Production Supervisor

Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands likeLa Brea Bakery,Otis Spunkmeyer, andOakrun Farm Bakery. With 15bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers' expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.

The Production Supervisor will oversee daily operations on the production line, ensuring adherence to safety, food safety, and production guidelines. Reporting to the Production Manager, this role involves supervising staff, managing performance, and maintaining compliance with regulatory and internal standards. Key responsibilities include leading shift operations, improving safety awareness, and implementing process improvements to meet performance targets. The ideal candidate will excel in team building, clear communication, and proactive problem-solving to maintain high standards of safety, quality, and productivity.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the highest standard for safety awareness, training completion, and accountability for unsafe behavior by our personnel. Identify and execute opportunities to improve.
• Organize and supervise the operations and work practices throughout their shift, ensuring safety standards, performance standards, and customer specifications are met.
• Maintain business processes in support of food safety audits, regulatory requirements, and internal business control audits.
• Responsible for aspects of leading the staff including hiring, coaching, managing performance and development planning.
• Lead entire shift operations while delivering key performance indicators i.e., safety, quality, cost and service.
• Manage execution of daily management activities such as team meetings, shift exchanges, daily direction-setting, visual controls, status-at-a-glance boards, etc.
• Manage line equipment, employees, and raw materials so that all are prepared to meet the production scheduled by planning and aniticipating production needs.
• Actively work on building highly effective Production teams through team building, clear communication cadence, and provide ongoing coaching.
• Analyze causes of variances and scrap levels to implement improvements to meet efficiency targets and utilization.
• Coach employees in proper techniques and follow through to ensure there is adequate understanding to perform tasks assigned.
• Maintain and monitor all pre-requisite systems within the facility to ensure that all required documentation is consistently and accurately completed.
• Identify problems, coordinate and facilitate cross functional meetings as required to implement solutions in regards to Safety, Qualty, and Productivty.
• Verify the readiness of the production line at start-up and change overs.
• Communicate with other departments in the bakery to address issues and maintain/elevate standards of safety, quality, and productivity.
• Implement process improvement initiatives
• Analyze performance data in order to identify business opportunities
• Other projects or duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• A high school diploma or GED is required. A bachlors degree is preferred
• 3-5 years production supervisor experience in a food production environment
• Must have proven leadership and supervisory skills
• Must be able to lift 50lbs
• Must have working knowledge of Microsoft office products
• Ablility to learn and utilize SAP

Salary Range: $68,000-$85,000.00

Shift:3rd

Benefits Designed with You in Mind

At Aspire Bakeries, we're committed to supporting your well-being, professional growth, and financial stability. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

Health & Wellness:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Company-paid life insurance
• Optional voluntary benefits

Work-Life Balance:

• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off and holidays

Financial Security:

• Competitive 401(k) plan with a 100% vested company match
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage

Continuous Growth:

• Tuition reimbursement program
• Flexible Spending:
• HSA and FSA options

Performance-Based Rewards:

We value your hard work and dedication. That's why we offer performance-driven incentive programs tailored to your role:

• Short-Term Incentive Plan (STIP): Recognizing individual and team achievements.
• Sales Incentive Plan (SIP): Rewarding excellence in sales performance.
• Bakery Incentive Plan (BIP): Focused on achieving bakery-specific performance goals.

At Aspire Bakeries, we believe that when you succeed, we all succeed. Join us and experience benefits that truly work as hard as you do!

Aspire Bakeries LLC values the contribution each Team Member brings to our organization. The final determination of a successful candidate's starting pay will vary based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to location, shift, education, skill, and experience within the job or the industry. The pay scale listed for this position is generally for candidates that meet the specified qualifications and requirements listed In this specific job description. Additional pay may be determined for those candidates that exceed these specified qualifications and requirements. We provide a competitive compensation package that recognizes your experience, credentials, and education alongside a robust benefits program to meet your needs. For union-represented postings, wage rates and ranges are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Aspire Bakeries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.