Production Supervisor - 3rd Shift

Blommer Chocolate Company
East Greenville, PA , US
Full-time

We offer HEALTH & DENTAL BENEFITS DAY 1 OF HIRE! Blommer understands that our employees are our biggest assets. With this in mind we offer a generous benefits package, tuition reimbursement, and 10 pounds of free chocolate for your birthday!

Blommer has been providing delicious, high quality chocolate and cocoa products to customers since 1939. Built as a family business, we are continuing to grow and are looking for motivated and reliable associates to help in our mission of Bringing Chocolate to Life!

Available Shifts :

3rd Shift : Sunday night - Thursday night 11pm-7 : 30am

JOB SUMMARY :

Manage the operational execution of the value streams with overall responsibility for production execution and shipping / receiving to safely deliver quality products, on-time, while minimizing costs.

Lead staff to achieve all safety, quality, productivity, customer service and cost targets. Responsible for all value stream metrics, adherence to plant policies / procedures, and the continuous improvement to achieve measurable results.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

Daily Production Guidance (70%)

  • Comply with and lead all requirements of Blommer health & safety policies and procedures as well as all federal and government regulations including OSHA, Ontario Health & Safety Act & Regulations.
  • Plan, direct and coordinate value stream activities ensuring work assignments are accomplished meet production goals and scheduling demand.

Partner with customer service and production planning / scheduling to meet customer demand.

  • Provide guidance and training to ensure company policies and procedures, including safety, HAACP, GMP, allergens, are complied with and that plant work rules are enforced.
  • Address violations, document as required, communicate with and seek support from Production Manager, Human Resources, or management.
  • Create seamless communication across all value streams ensuring daily production is accomplished and weekly planning is achieved.
  • Conduct regular team meetings to review production needs, goals and to seek resolution for issues. Engage staff to solve problems and identify ideas for improvement;

utilize CI and lean manufacturing tools to evaluate and implement improvements.

Conduct initial incident investigations, complete paperwork and issue notification to management team for all safety issues, near misses, spills or food safety incidents;

support the investigation and corrective action process.

  • Maintain operations data and prepare reports, evaluate production metric results; attend production update meeting and discuss issues that impacted the data.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve downtime issues; work with engineering, maintenance and sanitation departments in required maintenance and sanitation of equipment and facilities;

issue work orders for equipment malfunctions or repairs.

Analyze production data to determine opportunities for improvement, root cause, and capabilities to meet new opportunities.

Employee Relations (30%)

Demonstrate positive leadership practices including setting clear goals with employees and providing regular feedback;

complete annual performance reviews.

  • Maintain a positive employee environment; resolve operator conflicts, problems, complaints as they occur seeking assistance from Plant Manager and Human Resources as appropriate.
  • Ensure implementation and effectiveness of new hire training, and cross training; train on revised SOP procedures for your assigned area.
  • Ensure implementation of training is successful and timely; provide feedback to both trainer and trainee; follow up with training documentation and submit to HR or appropriate department for record retention.

Will be required to perform other duties as requested, assigned, and directed

QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS :

  • Education / Knowledge : Bachelor’s degree or Associates degree and equivalent experience
  • Experience / Skills : Two years manufacturing supervision experience with production floor experience; food manufacturing experience preferred.

Knowledge and application of lean tools, statistical tools, root cause analysis, failure mode & effect analysis. Good computer skills, Microsoft Office Suite, PowerPoint, Excel

30+ days ago
Related jobs
Promoted
B Braun Medical
Allentown, Pennsylvania

Supervisor I, Manufacturing - 3rd Shift (Pain Control). The supervisor will also be required to fill out Tier 0 cell boards, Tier 1 boards, and conduct daily Gemba walks utilizing Supervisor K-Cards to identify areas of improvement to maintain efficient production levels and continue to improve. Coo...

Blommer Chocolate Company
East Greenville, Pennsylvania

Maintain operations data and prepare reports, evaluate production metric results; attend production update meeting and discuss issues that impacted the data. Shift: Sunday night - Thursday night 11pm-7:30am. Manage the operational execution of the value streams with overall responsibility for produc...

Sharp Services
Allentown, Pennsylvania

Supervises and coordinates activities of production workers and workers engaged in packaging drug product and materials for storage or shipment by performing the following duties. Study production orders to ascertain type and quantity of product and other packaging requirements. Establishes or adjus...

SunOpta Inc.
Allentown, Pennsylvania

The Production Supervisor plans and manages the day-to-day allocation of resources for designated shift (equipment, people, materials, and systems) to efficiently, safely and cost effectively achieve performance targets as agreed with Production Management. Responsible for the accuracy of all produc...

Packaging Corporation of America
Salunga-Landisville, PA 17538, USA

Coordinate activity with the Production Manager and Shift Supervisor to plan and manage shift work orders, ensure quality requirements, and assure an even flow of work through the fabrication department to increase up-time and minimize unscheduled downtime. The Fabricating Supervisor is responsible ...

CapstoneONE Search
PA, United States

Review production schedules, standard manufacturing procedures, quality control requirements, check lists, set-up information, previous results, and other data necessary to accurately communicate requirements and answer questions. Review and approve all production employee weekly e-time data. ...

Inmar Intelligence
Breinigsville, Pennsylvania

Shift - Under the general direction of a manager, the Production Supervisor is responsible for directly overseeing the work of associates in an assigned production department within a warehouse facility and ensuring the team adheres to all Company policies, SOPs, and customer KPIs/contract...

Henkel
PA, United States

We are looking for a dependable, self-motivated, team-oriented, problem-solving Supervisor to lead our Laundry Packaging lines on 3rd Shift. The Shift Supervisor will employ leadership skills, technical skills, and manufacturing experience to ensure increased associate productivity, maximize equipme...

CapstoneONE Search
PA, United States

Assists the Maintenance Manager in developing short-term & long-term goals, for the Production, Safety, Quality and Continuous Improvement success of the site. Strong leadership skills; demonstrated competency in the supervisory and technical skills required to fulfill the position’s responsibilitie...

Sharp Services
Allentown, Pennsylvania

Supervises and coordinates activities of production workers and workers engaged in packaging drug product and materials for storage or shipment by performing the following duties. Study production orders to ascertain type and quantity of product and other packaging requirements. Establishes or adjus...