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Production Supervisor

Employer
Land O'Lakes, Inc. - Pine Island, MN
Location
Pine Island, Minnesota
Salary
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Industry
Agriculture
Role
Food Service
Job Type
Long-Term
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

We are a fast-growing, farmer-owned agriculture and food cooperative working to overcome the world's greatest food challenges. Our unique farm-to-fork business model works across crop inputs and insights, animal nutrition, dairy foods and sustainability to get high quality food to those who need it. magine what you can do at Land O’Lakes. Our growth relies on extraordinary talent and boundless thinkers who are always looking for a better way and believe anything is possible. Like you, innovation and technology drive us.  

 

At Land O’Lakes, you will also be part of a community with creative doers and dreamers, who want to make a difference. We work together combining our global perspective and direct access to the source to create practical, new solutions to meet agriculture’s toughest challenges.

 

Join the team at any Land O’Lakes location or with one of our retail-owners and you’ll sense the optimism, honesty and innovation that goes into everything we do. Together, we strive to feed human progress.

 

Job Description:

We are seeking an eager, poised, assertive, and ambitious leader with the passion to lead and develop employees and teams in our Powder Cheese Department to deliver outstanding manufacturing results in the areas of Cost, Quality, Service, People, and Environment. The ideal candidate must have the ability to attract, retain, develop, inspire and empower employees to drive sustainable continuous improvement at all levels in a manufacturing facility.


The Production Supervisor must possess the initiative to share best practices within the facility, across our supply chain, and with external resources to achieve leading-edge manufacturing and supply chain technologies.

Responsibilities:
• Focus on Safety of all employees and work environment through adherence of safety procedures
• Ensure compliance of GMP’s and the Food Safety Plan
• Deliver continuous improvement in key initiatives of Cost, Quality, Service, People, and Environment through efficient use of materials, equipment and resources
• Proactively communicate and coordinate with other Supervisors and functions to optimize operations and resources
• Effectively plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production schedules to meet and exceed customer requirements, production goals, and TMM Objectives
• Proactively coordinate with the Maintenance Department to conduct preventative maintenance
• Own and drive department and shift Continuous improvement/TMM processes
• Puts the internal and external customer first
• Understands the financial impact of Line Efficiency, Material Yield, and Labor Productivity on plant budgets and develops Action Plans to address gaps
• Possess brilliant focus on material yield in all aspects of the manufacturing processes
• Optimize staffing to ensure efficient yet effective labor productivity
• Leads engagement of employees, work teams, and the utilization of technology to deliver world-class line efficiencies

Lead Employees:
• Achieves results through teamwork
• Leads through positive influence; coaches and develops others and, where appropriate, peers
• Partners with Training Manager, Business Unit Manager, and other Supervisors to lead training and development of departmental employees
• Provides clear and timely performance feedback to peers and all employees
• Attracts, retains and develops the very BEST talent and empowers, engages, and inspires employees
• Takes active leadership role in promoting diversity and inclusion

 


Required Experience and Knowledge:
• High School Diploma and 1+ plus years of supervisory/management experience, preferably in manufacturing, distribution or warehousing
• Must possess strong leadership skills, problem solving skills, and decision-making skills
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills at various levels of the company
• Proficient computer skills, including usage of Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Effective communication skills for working cross-functionally in a fast-paced work environment

Preferred Experience and Knowledge:
• 3+ years Dairy/Food manufacturing or warehouse work experience
• Supervisory experience in a manufacture environment
• Open to relocation to other facilities in the future

Physical demands and Work Environment:
• The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Physical demands:
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; climb up and down stairs and ladders; talk or hear
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 lbs
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The temperature of the work environment can fluctuate due to occasional temperatures from cold/cool to warm/hot
• The noise level in the work environment is occasionally loud and will require ear plugs. While working in the manufacturing areas, the incumbent is required to wear personal protective equipment

Work Schedule:
Hours: This is a (Day Shift), hours 5 AM - 5PM. Open to being flexible to cover other shifts as needed. This role requires weekends and holidays hours as needed.

 

 

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including pre- and post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

 

Neither Land O’Lakes, nor its search firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like this, please do not provide the information being requested.                                                                                                                                 

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Land O'Lakes EOE Policy Statement

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Drug and Alcohol Policy

 

Company

To all the big thinkers, the leaders, future leaders, change makers, hard workers and everyone with a passion for doing something meaningful, Land O’Lakes wants you on their team.

Land O Lakes in Pine Island is looking to fill positions for General Labor night shift at their Pine Island facility. 

Wages starting at 19-plus dollars per hour and excellent benefits including Medical and 401-K.

High school diploma or GED required.

Land O Lakes Incorporated is an equal opportunity employer.

Company info
Telephone
5073563115
Location
206 2nd St. NE
Pine Island
MN
55963
US

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