Supervisor 3rd Shift - Blue Earth, MN

About Kerry

About the role

Our Blue Earth, MN location is part of our Sweet and Cereal Division and creates different ingredient blends used for your favorite energy bars, breakfast cereals, and other snack and confectionery items!

1640 West 1st St., Blue Earth, MN  56013

Salary: $64,479.00 to $105,272.00 annually

Shift/Working Hours: 3rd Shift – 10 pm-7am

Salary

The typical hiring range for this role is $64,479.00 to $105,272.00 annually and is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, location, etc. In addition to your pay, Kerry offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and retirement contribution (all benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements).

Responsibilities:

Promotes a high level of safety consciousness among shift employees and coaches to ensure company policies / procedures are being followed.

Oversees 32 employees

Assign safety audit to employees for all areas. Initiate incident or near miss investigations.

Communicate to supervisor or manager follow up and coaching with employees.

Key responsibilities

Quality:

1. Facilitates operation of the process to ensure we are producing high quality products and that current SOP’s are being followed.

Productivity / Service:

1. Review priorities with supervisor or manager to ensure we are on task.
2. Assign responsibilities to shift employees as needed.
3. Monitors and signs off on production paperwork to ensure accurate records are being recorded.
4. Forecast and calculate needs to complete order requirements.
5. Be able to operate and understand all job tasks of the operations from blending to finished packaging.
6. Support and coach employees in their job tasks, train as needed.
7. Help develop new SOP’s as needed.
8. Work as an active operator covering breaks, vacations and personal time as well as covering additional lead tasks.
9. Document and collect all daily production information.
10. DPR data for #’s produced (waste & good), hours towards job, # employees.
11. Pass down report; detailed of events during course of shift.

Sanitation / Cleaning

Continuous Improvement

Qualifications and skills

• Must have a high school diploma or GED.  
• Bilingual a plus 
• Must be able to tolerate the physical and environmental demands of this position with or without accommodations.
• Must be able to trouble shoot and identify issues within the process and use available resources to remedy these issues.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in written form.
• Familiarity with manufacturing systems & Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Basic computer skills; team building skills.
• Beneficial Qualifications
• Food processing experience: previous manufacturing experience preferred.
• Experience in quality control; strong mechanical aptitude/ability.