Production Supervisor - Taylor Farms : Job Details

About Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc.

Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc. is dedicated to being North America's favorite maker of salads and healthy fresh foods. Our “Taylor Family” includes over 20,000 team members who are passionate about making high quality, great tasting products for families across North America. As we continue to rapidly grow, we have a career opportunity available for a talented and motivated individual to join our Taylor Farms New Jersey team as Production Supervisor, located in Swedesboro, New Jersey.

Summary: This position is responsible for supervising all aspects of Production from staffing, scheduling, training to ensuring quality exceeds standards.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supervising production leads and associates.
• Ensure production paperwork is being accurately and timely completed by leads and associates.
• Ensure proper cycling of production lines as needed in order to not delay outbound departures.
• Responsible for participating in plant-wide continuous improvement efforts for Quality and Food Safety.
• Responsible for ensuring Good Manufacturing Practices throughout the production floor and ensuring compliance with SQF Level 3 requirements.
• Communicate with other departments as required in an efficient and professional manner.
• Ensure standard yields and throughputs are being consistently achieved.
• Responsible for production quality exceeding standards.
• Responsible for ensuring associate schedules are being adhered to and reconciling any issues via the timekeeping system.
• Responsible for coaching, training and managing performance improvements as needed; 90% spent on the floor.
• Responsible for scheduling production and headcount.

Skills/Abilities and Experience Requirements:

• Possess strong leadership skills, minimum 2-3 experience in a supervisory role preferred.
• Strong communication, organizational and leadership skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel required and Kronos, Axapta, WMS preferred.
• Prior direct supervision of a minimum of twenty-five associates.
• Previous foodservice manufacturing experience required.
• Experience utilizing an ERP system strongly desired.
• Previous experience training, coaching new hires required.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus.