Manufacturing Supervisor at Community Coffee Company, L.L.C. in Port Allen, Louisiana

Job Description:

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Department: Manufacturing

Reports To: Operations Manager

Travel Required: up to 10%

Why Join Community Coffee?

Community Coffee Company is the #1 family-owned and operated retail coffee brand in America. Rooted in family and tradition, yet always looking to the future, you can expect a fast-paced environment that is both challenging and rewarding. Join us and make your passion your profession!

Position Overview

As Manufacturing Supervisor, you will oversee day to day manufacturing operations and personnel to ensure productivity and efficiency goals are met as well as meeting customer production and quality demands while utilizing experience and judgement to plan and accomplish production goals on a timely basis while maintaining a safe working environment

Function Related Activities/Key Responsibilities

• Reviews operations schedule to ascertain product data such as types, quantities, and specifications of products and scheduled delivery dates to plan production operations.
• Prepares and manages operational crewing schedules.
• Assists with collection and analysis of Key Performance Indicators (KPI's).
• Provides data-driven recommendations aligning with strategic business objectives and company goals.
• Assists with the development and/or revision of standard operating procedures and working practices while ensuring worker compliance with company standards.
• Coordinates manufacturing activities to ensure processing and packaging of quality products within required specifications.
• Reviews operations reports and coordinates with operations, manufacturing, quality, and maintenance to resolve problems, minimize costs, and prevent operational delays.
• Leads continuous improvement efforts to raise manufacturing performance to meet and exceed critical Plant Safety, Quality, Service, and Cost KPI's.
• Ensures the development and implementation of action plans to address root causes of failure and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Responsible for sanitation and safety of production area and maintenance of equipment in compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices, Sanitation SOPs, and the Global Food Safety Initiative.
• Ensures manufacturing processes are run in accordance with current SOP's, appropriate work instructions and other documentation.
• Ensures and maintains a safe work environment.
• Develops, trains, educates, and teaches supervisors and employees packaging and processing duties and functions.
• Ensures adequate skills inventory of front-line personnel to effectively meet demands of the business.
• Coaches employees to fulfill and exceed job requirements through a continuous review of targeted achievements and report variances during on-the-floor and review meetings.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• May be requested to perform different or additional duties as assigned.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related field from four-year college or university
• 3 years of manufacturing experience OR high school diploma and five years' related experience in consumer products goods manufacturing management
  
  
  • Experience with Community Coffee, even if unrelated, may fulfill this requirement at the discretion of the hiring manager with approval from Human Resources.
• Valid Driver's License or valid federal, state or local ID card
• Must have or willing to obtain certification from AIB in FSSI or HAACP
• Lean or Six Sigma Certification preferred
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, and Power Point)
• Knowledge of SAP a plus

What We're Looking For

• Proven leadership skills
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking
• Able to adapt and remain focused under pressure
• Outstanding communication skills
• Relies on judgement and experience
• Continuous improvement mindset

Physical Demands/Work Environment

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 individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to do the following:

• Frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to stand; walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Plant Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions and is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold, extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment from production machinery is usually very loud.

Community Coffee Company offers a competitive salary and benefits package including health, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k), short- and long-term disability, paid time off and employee assistance program.

Community Coffee Company and its subsidiary companies will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender, genetic information, uniformed service, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, or any other status protected by federal or state law. Community Coffee Company will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a test or job interview) if so requested. When completing this application, you may exclude information that would disclose or otherwise reference your race, religion, age, sex, genetic, veteran status, disability or any other status protected by federal or state law. Community Coffee Company will also provide reasonable accommodations to allow an employee to perform the essential functions of a position, as required by applicable law. This application is considered current for sixty (60) days only. At the end of this period, if you are still interested in employment, it will be necessary for you to reapply by completing a new application.

Other details

• Job Family Manufacturing
• Job Function Manufacturing
• Pay Type Salary

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• Port Allen, LA 70767, USA

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