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Innovation Bakers

Innovation Bakers is a rapidly growing commercial bakery in Southern California providing high-quality products, category-growing innovation, and value-added customer partnerships because of our sought-after people and unique capabilities. We excel in producing traditional and new innovative, fresh-baked goods for regional and national strategic partners. We are driven by our core values to Innovate, Make it Sweet Together, Make it Happen , and Make it Right , and believe that our employees are the key ingredient to our success.

Position Summary :

The primary function of the Production Supervisor is to lead one or more production work centers. The supervisor will be administratively responsible for one work center to train, develop, and performance manage. The supervisor will be assigned to operationally lead any production work center as established by the production schedule.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and maintain a capable, trained, and equipped work center.
• Develop weekly schedules to ensure proper labor is available to meet production requirements.
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment.
• Ensure all assigned personnel complete general safety and quality training on time.
• Complete assigned periodic safety requirements on time.
• Properly report all safety incidents and near misses, and participate in root cause analysis and preventative and corrective actions.
• Direct and supervise work center employees to execute production plans to meet orders and provide hands-on support as required.
• Provide guidance and expectations to leads, specialists, and mixers to accomplish their assigned tasks.
• Conduct performance management of assigned employees.
• Provide higher-level problem-solving and escalation as required.
• Own work center performance in safety, quality, and production.
• Ensure employees follow company safety procedures and good manufacturing practices.
• Continually assess production output and adjust the production plan to achieve requirements while minimizing waste.
• Review work center quality and production documentation for accuracy and analysis.
• Develop and implement strategies and plans to achieve and exceed key performance indicators within their area of responsibility.
• Perform special projects, reports, and studies as requested by management.
• Ensure products meet Innovation Bakers' quality and customer standards and segregate for evaluation or disposal of non-conforming product.
• Ensure all allergen control measures are implemented and proper sanitization is completed for allergen changeovers.
• Collaborate across work centers and departments to de-conflict or acquire resources needed to achieve production requirements.
• Escalate quality deviations (product and process), safety concerns, and equipment degradations to production management and appropriate support departments.
• Qualify and perform the Floor Supervisor role under the Operational Support Plan.
• Any additional duties requested by any manager on duty.

Qualifications :

Possess good math, written, and communication skills. Ability to manage and direct people in a positive fashion, but provide counsel as needed. Displaying a positive and pro-company demeanor, conducting oneself in a professional manner at all times. Ability to learn ingredient functionality, mixing, baking, computing skills, and be able to train subordinates in the same.

Physical Requirements:

Walking 50%, Standing 35%, Stoop/Bending While Standing 5%, Lifting While Standing 5%, Good Hand Grasping 5%.

Environmental Conditions:

Inside the building, the normal temperature is between 70-90 degrees. Work near the fryer and ovens may be warmer. May be required to enter a cooler or freezer for short periods of time, temperature -10 to 40.

Innovation Bakers is an equal opportunity employer.

This role is onsite 5 days per week.

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