Production Supervisor

Production Supervisor

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

The Production Supervisor is responsible and accountable for the smooth running of the assigned shift, technology, and line manufacturing operations. This is a FLOATING / RELIEF SUPERVISOR position - The candidate must be open to working all shifts to cover PTO as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Overseeing Daily Operations : Manage daily operations of the manufacturing floor, ensuring that production targets are met.
• Involved in the plant's schedule planning activities specifically : Consulted for the schedule confirmation process including raw materials, boom and non-bom packaging requirements, sequencing review and sign-off. Responsible for all activities relating to people availability in the resource scheduling process.
• Fully accountable for the area of line-start up including : Health & Safety, raw material and packaging checks, environment / ancillary checks, line set-up confirmations and audits, completion of paperwork within the Pre-production Checklist Process.
• Involved in the area of BOM Production, including : Consulted in the process steps of raw material and packaging collection and scanning, completion of compliance checks and document time registration within the BOM Production Process o Consulted in the raw material addition and accountable for process step confirmation within the recipe / process sequencing process. Accountable for environment / ancillary checks (Golden 6), quality parameters completion, critical control point checks and traceability documentation completion in the in-flight Quality Check Process.
• Playing an integral part within the Line / Area Performance Management : Responsible for QSHE Reviews and Production efficiency reviews within the process of line / area performance management. Involved in the Daily Huddle.
• Involvement in the area of Production Completion, including : Consulted in the Order Completion Process in SAP o Accountable for the Production run quality and quantity review o Consulted in the processes of put away for finished goods, ancillary equipment and cleaning. Accountable for the Yield, Waste and Performance Review as well as the CIP Review Process.
• Responsible for the Training & Development Plans within the People Management Process and consulted in the performance management, disciplinary and absence management processes.
• Responsible for understanding requirements for overtime and application for overtime.
• Accountable for Breaks and Changeovers within the Shift Management Process.
• Consulted in the Work Permits Process.
• Responsible for the execution of internal and external audits and the audit de-brief process and consulted in the close out process of audit non-conformances.
• Responsible for non-standard investigations including complaints, Health & Safety, Bottleneck analysis and Intelex investigation processes.
• Responsible for daily escalated communications.
• Responsible for placing orders of one-off purchases on COUPA.
• Consulted in the Performance Management Process within the Standard Plant area.

Qualifications and skills :

The typical hiring range for this role is $64,479 to $105,272 annually and is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, location, etc. In addition to your pay, Kerry offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and retirement contribution (all benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements).