving and efficiency gain opportunities to improve overall operations.
• Discuss work goals vs. actual output with team members to motivate and engage team members to assure targets are met.
• Identify, control and follow up on losses incurred due to substandard supplies, i.e., time and materia