Hybrid Value Stream Supervisor na Blommer Chocolate Company

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Comply with all legislated and relevant laws and regulations for safety and quality including lockout tag out, GMP, HACCP, Allergen and Blommer specific policies and procedures.
• Plan, direct and coordinate value stream activities taking into account manpower, equipment status, customer orders to ensure production goals and schedules are met. Develop and execute daily plans for alignment across shifts.
• Set goals with employees and provide ongoing feedback to help develop skill and meet functional areas goals. Complete 30, 60, 90 day reviews on new employees to ensure effective training and overall performance achieved. Ensure area training completed for new hires, on revised SOP procedures, and for annual policy requirements.
• Conduct regular shift/crew meetings to set a positive tone in the area, address conflicts or complaints, review production needs, goals, and seek resolution for issues. Engage staff in problem solving, utilizing process improvement/lean manufacturing tools.
• Troubleshoot and resolve downtime issues. Work with operators, engineering, maintenance, sanitation to coordinate work orders and cleaning of equipment to minimize downtime and equipment failures.
• Address any non-conformance including violations of safety, HAACP, GMP, allergens, plant policies. Conduct initial incident investigations and report out on incident, investigation, and corrective action plans.
• Apply process improvement tools such as daily huddles, 5 whys, RAC, and RedZone to support operations and drive ongoing continuous improvement of operations.
• Actively participate in various plant teams including safety, food safety, people first.
• Prepare and maintain operations data including metrics. Report out on production discussing issues that impacted production.
• Ensure consistent compliance with customer standards, safety/OSHA and quality standards/HACCP and GMP standards
• Operate within the Blommer core values of respect and care for others

Performance Expectations:

• Manage product operation with a high set of standards to produce consistent, quality-driven results
• Ensures work hours and schedules, timely attendance, and notice requirements for absences or lateness are met
• Promote a positive attitude and a sense of curiosity in learning new roles and responsibilities
• Instill a culture of leadership and engagement of team to achieve performance expectations
• Knowledge and understanding of production operations and machinery
• Ability to problem solve independently and implement solutions, prioritize tasks and delegate when appropriate

Skills and Work Experience Requirements:

• Three (3+) years’ experience in manufacturing operations and business management, preferably within the food manufacturing industry.
• Five (5+) years’ experience utilizing CI, lean systems, tools, programs
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent time management skills with ability to meet deadlines
• Strong safety and quality background
• Strong Microsoft Office Suite abilities to complete reports and logs
• Excellent problem-solving skills

Education:

Bachelors Degree preferred or equivalent experience