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Feb 19, 2015

Production Supervisor- CA USA

The Production Supervisor will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the production area, which include grading, packing, general floor, equipment, quality assurance and sanitation. Will directly supervise one to five, non-supervisory employees and they will lead approximately 60 hourly employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Responsibilities

1. Responsible for achieving, sustaining and continuously improving safety, quality, efficiency, and cost results Examines items or tasks produced to determine if they meet specifications.
2. Oversees operation of all equipment used in grading and packing.
3. In conjunction with Safety and Human Resources, will maintain overall safety programs and ensures that basic labor laws are enforced.
4. Fruit Distribution and Grading
5. Responsible for maintaining a safe, orderly and clean facility at all times.
6. Ability to manage multiple schedules and coordinating multiple pieces of manufacturing/packing equipment.
7. Familiar with automated finished goods conveyance system and automatic palletizing process
8. Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules.
9. Confers with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments.

Continuous Improvement:
1. Identify and analyze non-value added (waste) activities.
2. Lead the development and implementation of Lean CI plans to create continuous flow and reduce waste.
3. Work across department boundaries to improve the overall production process
4. Implement and sustain 5s
5. Manage results through visual factory
6. Build CI knowledge in self and others via implementation and coaching
7. Communicate business direction and results. Advocate continuous improvement process through word and action
8. Provide challenges and support team members to continuously improve results.
9. Utilize Plan-Do-Check-Act, root cause analysis, and process standardization to systemically solve problems.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Bachelors degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Supply Chain or related field and 2 years experience in production management or equivalent combination education and experience.
* Produce/Citrus experience preferred but not required.
* Must have good communicate skills (verbally and in writing). Conversational Spanish is highly desired but not required.
* Must be comfortable doing analytical work with production projections/run schedules.
* Must be able to troubleshoot equipment/process problems and propose solutions. Problem-solving skills are essential to this position.
* Experience with Oracle program preferred but not needed.

Work Requirements
• Must be available to work holidays and weekends and overtime as the business requires.
• Able to work Day, Swing, or Night Shift.

About Paramount Citrus:

At Paramount Citrus, we are growers who own, cultivate and harvest more than 42,000 acres of fresh citrus Clementine/Mandarins, Navel and Valencia oranges, lemons, limes, minneolas and other citrus varieties to ensure you a year-round supply.

We are the largest integrated grower, shipper and packer of fresh citrus in the U.S., yet nimble and quick to adapt to help you build long-term success in meeting consumer expectations.

Employee Benefits

Paramount Citrus offers competitive salaries and attractive benefits packages to regular full-time employees