Production Supervisor

Our plant in Grand Prairie, TX is looking for an experienced Production Supervisor. The Production Supervisor ensures the plant operates smoothly, safely and efficiently to produce a quality product that meets the needs of the customer under direct supervision of the Product Manager. The specific duties and responsibilities of the Production Supervisor include the following:

• Supervises daily production team by confirming, delegating, coordinating and informing crew of the processing of orders as well as departmental work scheduling.
• Works with team to produce all orders while maintaining or exceeding departmental KPIs & meeting customer and company specifications.
• Ensures all quality specifications are followed and issues corrective actions on non-confirming product.
• Effectively communicates company, plant, and department priorities across all levels.
• Communicates any issues during shift, across all levels, as appropriate.
• Verifies, controls, and ensures all production parameters are within planned budget.
• Responsible for performing shift reports in a timely manner according with work instruction.
• Conducts monthly safety and quality sessions as required and keeps adequate records.
• Enforces company, plant, and departmental policies and procedures and work instructions including but not limited to safety policies, GMPs, HAACP standards, AIB standards
• Hires, trains, counsels, monitors work, assigns work, disciplines, and terminates employees.
• Orients new employees and trains on department-related activities.
• Provides feedback at regular intervals to team members & conducts performance evaluations of assigned team members.
• Identifies training necessary or useful to team and conducts required training for assigned employee group.
• Appropriately handles employee concerns and complaints.
• Reports injuries and illnesses within 24 hours and performs analysis/investigations within 24 hours.
• Maintains knowledge of plant quality systems, appropriately handles employee concerns and complaints.
• Conducts pre-shift and shift-change meetings with appropriate team members to communicate issues, concerns, and information.
• Performs walkthroughs of production areas with leads, focusing on equipment performance, product quality, housekeeping, safety, and food safety.
• Monitor time-keeping system, verifies payroll hours, transfers hours as appropriate and resolves any discrepancies.
• Maintains teamwork, consistency, and fairness among all employees to foster a positive work environment within the department, plant and entire organization.
• Ensures all food safety principles and legal requirements have been applied effectively.
• Participates actively in LEAN, process improvement and other company initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires a bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, engineering, or a related field and two years of experience in the job offered or a supervisory role in food or beverage manufacturing. Requires two years of experience in the following:

• Safety regulations and inspections (e.g., AIB, OSHA, Military, Health Dept., EPA, City & County Inspectors).
• Good manufacturing practices.
• Production planning and process improvement techniques (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma).
• Kronos and SAP.

 Gruma Corporation and its affiliates, including but not limited to Azteca Milling, L.P., are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. The information collected by this application is solely for the purposes of determining suitability for employment, verifying your identity, and maintaining employment statistics on applicants. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act as well as state and local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity with-out imposing undue hardship on Gruma. Please inform the company's personnel representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.