Production Supervisor

A rapidly growing food manufacturer is seeking a Production Supervisor to join its leadership team at a critical stage of expansion. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on leader who thrives in fast-paced production environments and enjoys building teams, improving processes, and driving operational performance.

Client Details

Our client is a growing food manufacturing company with multiple operational facilities supporting production, distribution, and corporate functions. Demand continues to increase across both branded and private-label product lines, creating opportunities for operational leaders to influence the business and advance their careers.

The organization offers a collaborative and entrepreneurial culture where leaders are encouraged to take ownership, drive improvements, and help shape the future of the business. Employees have direct exposure to senior leadership and the ability to make a meaningful impact on operational success.

Description

• Lead daily production activities and ensure schedules are completed efficiently
• Monitor operational KPIs including schedule attainment, labor efficiency, waste, yield, downtime, and quality performance
• Coordinate closely with planning, maintenance, quality, and warehouse teams
• Investigate production issues and implement corrective actions
• Lead and develop production personnel through coaching, training, and accountability
• Manage staffing, attendance, cross-training, and shift coverage
• Ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP, SQF, and food safety standards
• Support preventive maintenance activities and minimize equipment downtime
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on waste reduction, throughput improvement, line balancing, and operational efficiency
• Maintain accurate production documentation and reporting

Profile

A successful Production Supervisor should have:

• Food manufacturing experience required
• Prior leadership experience within production operations
• Strong understanding of KPIs, Lean principles, root cause analysis, and process improvement
• Experience with FIFO, lot traceability, food safety, and quality systems
• Proven ability to improve operational performance while maintaining product quality

Preferred Qualifications:

• Confectionery, chocolate, or snack manufacturing experience
• SQF, HACCP, or Food Safety certifications
• Continuous improvement training (Lean, Six Sigma, 5S)
• Bilingual English/Spanish

Job Offer

• Salary $85,000 - $95,000
• High-growth company with strong advancement potential
• Entrepreneurial culture where leaders make a visible impact
• Significant investment in employee development
• Opportunity to lead during an exciting growth phase

The salary range for this role is $85,000-$95,000. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including medical coverage, vision, 401(k), paid time off, and company holidays to eligible employees.

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.