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PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Berry Global • HANOVER, MD 21076 • Posted 16 days ago

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The Production Supervisor at Berry Global is responsible for providing technical, quality, procedural, and associate leadership on the production shifts. This role involves ensuring adherence to safety, quality, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Safety Quality Foods (SQF), and ISO standards, evaluating performance of team members, making recommendations for improved operations, and maintaining safety and quality standards. The position requires constant vigilance and participation in GMP and SQF practices, as well as leading safety activities and training.

Responsibilities

  • Provides guidance and leadership to production, quality, maintenance, and warehouse drivers during shift hours.
  • Ensures adherence to safety, quality, GMP, SQF, and ISO standards and programs.
  • Evaluates performance of team members, enforces policy and administers disciplinary action when necessary.
  • Makes recommendations for improved and more efficient methods of operation.
  • Controls rework and regrind levels.
  • Determines utilization of workforce based on production demands.
  • Responsible for accuracy of production reporting (JDE/WEBEFF).
  • Effectively communicates company directives and plant information to staff via regular meetings.
  • Coordinates production activities for manufacturing areas to ensure production goals are achieved.
  • Complete and submit production related paperwork.
  • Responsible for maintaining and adhering to established GMP and SQF compliance requirements.
  • Responsible for adhering to Food Safety Compliance.
  • Respond to any emergency or potential emergency.
  • Assist in the prevention of nonconforming product from being shipped to customers.
  • Identify and record problems relating to product, process, and quality systems.
  • Track, confirm and verify training for employees in the department and schedule training as needed and required.
  • Initiate action to prevent occurrences of any non-conformity of product or quality systems.
  • Suggest actions for continual improvement to products, processes or systems and very the implementation of solutions.
  • Accountable for the safety of all employees for whom they are responsible through active engagement in safety activities.
  • Lead all required meetings with safety.
  • Complete incident investigations, root cause analysis and implements corrective actions accordingly in a timely and thorough manner.
  • Ensure the proper training and development of all assigned employees for whom they are responsible.

Qualifications

Required

  • Demonstrated ability to provide guidance and leadership to peers and subordinates.
  • Demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment.

About Berry Global

Berry Global is a multinational corporation based in Evansville, Indiana, specializing in plastic packaging manufacturing. The company offers a wide range of packaging and engineered materials for industries such as food and beverage, healthcare, personal care, and industrial applications. Berry Global operates through three main segments: Consumer Packaging, Health, Hygiene & Specialties, and Engineered Materials.

Full Job Description

**Overview**

**About Berry**

Harnessing the strength in our diversity and industry-leading talent of 40,000+ employees across more than 250 global locations, we develop, design, and manufacture innovative products with an eye toward the circular economy. At Berry Global, we believe in the extraordinary power of people and their unique talents, experiences, and perspectives that help shape a shared future of innovation, inspiration, and influence. Every employee at Berry Global has the opportunity to make their mark on our company and the world around us. Together, we champion a people-first culture that cultivates individual growth, diversity, and collaboration, unleashing our collective strengths to forge a path to greater success for our company, people, and planet. Are you ready to Make Your Mark at Berry?For more information, visit ourwebsite (https://www.berryglobal.com) , or connect with us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/berryglobal) or X. (https://twitter.com/BerryGlobalInc)

**Responsibilities**

Position exists to provide technical, quality, procedural and associate leadership on the production shifts.

+ Provides guidance and leadership to production, quality, maintenance and warehouse drivers during shift hours.

+ Ensures adherence to safety, quality, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Quality Foods (SQF) and ISO standards and programs.

+ Evaluates performance of team members, enforces policy and administers disciplinary action when necessary.

+ Makes recommendations for improved and more efficient methods of operation.

+ Controls rework and regrind levels.

+ Determines utilization of workforce based on production demands.

+ Responsible for accuracy of production reporting(JDE/ WEBEFF). Adheres to all manufacturing standards and production schedules.

+ Effectively communicates company directives and plant information to staff via regular meetings.

+ Coordinates production activities for manufacturing areas to ensure production goals of EFF and MEEF are achieved.

+ Complete and submit production related paperwork.

+ Responsible for maintaining and adhering to established Good Manufacturing Procedures (GMP) and Safety Quality Foods (SQF) compliance requirements.

+ Responsible for adhering to Food Safety Compliance.

+ Respond to any emergency or potential emergency.

+ Constant vigilance and participation in GMP and SQF practices.

+ Assist in the prevention of nonconforming product from being shipped to customers.

+ Identify and record problems relating to product, process and quality systems.

+ Track, confirm and verify training for employees in the department and schedule training as needed and required.

+ Initiate action to prevent occurrences of any non-conformity of product or quality systems.

+ Initiate, recommend or provide solutions through designated channels.

+ Suggest actions for continual improvement to products, processes or systems and very the implementation of solutions.

+ Accountable for the safety of all employees for whom they are responsible through active engagement in safety activities and provides clear, consistent communication of safe work expectations.

+ Supports and investigates situations in which line/equipment stoppage occurs due to perceived imminent safety risk.

+ Actively leads risk assessment activities for their area of responsibility by driving prioritizing corrective and preventive actions to eliminate/reduce environmental, health, or safety risks.

+ Lead all required meetings with safety (ie. Pre-Shift, Departmental, Change Management, General Communications, Town Hall, etc.).

+ Completes incident investigations, root cause analysis and implements corrective actions accordingly in a timely and thorough manner.

+ Ensures the proper training and development of all assigned employees for whom they are responsible.

+ Sets goals for their organizational unit; achieves goals and ensures that all employees understand and work toward achieving goals.

+ Motivates and coaches employees through good communication and frequent performance feedback.

+ Identifies and coordinates additional training as needed.

+ Ensure that all Quality, ISO and SQF Plans are understood and followed by staff.

+ Confirm that all quality checks are being performed by all production personnel as established by the Quality Plans.

+ Work closely with the quality inspectors and supervisor to identify and minimize quality defects and complaints.

+ Lead staff to accomplish activities in an efficient and safe manner by providing definition of job duties.

+ Provide training opportunities for staff.

+ Conducting performance evaluations.

+ Defining criteria for personnel succession planning.

+ Administer coaching/counseling as required in a timely manner.

+ Provide accurate attendance records to human resources indicating any point assessments.

+ Enforce personnel policies and procedures and complete and submit all associated paperwork in a timely manner.

+ Maintain safe working conditions.

+ Assist other departments with special projects as assigned.

+ Actively participate in production management team meetings as requested.

+ Recommend/justify equipment/tooling purchases.

**Qualifications**

+ Demonstrated ability to provide guidance and leadership to peers and subordinates.

+ Demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. (https://careers-berryglobal.icims.com/jobs/25459/production-supervisor/job?mode=apply&apply=yes&in\_iframe=1&hashed=-1834445335)

**Location** _US-MD-HANOVER_

**Job ID** _2024-25459_

**Position Type** _Regular Full-Time_

**Category** _Manufacturing_

**Location : Address** _7447 CANDLEWOOD ROAD_