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Nature's Bakery · 1 day ago

Operations Supervisor (1st Shift)

Hazelwood, Missouri, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

Nature's Bakery is a manufacturing facility focused on producing quality food products. The Operations Supervisor is responsible for supervising team members, ensuring food safety, and optimizing production efficiency while collaborating with various departments.

Health CareNutritionSnack Food

Responsibilities

Manage the efforts of team members of a line, area, or technology on one shift in efficiently converting materials into quality products safely, securely, and sanitarily within the product design specifications

Implement changes in methods, equipment, systems, and organization, as needed, to ensure that the objectives of the line/area are met and give input and recommendations for such changes by using a continuous improvement mindset

Collaborate with the rest of the Value Stream Team (Value Stream Manager, Continuous Improvement teams, Maintenance teams, Sanitation teams, etc.) to create and execute the reliability strategy for the area of responsibility

Coach team members to build their functional and leadership capabilities and to drive accountability in safety, Quality and Food Safety, Autonomous Maintenance, and team engagement

Coordinate materials, staffing and resources to support line operation and changeovers

Ensure standard work is implemented on shift and in areas of responsibility through effective communication, change management, consistent reinforcement, and coaching, guidance, and accountability measures

Ensure safe working conditions, behaviors, and mindsets through the direct implementation of safety programs and driving a relentless focus among a team members

Ensure the ongoing production of safe and defect-free products consistent with the principles of Nature’s Bakery. Own ongoing training and championing of quality goals and improvements

Manage team member relations issues and guide and direct the hiring, training, retraining, development, and motivation of team members following self-managed, team-working principles with a minimum degree of guidance from the Value Stream Manager

Responsible for facilitating and driving an environment of high team member engagement on the team

With the general guidance of the Value Stream Manager and/or the support of the Continuous Improvement, establish line and individual performance standards and goals, and measure, control, take corrective action, and report results as appropriate

Utilize the technical resources on shift for the preventive maintenance, repair and troubleshooting of process/packaging equipment problems, to effectively use these resources to achieve desired performance levels

Proactively identify risks and opportunities and reactively lead on-shift incident resolution when operators require additional support. Prioritize, assign resources against escalated issues, and make decisions to resolve escalated issues

Participate in implementing improvement strategies to help the line perform more effectively in the near term

Responsible for partnering with Talent Acquisition to recruit and select team members for approved vacancies, and responsible for onboarding team members effectively

Develop team members by mentoring and supporting their development plans and helping them grow in functional capability and long-term career

Qualification

Food ManufacturingSupervisory ExperienceMechanical AptitudeMath SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsCommunication SkillsTeam EngagementCoaching SkillsContinuous ImprovementAttention to Detail