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Production Supervisor Job in East Windsor, New Jersey US

Production Supervisor

DANISCO USA INC - East Windsor, NJ

Posted: 11/26/2024 - Expires: 2/24/2025

Job ID: 282360354

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Job Summary

It's an exciting time to be part of the IFF team at our South Brunswick, NJ Plant. As the Production Supervisor, in addition to being tasked with the planning and execution of the production schedule, you will also coach/lead a team of 15 team members across multiple shifts. As an integral part of the Production team, you will ensure all responsible areas adhere to budget while ensuring safety, quality, and on-time-performance goals are met. You will also drive continuous improvement programs to ensure the business remains agile and competitive for our customers. You will report to the Production Manager.

Job Responsibilities

Contribute to the growth, profitability and enhancement of the business by supervising the shop floor activities of the Vanilla, Distillation and Extraction, Terpeneless and Emulsions departments, ensuring all safety, quality, on-time-performance, and cost targets are met.
Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment and a high level of safety awareness among associates.
Promote and maintain staff engagement and commitment to food safety and inventory compliance.
Supply process engineering support regarding internal and external nonconformance in addition to out of trend product results.
Ensure proper initial and ongoing training is performed and documented to standard. Promote cross training to enhance operational flexibility and avoid capacity delays. Actively look for continuous improvement opportunities in training methods.
Continuous optimization of the process equipment and layout to produce quality product efficiently. Lead continuous improvement activities across technologies while providing technical and process engineering support.
Optimize sequencing, communication, setup, and job execution to produce a quality product, maintaining high service levels.
Investigate and resolve issues with quality & customer complaints with an outside the box approach.
Maintain excellent communication with IFF's Customer Service and Planning teams.
Utilize effective employee management skills, dealing with difficult employee situations and providing constructive feedback. Coach, counsel and develop subordinates to grow and fulfill potential within organization.
Perform administrative functions in support of IFF policies.

Job Requirements

Required Skills:

Strong organizational and analytical skills.
Strong ability to mentor, coach and develop.
Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office).
Excellent written and oral communications skills.
Familiarization with the principles of Lean Manufacturing.
Strong understanding of Terpeneless, Emulsions, Distillation and Extraction and Vanilla batch processing sequence in order to properly support this function.

Required Experience:

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or related science field is preferred
3+ years Distillation and Extraction experience
3+ years of Demonstrated Leadership (5+ employees) experience over a Manufacturing Department or Facility.
Process Engineering experience or exposure.
Project management experience.
Six Sigma Training.
Working SAP knowledge.

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more

It is IFF's policy to comply with applicable federal, state and local laws and to provide equal employment opportunity to Company employees and applicants for employment, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, marital or civil union status, pregnancy, ancestry, citizenship, age, military or veteran status, protected disability, genetic characteristics, HIV status or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of the Company's employment practices, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, transfers, promotions, compensation and terminations. Any employee requiring an accommodation of a protected disability should notify management or his or her Human Resources Representative. Employees with questions or concerns about discrimination in the workplace are encouraged to bring these issues to the attention of his or her Human Resources Representative or any other member of management. Appropriate disciplinary action up to and including termination may be taken against any employee who violates this policy.

Job Summary

Employment Type:
Full Time Employee
Job type:
Federal Contractor
Skill Based Partner:
No
Education Level:
Bachelor's degree
Work Days:
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Job Reference Code
80922928
Salary
N/A
Licenses / Certifications:
N/A
Display Recommended WorkKeys®Recommended WorkKeys®:
Applied Math: 4
Graphic Literacy: 4

Workplace Documentation: 5