Blue Bottle Coffee · 9 hours ago
Production Supervisor
Sacramento, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$67K/yr - $70K/yr
2+ years expBlue Bottle Coffee is a passionate and growing team dedicated to connecting the world to delicious coffee. The West Coast Production Supervisor will oversee production operations, ensuring efficiency and compliance while developing new processes and managing a production team.
CoffeeFood and BeverageRetail
No H1B
Responsibilities
Create production plans, engaging with cross-company stakeholders in order to ensure that the output levels of our sites match our customer demand
Possess a thorough understanding of how to safely and responsibly use all coffee roasting and packaging equipment
Calculate labor needs and hire, schedule, train, manage, and individually develop an incredible team dedicated to production excellence
Map out and assess our existing processes and workflows
Update and create standard operating procedures (SOPs), policies, and training materials as needed to achieve consistency and clarity in all of our production processes, ensuring that new processes have defined standards and the necessary support to stand the test of time
Provide problem solving expertise by identifying root causes for problem areas and recommending possible solutions
Provide thorough instructions for successful implementation of process changes
Assemble reports to document process status or changes and communicate findings and proposals to our local leadership team
Coordinate activities and provide direction for processing and packing operations, implementing strategies for safety, sanitation, productivity, and cost savings improvements
Contribute to departmental efforts by accomplishing related tasks as needed, including the oversight of production equipment calibration and maintenance schedules and departmental inventory management
Perform work to upgrade or improve our production equipment, utilities, or facility, to help improve our efficiency, safety, food safety, and accuracy and maintain compliance with all internal and regulatory requirements
Perform necessary preventative and non-planned (emergency) facility repair work to ensure that our production sites are not negatively impacted by time that our resources are off-line or down due to facility problems or issues
Partner with our SH&E and Food Safety teams to ensure that our coffee manufacturing facilities and teams are operating in compliance with all necessary local and governmental programs and regulations
Maintain our maintenance and facility records and schedule, ensuring that all maintenance activities are performed at the correct time to ensure proper operation of our production resources
Support our team when selecting, receiving, installing, and commissioning new production equipment at our facilities
Ensure that the vendor /manufacturer service contracts are up to date and provide the correct level of coverage necessary to support in the event that advance support needs to be prioritized
Partner with our regional facilities team to ensure that each of our facilities, utilities, and production resources are always in the proper condition to meet all internal and regulatory safety requirements
Manage our equipment and instrument calibration, certification, and validation programs, seeing that our monitoring and diagnostic resources are operating correctly for all production needs
Help sustain key performance indicators, supporting the development of tools that will aid our team in finding and understanding opportunities to continuously improve our manufacturing processes
Support our manufacturing teams in root cause analysis as needed. Systematically assess operational production problems and understand the best steps to achieve improvements or problem resolution
Provide pre and post-installation analysis on new technology and capital equipment installations
Qualification
Required
2+ years of management leadership experience in a manufacturing, production, military or related environment required
General mechanical knowledge
Understanding of QA, Food Safety, and Safety Management Systems
Broad knowledge of a range of leadership strategies and production processes
Excellent analytical and math skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to persuade others to change existing practices
Strong attention to detail
Proven ability to identify, assess and solve problems
Proficient with computer and information technology
Knowledge of process engineering software systems
Clear, articulate and hospitable communication skills
Possess a thorough understanding of compliance with regulatory and organizational food safety, quality, and general safety requirements as they pertain to technical work
Advanced in mechanical and technical repair and diagnostics, and have the competencies to ensure production equipment, instruments, utilities, and facility resources are always functioning properly and supported sufficiently
You are a quick reader of technical situations, who is able to accurately troubleshoot issues, gauge the capabilities yourself and service providers, and apply the correct approach to quickly resolve the root cause of a problem
Highly observant of data and metrics and intent on using both to develop new ideas and opportunities for process improvement
Able to assess and balance multiple priorities to ensure that project timelines are achievable, and milestones and objectives are consistently delivered on time
The ability to stand, walk, sit for long periods of time (at least 8 hours per day and 5 days per week)
The use of hands to handle or feel and the ability to reach with hands and arm
The ability to stoop, kneel, or crouch
The ability to squat, bend, twist and reach for items below waist level or above shoulders
The ability to lift, push/pull, carry and/or move up to 50 pounds
The ability to speak loudly and clearly. This role is subject to loud noise for extended periods of time, to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level
The ability to climb ladders, stairs, ramps and uneven floor and/or surfaces as needed
The ability to have close visual acuity to perform repetitive visual checking, counting, spotting small defects, determine accuracy of numbers
Benefits
Comprehensive Health, dental, and vision coverage for eligible employees starting on your first day
Best-in-class coffee training and continuing education
401(k) plan
Paid time off & paid volunteer hours
50% discount on all products, both online and in-cafe. This includes food, beverages, whole bean coffee, and merchandise.
2 free drinks during shifts for cafe team members
Flexible spending account & commuter benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Company
Blue Bottle Coffee
Blue Bottle Coffee is a coffee roaster and retailer platform that delivers coffee subscriptions to doorsteps nationwide.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$117.75MKey Investors
FidelityMorgan Stanley
2017-09-14Acquired
2015-06-04Series C· $72M
2014-02-08Series B· $25.75M
Leadership Team
James Freeman
Founder
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