Supervisor Production, Pouch Packaging Night Shift

Overview
Leads an assigned production team to achieve goals and problem solve while demonstrating a commitment to employees safety, teamwork, and product quality. Responsible for product processing, packaging, and storage in compliance with FDA, USDA, and Simmons rules and regulations.

Essential Position Responsibilities

Leads a team of front‑line employees; effectively communicates with and motivates employees to drive productivity and achieve company goals.

Supervises employees to maintain discipline, teamwork, and safety so that daily production requirements are met.

Responsible for scheduling, tracking attendance and reviewing and approving time off for direct reports.

Responsible for work effort and appraisal of personnel.

Supervises and coordinates the activities of workers engaged in processing and/or the development of a product or a service.

Maintains inventory records, requisitions ingredients and/or supplies as necessary to meet delivery schedules, and evaluates materials and products to maintain organizational standards.

Confers with other supervisors to coordinate activities between departments.

Manages and utilizes various production reports; reviews daily production against customer requirements and interprets, understands, and manages reports within the responsible area such as throughput and yield.

Meets production requirements while maintaining appropriate line speeds and efficiency, ensuring quality products, and accomplishes all paperwork in accordance with established time frames or record‑keeping requirements.

Emphasizes a safe work environment and promotes safety requirements in compliance with Simmons, OSHA, and other government agencies regarding safety, environment, handling of food products, packaging, ingredients, and related items.

Creates a continuous improvement culture for direct reports, applies LEAN concepts and procedures to day‑to‑day production operations, and accomplishes quality performance that meets or exceeds all line, department, facility, company, and USDA/FDA guidelines or grading processes.

Communicates at all levels to meet production expectations and collaborate with functional areas such as Human Resources, Safety, Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Finance, Shipping, and others to maximize the production of the highest quality product at the lowest cost possible.

Directs and supervises employees’ work activities, monitors work performance, collaborates with Human Resources to screen, interview, and hire candidates, administers disciplinary actions, recommends performance improvement actions, monitors work performance, and recommends compensation decisions based on guidelines.

Follows Simmons values to develop and maintain a favorable working relationship with all employees, promotes a cooperative and harmonious environment to facilitate positive employee morale, productivity, and continuous improvement.

Participates as a member of the team, attends appropriate team meetings, and brings issues to the team leader to resolve and actively seeks ways to reinforce actions needed to achieve synergy within the larger organization.

Simmons Operating Systems Principles
Is familiar with Simmons’ established operating systems (e.g., quality, security, office environment, company policies, LEAN); understands the responsibility to maintain familiarity with the systems and this position’s role in supporting these systems, including consideration of the impact of individual actions on the systems and the responsibility to communicate concerns and improvement ideas.

Other Duties
Performs other duties as necessary in support of business objectives: This position description is intended to guide the activities of the person in this position and is not intended to limit the thinking and creativity of the person regarding the work of this function nor to describe all the work that may be required of the person in this position.

Physical Activities
Enters and locates information on a computer; visually verifies information, often in small print; communicates with customers, vendors, or employees via telephone, in person, and/or electronic mail; may present information to small or large groups; must be able to work in various temperatures; and move about in a manufacturing environment and surrounding property.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
As required by facility.

Travel
May travel to other local facilities.

Technical Experience
Willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction required; must be able to read and write English; knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods; knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resource management, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources; must be familiar with computers and proficient in Microsoft Office suite.

Industry Experience
Preferred experience within a food processing organization.

Minimum Education
Bachelor’s Degree or 4 years related work experience with a minimum of 1 year experience in a leading role included in the 4 years related work experience.

Preferred Education
N/A

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