3rd Shift Production Supervisor

Build a better future as a Production Supervisor in Louisville, KY
Compensation Range: $78,000 - $104,000
Possible Bonus: 7.5%

AAK Louisville

About the role

TheAssistant Production Supervisor is responsible for coordinating the activitiesof the K2 Processing side, Refinery, Bleaching, RX, Hydro, L1, FOL andinventory. They are also responsible for tracking products ran from theschedule, the enforcement of company rules, ensuring that all employees areworking safely, tracking product rates, training new employees, and keeping thework place in a clean and orderly manner. This will include organization andFIFO of received materials and supplies.

Responsibilities

Safety& Environmental Performance
Lead the safety effort by personal example.
Support full plant wide compliance with safety rules to further our goal of 0 accidents and encouragement of reporting and correcting near misses.
Support contractors during major construction or anytime maintenance contractors are on site.
Identify high-risk safety/productivity issues and help remedy them.
Adhere to SOPs and other work procedures as required to assure product quality and consistency to our customers.
Keep employees supplied with the essential tools, materials and information required for the products we are packing at the time.
Enforce GMP compliance.
Report any environmental issues to the immediate supervisor and EHS manager in order to correct any issues immediately.

WorkRequirements
Ensure each employee is working in a safe environment and have each employee understand job safety is job priority number one
Oversee production personnel, processes and productivity
Estimate product status and completion of schedule
Oversee and estimate staffing needs to maintain production productivity
Look for better ways to be more proficient, efficient and cost effective in staffing personnel, the cross training of personnel to fill in without the use of overtime
Responsible for making sure employees are trained properly, job knowledgeable and able to perform job adequately to provide customers a superior product
Execute work in a safe and expedient manner according to the following priorities:
Report safety hazards and issues
Educate and motivate personnel about safety in Safety Is Job Priority Number One
Present ideas for a safer work environment such as improvement to processes
Provide practical solutions to operations/ controls problems.
Train employees in light of their needs and company needs.
Look for opportunities to help work get done safer, faster and more cost effective.
Monitor the pack schedule for product changes.
Keep track of product rates.
Assign job duties as needed.
Keep hourly rates and amounts of products packed and also track down time,
Enforce non-compliance procedures (safety issues/ideas, production status, employee issues, equipment issues & other plant related issues.

CostControl
Eliminate employee injuries by educating safety first
Contribute to the effort in controlling costs and minimizing waste in product and shrinkage.
Support goal of minimum employee staffing and still be able to have mass production.
Support goal of cross training personnel to fill in gaps reducing overtime.
Try and devise new SOP's and adjust processes to make production more efficient.
About you

High School Diploma or GED
Microsoft Office and basic computer knowledge
Good communication skills, able to motivate team members, be a good trainer and teacher, and have a good mechanical aptitude.
Must have good math and reasoning ability.
Able to apply general mathematical calculations, analysis of variance and other basic standard equations as required.

In return AAK offer

Career paths, training and development, e-learning and tuition reimbursement programs offer potential for you to progress your future career
Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental and vision) starting date of hire
Health Savings Account with AAK annual contribution of $1,000-$1,500
We match 100% of the first 3% you contribute to your 401(k), and 50% of the next 3%
Free Life and Disability insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Supplemental Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection and Legal Insurance Plans
Discounts on travel, amusement parks, concerts, movies, and more
Celebrations, events, and activities on site and supporting our communities
Recognition incentives for service and peer to peer recognition