Production Supervisor

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

The Production Supervisor is responsible and accountable for the smooth running of the assigned shift, technology, and line manufacturing operations.

 

This is a FLOATING/RELIEF SUPERVISOR position - The candidate must be open to working all shifts to cover PTO as needed.

Key responsibilities

 

1.  Overseeing Daily Operations: Manage daily operations of the manufacturing floor, ensuring that production targets are met.

 

2.  Involved in the plant’s schedule planning activities specifically.

 

o  Consulted for the schedule confirmation process including raw materials, boom and non-bom packaging requirements, sequencing review and sign-off.

 

o  Responsible for all activities relating to people availability in the resource scheduling process.

 

3.  Fully accountable for the area of line-start up including.

 

o  Health & Safety, raw material and packaging checks, environment/ancillary checks, line set-up confirmations and audits, completion of paperwork within the Pre-production Checklist Process

 

4.  Involved in the area of BOM Production, including.

 

o  Consulted in the process steps of raw material and packaging collection and scanning, completion of compliance checks and document time registration within the BOM Production Process

 

o  Consulted in the raw material addition and accountable for process step confirmation within the recipe/process sequencing process.

 

 

o  Accountable for environment/ancillary checks (Golden 6), quality parameters completion, critical control point checks and traceability documentation completion in the in-flight Quality Check Process

 

5.  Playing an integral part within the Line/Area Performance Management:

 

o  Responsible for QSHE Reviews and Production efficiency reviews within the process of line/area performance management

 

o  Involved in the Daily Huddle

 

6.  Involvement in the area of Production Completion, including.

 

o  Consulted in the Order Completion Process in SAP

 

o  Accountable for the Production run quality and quantity review

 

o  Consulted in the processes of put away for finished goods, ancillary equipment and cleaning.

 

o  Accountable for the Yield, Waste and Performance Review as well as the CIP Review Process

 

7.  Responsible for the Training & Development Plans within the People Management Process and consulted in the performance management, disciplinary and absence management processes.

 

8.  Responsible for understanding requirements for overtime and application for overtime.

 

9.  Accountable for Breaks and Changeovers within the Shift Management Process

 

10.  Consulted in the Work Permits Process

 

11.  Responsible for the execution of internal and external audits and the audit de-brief process and consulted in the close out process of audit non-conformances.

 

12.  Responsible for non-standard investigations including complaints, Health & Safety, Bottleneck analysis and Intelex investigation processes.

 

13.  Responsible for daily escalated communications

 

14.  Responsible for placing orders of one-off purchases on COUPA.

 

15.  Consulted in the Performance Management Process within the Standard Plant area.

Qualifications and skills

 

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in similar roles.
• Experience in manufacturing required; experience in food manufacturing highly preferred.
• Authentic leadership with credibility among senior stakeholders and plant leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and coach leaders within the organization.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to lead teams to success.
• Excellent communication skills across all functions and levels of the business.
• Proven ability to build and develop high-performing teams.
• Project management experience with practical knowledge of tools and techniques.
• Strong financial and business acumen, with the ability to translate operational improvements