Assistant Production Manager/Floater - Thorofare, United States - Kristy Kuts

Description

• Supervise the labor schedule to maximize output and productivity while controlling overtime.
• Ensure all production areas follow sanitary and safety guidelines working with FSQA techs and management.
• Ensure all products meet production specifications.
• Assist in the development of the production schedules and offer insight and input to maximize production efficiencies.
• Collaborate proactively with Leadership and Food Safety Manager to share production knowledge, staffing needs, and other resources to accomplish goals and measurable objectives and KPIs.
• Address employee relation issues in a responsive manner that is timely, strategic, proactive, consistent, and fair.
• Document and report all production and staffing issues to the VP of Business Development, General Manager, Plant Manager, and Human Resources in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with the Production Managers to identify and direct cross-training of employees.
• Support implementation of GMPs, Food Safety Programs, SSOPs, Chemical programs, and Daily Logs.
• Mentor and train individual staff members to tailor and utilize their skills.
• Ensure all production records are maintained to meet ongoing regulatory compliance.
• Ensure all corrective actions reported by QA techs are resolved in a timely fashion.
• Maintain all standards relating to SQF, GMPs, HACCP, and Food Safety and suggest areas for improvement where needed.
• Ensure all Pre-op and Post-op inspections are performed thoroughly, documented, and submitted to the QA manager in a timely fashion.
• Reconciliation of Inventory at the end of 2nd shift
• Ability to cover shifts when Production Managers are on vacation or PTO.

• Bilingual Preferred (English / Spanish)
• 2-3 years of proven supervisory experience in a food manufacturing environment
• High School diploma or equivalent GED required; BA/BS preferred
• Knowledge of GMP in Manufacturing
• Experience working in a SQF plant, knowledge of Food Safety, and Good Food Handling Practices
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Outlook. Knowledge of Word and Excel is helpful
• Ability to learn WMS and/or ERP tools

• Proven resourcefulness and Detail oriented
• Ability to proactively solve practical problems
• Highly motivated, results-focused.
• Able to concurrently make sound decisions and handle multiple priorities.
• Critical thinking and creative problem-solving
• Strong integrity and ethics
• Strong and effective verbal and written communication skills with the proven ability to communicate tactfully regardless of the circumstances at all levels.
• Proven ability to be persistent yet flexible.

• Able to walk through a manufacturing facility in multiple buildings including refrigerated and frozen warehousing facilities
• Able to climb up and down stairs to access various parts of the facility
• Able to sit at and work on a computer
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds. Frequent reaching, bending, and stooping.