Processing Supervisor, Night Shift

At Danone Manufacturing the best products and supplying them to meet demand is a key driver for our plant teams.

We have an opening for a Processing Supervisor, Night Shift based in our West Jordan, UT manufacturing facility. As the Processing Supervisor, you are to help manage and mobilize a team of hourly associates to ensure Safety, Quality, and Productivity goals are met each shift.

This is a 2-2-3 shift, 6pm to 6:30am

Additionally, you will:

Identifying and driving continuous improvement initiatives within the department.
• Demonstrating progress towards communicated objectives.
• Ensure adherence to plant standards (including but not limited to GMP, FDA, Quality, Safety, Finance, ISO, Kosher)
• Improving and maintaining communicated performance standards for the department; managing with the flexibility to react as needed when breakdowns arise.
• Working cross functionally with other departments within operations to ensure production requirements.
• Ensuring departmental SOPs are updated as needed and utilized by all hourly associates; will also provide necessary job specific training as warranted.
• Validation of time and attendance through daily and weekly reviews of your employee timecards.
• Promote a positive team atmosphere and champion involvement of all employees.
• Regular, formal, and informal evaluations and feedback of the performance of hourly associates.
• Ensuring departmental compliance with company's policies and procedures.
• Ordering consumable supplies.
• Driving accountability through strong leadership and setting consistent expectations
• Performing root cause analysis, problem solving, and follow-up related to operational and safety incidents within the department.
• Addressing employee concerns; elevate to next level leadership as needed.
• Administer discipline as required for job performance, attendance or any other non-bargaining unit and bargaining unit contract violations.
• Perform 30/60/90-day reviews of new employees.
• Help Drive Maintenance priorities throughout the shift.
• Conduct pre-shift meetings with in-coming operators in front of daily management board(s) to discuss topics related to previous shift, SQCDMN metrics, and general plant communication.
• Review manufacturing production and shipping schedules, identify gaps and risks while collaborating with the manager and peers to balance work schedule.
• Responsible for the operational performance of the assigned shift.
• Ensure sound communication systems are in place so all employees are aware and can participate in continuous improvement of the operation.
• Improve and maintain communicated performance standards for the department; managing with the flexibility to react as needed when breakdowns arise.
• Work with project team to ensure equipment is available as needed.
• Manage employee PTO and scheduling.

• Bachelor's Degree: (BS Degree in Chemical /Mechanical/Industrial Engineer preferred); or 3 to 5 years equivalent experience.
• 3+ years supervisory experience within a food/beverage, or other manufacturing environment required.
• Familiarity with CIP/HAACP/FSI and other quality standards preferred.
• Demonstrated continuous improvement and/or lean manufacturing experience.
• Thorough understanding of fluid dynamics is a plus
• Must possess excellent analytical, troubleshooting, conflict management and critical thinking skills.
• Experience managing in a Union environment is preferred
• Shift flexibility with nights and weekends required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have the ability to work under pressure and potentially stressful conditions.
• Under minimal direction, works independently toward departmental objectives.

At Danone North America, you'll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world like Activia, Silk, Two Good, Oikos, evian, and Happy Family. You'll be part of the largest Certified B Corp in the world, working together to make sure our brands create real benefits for people, communities, and the planet. We have 6,000+ employees across the U.S. and Canada. Come join our movement for a healthier world: One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone North America doesn't just welcome what makes you unique, we value it. We're proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All hires to our team are based on qualifications, merit and business needs. We recruit, employ, train and promote regardless of race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, genetic characteristic or any other protected status. Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all our employees share in the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect.