Manufacturing Supervisor

Manufacturing Supervisor

Shift: 3:30pm - 11:30pm - Monday - Friday

A Little About Us:

Swanson has been dishin out vitamins and supplements straight from the heartland for 55 years and counting. We offer grounded, realistic approaches and remedies for healthier living that have been passed down longer than grandmas not-so-secret recipes. Were looking for folks to help us leave the world a little bit healthier than how we found it, and in return well offer a satisfying career that ensures a solid work-life balance, competitive benefits package for full-time employees and some nifty rewards for all employees through our Wellness Program.

Summary:

The primary function of this position is to supervise and coordinate the workflow within the Packaging and Manufacturing departments. Prepare work schedules, assign work, and oversee the work in progress. Provide training to employees and ensure proper quality control and productivity levels are maintained in the department.

Essential Responsibilities:

1. Ensure that orders are processed throughout the department accurately.
2. Ability to ensure a high level of productivity and product quality is maintained. It is critical to be able to lead and direct personnel on a day-to-day basis.
3. Responsible for training of all employees. Set up and oversee all training procedures to ensure proper operation of equipment.
4. Supervisors are responsible for the accuracy of every order leaving Manufacturing.
5. Ensure that quality control (QC), NSF, and cGMP procedures are followed when product is produced. Follow all QC policies that are currently in place, attend QC training yearly and implement new policies.
6. Perform employee evaluations and corrective action notices as needed. Perform both in a fair and timely manner.
7. Assist in scheduling and completion of workflow for the department on a daily/weekly/monthly basis. Work with reports and programs designed to direct workflow of the department. Work with other departments including Purchasing, Receiving, and Shipping to control backorders.
8. Must learn to setup, operate, and troubleshoot all equipment. It is essential the supervisor is able to think critically, troubleshoot equipment and setup issues, and work with Maintenance to keep equipment running efficiently.
9. Participate as an active member of the Sanitation Team.
10. Maintain a positive and professional working relationship with peers, management, and support resources, with a constant commitment to teamwork and exemplary customer service.
11. Conducts self in the presence of customers and community so as to present a professional image of SHP.

Competencies Required:

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
• Teambuilding experience preferred
• Demonstrate a friendly training style
• Mechanical background preferred
• Previous manufacturing and production experience or equivalent required

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organizations policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Education and Experience:

Bachelors degree preferred and a minimum of 3-5 years experience in management or leadership capacity. Or; an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential responsibilities and duties of the job as listed above.

Equipment and Software:

• Patterson-Kelley Blender
• Basch 705 and 1505 Capsule Fillers
• Various counting scales
• Mozart
• Microsoft Office Products
• General office equipment

Physical Demands:

The physical demands 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 a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by state and federal law.

The physical activity of this position.

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Finger Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

The physical requirements of this position.

• Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

The visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception, and field vision.

• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.

The conditions the worker will be subject to in this position.

• The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions. One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system of the skin: fumes, odors, dust, mists, gases, or poor ventilation

Travel:

• This position requires no travel