SR. PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR (1:30a-10:30a)

Over a century ago, the Bickford family took ownership of Clyde’s Delicious Donuts. Since 1920, our company has grown to become a beloved name, known for our innovative and high-quality donuts that delight taste buds of all ages. Today, Clyde’s is a thriving, high growth, 4^th generation family-owned food manufacturer and a leading national supplier of donuts to the largest global retailers in mass grocery, convenience stores, and food service. Our Company is financially strong with a consistent track record of stability and growth under the careful leadership of the Bickford family. We invite you to consider a career with our special company.

Reporting to the Production Manager, the Senior Production Supervisor manages personnel, and production and packaging processes of donuts across multiple production lines ensuring that performance meets or exceeds operational standards and goals.

• →Production:
  • →Oversee the startup, adjustment, and/or setup of line, packaging, and labeling machinery. Manages product change overs, lunches and breaks. Complete effective end-of-shift handoff.
  • →Review daily production schedules. Determine requirements for and availability of labor, ingredients, and packaging materials. Make necessary adjustments.
  • →Inspect and measure raw and/or finished products to verify conformance to specifications. Oversee adjustment of equipment if products fail to meet standards.
  • →Prepare and evaluate production-related reports.
• →Continuous Improvement: Conduct continual review of KPIs on Redzone. Investigate shortfalls and analyzes ways to improve plant operations and OEE while stabilizing improvements. Recommend process improvements for safety, housekeeping and sanitation, production methods, efficiency, asset utilization, equipment performance, quality, and reduction of waste.
• →Leadership: Act with optimism to instill a positive and professional team culture committed to productivity, continuous improvement, safety, food safety, and quality. Promptly address performance issues and hold employees accountable for results. Address personal complaints to resolve problems. Keep employees informed. Train employees to standards and to increase their skills. With HR, select line personnel for hire and evaluate new hires performance.
• →Safety: Monitor and enforce safe work standards and procedures. Complete daily safety inspection. Conduct toolbox talks and accident investigations implementing re-training and corrective actions. Maintain plant floor organization and good housekeeping.
• →Food Safety/ Quality: Monitor, enforce, and comply with food safety/ quality requirements and GMPs reporting issues to the Production Manager, Director of Food Safety or Director of Quality.
• →Policy: Master Company policies, procedures and cultural norms and hold team accountable for compliance with the letter and spirit of these requirements acting as a role model and coach.

• Bachelors Degree (Business, Economics, Engineering preferred)
• Food processing or packaging supervisory experience in an automated, high-speed packaging environment.
• Working knowledge of GMP’s, SQF, safety practices and OSHA regulations.
• Computer literate including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Able to analyze data, reports and plant performance working methodically through challenges.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Preferred: Working knowledge and practical experience in LEAN.
• Preferred: Spanish helpful but not required.

• A self-starter with a strong work ethic who operates with a sense of urgency.
• Upbeat, calm, and a steady demeanor working with people in fast paced environments.
• Enthusiastic about safety, quality and the customer experience.
• Principled, honest, and ethical
• Detail-oriented and highly organized.
• Collaborative with both the desire and ability to lead, train and mentor employees.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. Applicants must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Clyde’s Donuts.

These conditions are common to Production Supervisors.

• Exposure to moving mechanical parts.
• Exposure to wet and/or humid conditions.
• Exposure to extreme hot conditions on such equipment as operating fryers and extreme cold conditions such as blast spiral freezers.
• Exposure to noise, dust, and fumes.
• Standing and walking on slippery floors.
• Working in close proximity to equipment and other employees.
• Lifting of up to 50 pounds and movement of equipment.

Clyde’s Donuts is proud to be an equal opportunity/ reasonable accommodation employer.