Night Shift Production Supervisor
Company: The Hershey Company
Location: Lawrence
Posted on: April 17, 2024
Job Description:
Job Location: Lawrence, KS
Please note: This is a Night Shift position supervising the 6:00pm
- 6:00am shift with work schedule 2 days on, 2 days off, 3 days on,
2 days off, 2 days on, 3 days off
Summary:
As a Production Supervisor, you will be responsible for directing
and managing the activities of hourly production personnel while
safely and effectively meeting the needs of their departments /
areas in the plant. Additionally, the supervisor is responsible for
adhering to the employee handbook, and complying with regulatory
requirements, company and plant policies, procedures, and rules in
their area of responsibility. To be considered, you must also be
flexible for all shifts, and weekend work.
In addition, the Production Supervisor will:
- With minimal direction and input from senior leadership,
propose, plan, and execute projects to eliminate the root cause of
manufacturing problems.
- Independently execute projects of high complexity which have a
large impact on the on the company's current and/or future business
interests. Projects may relate to any aspect of the business -
people, procedures, policies, finances, equipment, processes and/or
products.
- Be responsible for the directing and managing the activities of
hourly production personnel while safely and effectively meeting
the needs of their department.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure that the area of responsibility supports all plant goals
daily and weekly reviewing results with staff
- Coordinate and administer daily interaction between the
assigned area of responsibility and all other departments in the
plant. This would include peers across shifts.
- Ensure that personnel have proper qualifications, are properly
trained, and motivated to work productively both as part of a team
and individually
- Ensure compliance with established standards in the areas of
food quality & safety and employee safety. Identify and implement
opportunities for improvement.
- Ensure compliance with administrative and reporting procedures
while complying with overtime and provisions of the handbook
- Coordinate labor staffing daily in coherence with budgeted
staffing
- Document notification requests in SAP PM. Follow-up and
prioritize with maintenance and other shifts.
- Input data into SAP, check QA documentation, and verify
employee timecards
- Analyze information and follow-up on exceptions and
opportunities
- Foster a continuous improvement mindset, elevating new ideas
(both your own and those of your employees), and executing plans to
positively impact the plant operations and goals
- Ensure plant staffing through interviewing and training.
- Perform other functionally related duties as assigned.
Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully
perform major duties/responsibilities:
- Excellent people and leadership skills
- Strong change management skills, driving and implementing
change to optimize the business focusing on safety, quality, and
costs
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Problem solving and decision-making abilities
- Ability to work with and relate to all levels of personnel
- Ability to read/interpret production performance reports
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree preferred
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in manufacturing or in a
high-speed, complex environment required
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite required
- Minimum of 1 year in a supervisory capacity preferred
- Food manufacturing experience preferred
- SAP experience preferred
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee
must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift
and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lit and/or move up to
50 pounds.
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Nearest Major Market: Lawrence
Keywords: The Hershey Company, Lawrence , Night Shift Production Supervisor, Professions , Lawrence, Kansas
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