Retail Production Supervisor

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Retail Production Supervisor in Mount Olive, NC at Butterball **Location:**

**Job Description**

**Job Summary:**

Provides frontline leadership and management of line or area in a food processing facility ensuring standards are met in a safe, efficient and effective manner.

**Essential Functions, Duties & Responsibilities:**

* Supervises production team members providing guidance, training, direction, and feedback for optimum performance

* Serves as a role model and initiates proactive actions to ensure teams understanding of and compliance with all company policies and regulatory guidelines (including USDA, OSHA, DOL, EEOC, etc.)

* Accountable for teams adherence to manufacturing protocols, product specifications, quality guidelines, safety standards

* Ensure effective use of labor, tools, supplies, and equipment to maximize efficiency and capacity

* Conducts routine scanning of department to identify and solve problems (e.g. equipment operations, processes, etc.) or escalate as needed

* Maintains accurate and timely electronic / paper-based records of production data

* Updates daily/weekly department reports (i.e. production reports, attendance reports, pre-flight check list, staffing reports, training reports)

* Conducts routine safety and quality audits

* Participates in investigations (e.g. accidents, employee complaints, etc.)

* Actively participates in department / facility meetings

**Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:**

* Excellent verbal and written communication skills

* Highly skilled at motivating employees to accomplish objectives

* Knowledge of USDA regulations, HACCP (Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points), SOP (Standard Operating Procedure), SSOP (Standard Sanitary Operational Procedure) and requirements; or ability to learn and apply new concepts quickly

* Familiar with operations metrics, such as yields, lbs. /birds per man hours (PMH), line speeds, etc.

* Strong analytical and problem solving skills at both the strategic and functional level

* Strong attention to detail

* Basic math skills (e.g. addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages

* Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

**Additional Responsibilities:**

* Perform all other duties as necessary to ensure efficiency of operation.

**Education & Experience:**

* Bachelor of Science degree in Business, Poultry, Animal or Food Science or related field preferred

* 3-5 years experience in a leadership role or have successfully completed Butterballs Leadership Apprentice Program

* Experience in poultry/meat food manufacturing helpful