Role OverviewThe Production Shift Manager oversees all production activities on the assigned shift, ensuring safe, efficient operations while meeting quality, food safety, and production goals. This role leads a team of production supervisors, monitors labor and equipment performance, resolves operational challenges, and partners with cross-functional teams to drive results.
What You Will Do
The Shift Manager will lead daily processing and packaging operations, execute the production schedule efficiently, monitor and analyze labor hours and crew size, and ensure production of quality product by upholding processing and packaging standards.
Why It Might Be a Fit
This role requires strong leadership, coaching, and interpersonal skills to lead, motivate, and develop supervisors and teams. The ideal candidate will have experience planning and scheduling production, monitoring and analyzing labor usage, and working with performance monitoring tools.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED required
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management, Food Science, Business, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred
- Prior leadership experience in a production or food manufacturing environment
- Hands-on knowledge of packaging and processing operations, fryer machines, and sanitation procedures
- Experience planning and scheduling production, monitoring and analyzing labor usage, and working with ERP systems
- OSHA-compliant forklift operator experience required
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Employer match 401k
- Profit sharing plan
- Employee stock purchase plan
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