Shift Supervisor

Job Purpose and Impact

The Shift Supervisor will provide strategic operational oversight for all production operating facilities with moderate presence in multiple regions or moderate degree of complexity. In this role, you will oversee and hold operating facilities accountable to standards for safety, quality, operational effectiveness and financial performance.

Key Accountabilities

• Execute routine operations of assigned area, ensuring direct reports are following policies and procedures related to employee, food and feed safety and environmental compliance.
• Monitor production outcomes, quantity, and quality to ensure customer and food safety requirements are within specifications.
• Partner with production supervisors to meet customer specifications and timeline.
• Administer production budget for a department, process, or shift and executes purchase orders and ensures timely payment of invoices
• Develop operational plans and monitors routine operations for all production processes for multiple departments, processes and shifts.
• Develop, supervise and provide coaching to direct reports including coaching company core values and guiding principles for assigned facilities or region.
• Responsible for personnel decisions related to hiring, performance and disciplinary actions for your direct reports. You will also spend time completing the same tasks as employees on your team.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience. Engineering graduate
• Co-ordination skills among depts. (maintenace, warehouse, contractors, suppliers).
• At lest 3 years of experience in manufacturing eniroment
• Soft skills: team work, collaboration, communication
• Discipline
• Demonstrates a strong learning agility and the ability to quickly absorb and apply new knowledge and training.
• Possesses sharp analytical thinking, a proactive mindset, and a strong drive for continuous improvement.
• Capable of performing effectively under pressure, proactively resolving issues, and managing multiple priorities in a dynamic work environment.
• Writing and reading English at intermediate level
• Resides within a reasonable commuting distance of the plant (approximately 25 km or a 30-minute drive).
• Excellent leadership and communication skills and the ability to communicate with all levels in the plant

Preferred Qualifications

• One year of supervisory experience
• Minimum of two years of experience in production and warehouse management
• Degree holder in machine, electric or similar.
• Relevant experiences are preferable
• Production management of feed mill or FMCG with lean manufacturing approach is advantage