Well established bread/bun manufacturer is looking for an experienced Production Supervisor with manufacturing experience or packaging experience. Both would be best. multiple shifts. Offering competitive salary (DOE) and benefits. Please see add'l. info. below
Job Description Production Supervisor
This position reports to the Production Manager and is responsible for implementing best practices and standards for product and process to promote efficient production of consistent quality bread or roll products. This position has direct responsibility of ensuring all work activities under its span of control are performed with attention to the highest standards of food quality, safe processes, compliance with all appropriate legal requirements and a focus on continuous process improvement.
ROLES and RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Implement company standards for formulas, scaling weights, pan sizes, bag sizes, bake times, and all production control processes for bread and roll products
- Train, coach, oversee, provide feedback and assess Production staff and overall bakery production performance
- Strong leadership skills with the proven ability to set a vision, manage change, develop others, and strategically plan for continuous improvement
- Ability to plan and coordinate use of manpower, ingredients and equipment to ensure efficient production of consistent quality products
- Direct resources of plant and equipment toward the most efficient production of baked goods
- Implement best practices to achieve company standards on controllable costs
- Promote safety through work procedures, and employee safety programs
- Ability to trouble shoot equipment to ensure optimum product quality is achieved
- Ensure that consistent quality product is provided to Sales on a timely basis
- Evaluate product quality to ensure compliance with established standards
- Collaborative and able to build/maintain partnering relationships with other departments
- Demonstrated ability to function successfully in a fast paced, changing work environment
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum of 5 years of work experience in a high-speed manufacturing environment required, preferably baked goods
- High Speed Bread and or Roll experience
- Minimum of 3 years, but would prefer 5 years work experience in a supervisory position
- Understands the unique equipment in a large-scale bakery production plant, along with operation of that equipment relative to the baking process
- Solid understanding in the functionality of ingredients with time and temperature in the baking process
- Basic computer skills, Excel, Word, ect .
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Union management experience is strongly desired
- Completion of American Institute of Baking (AIB) in-residence baking science and technology course and AIB Science of Baking correspondence course strongly desired(NOT A MUST)
- Knowledge of BRC is highly preferred
- Continuous improvement or Lean experience.