Packaging Department Supervisor

  • Full-time
  • PL-DEPT: 35-0352

Company Description

Foster Farms has been a family-owned and operated company for four generations. Since our founding days back in 1939, we have always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. The hope is that our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our people will shine through in everything we do.

We are always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms team. We offer the experience of a large organization, but operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage employees to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

Job Description

  • Provide overall direction and supervision of the Packaging Department..
  • Ensure that the plant maintains a trained and efficient work force which consistently meets department goals on quality, yield, efficiency, cost and safety.
  • Responsible for ensuring that the Packaging department meets company goals and standards on quality, yield, productivity, cost and safety.
  • Supervises the packaging of poultry products from whole body to skinless, boneless meat.
  • Responsible for the professional development and training of Line Supervisors and hourly
    employees (working within the guidelines of the union contract and company
    policies).
  • Conduct Line Supervisors and Clerical performance evaluations.
  • Responsible for timely feedback to superintendent regarding problems encountered involving productivity, down-time, quality, yield, cost and safety and to provide solutions to these problems
  • Monitor standards and indices required for control/tracking of different employee areas or responsibility.
  • Attend all weekly meetings related to these indices.
  • Ensure that safety orientations and safety meetings are held as required to keep frequency and severity of accidents/injuries to a minimum. To develop and implement any necessary safety programs to aid in reducing safety incidents.

Qualifications

  • Must possess a B.S. or B.A. degree in Business Management or equivalent work force
    experience.

  • Must have five to ten (5-10) years in the food processing industry

  • Must demonstrate ability to communicate well verbally and in writing

  • Must exhibit strong interpersonal and leadership skills.

  • Must have strong mathematical background (this is required to perform calculation on
    yield, productivity, time cards, reports, etc.)

  • Must be able to evaluate forepersons fairly and objectively

  • Must be able to work well independently and exhibit strong internal drive to succeed

  • Must be able to submit and pass a criminal background check

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