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Role & Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and coach a diverse team of production supervisors to drive performance, accountability and engagement.  Foster a positive work environment focused on teamwork, open communication and continuous learning.
• Set clear production goals and create plans to achieve them.  Communicate expectations to partners, ensuring that everyone understands their role in achieving business objectives.
• Coordinate cross-functional collaboration to between departments to ensure smooth production processes, including but not limited to quality, sanitation, R&D, supply chain, distribution, & Human Resources
• Organize and lead regular team meetings to discuss safety, performance, key performance indicators, and any challenges or opportunities in the production process. 
• Champion a culture of food safety and quality across the plant, ensuring compliance with Senasica, COFEPRIS, FDA, and other regulatory standards. 
• Establish and monitor production metrics and KPI’s (key performance indicators) related to production efficiency, safety and partner performance. 
• Identify and communicate customer requirements.  Make sure that customer orders are scheduled in a timely manner taking into consideration production efficiencies.
• Identify potential Capital improvements going through the analysis, justification and approval process.  Manage or assist in the management of capital projects.
• Lead and manage change initiatives to introduce new technology or processes that enhance overall performance. 
• Encourage a culture of continuous improvement by involving team members in problem solving and process optimization initiatives. 
• Track and maintain control of variable and fixed budgets.
• Administer various company, plant or department processes in pay systems, performance management, interview processes, etc.

Key Ingredients:

• Bachelors in Food/Dairy Science, Agriculture, Business Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain or related field preferred. 
• 2+ years Production Supervisor or equivalent experience
• Communicate with influence both written and verbally.
• Looking for partners who are proactive, self-accountable, focus on solutions not problems and have a continuous desire to learn, grow and improve themselves and their roles.
• Ability to collaborate with partners from diverse backgrounds and ensure a culture rooted in dignity and respect of others.
• Ability to lead through change and drive organizational growth
• Ability to travel up to 5% (on annual basis)
• Handle stressful situations in a calm manner.
• PC skills, i.e. Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and ability for presenting the factory in a professional manner