Welcome to Clyde’s Donuts!
Over a century ago, the Bickford family took ownership of Clyde’s Delicious Donuts. Since 1920, our company has grown to become a beloved name, known for our innovative and high-quality donuts that delight taste buds of all ages. Today, Clyde’s is a thriving, high growth, 4th generation family-owned food manufacturer and a leading national supplier of donuts to the largest global retailers in mass grocery, convenience stores, and food service. Our Company is financially strong with a consistent track record of stability and growth under the careful leadership of the Bickford family. We invite you to consider a career with our special company.
Summary of Position
Reporting to the Production Manager, the Senior Production Supervisor manages personnel, and production and packaging processes of donuts across multiple production lines ensuring that performance meets or exceeds operational standards and goals.
Location: 1120 West Fullerton Ave, Addison, IL
Schedule: Sunday to Friday (Sixth Day Pay Offered)
Shift: First Shift/ 1:30am to 10:30am
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Production:
- Oversee the startup, adjustment, and/or setup of line, packaging, and labeling machinery. Manages product change overs, lunches and breaks. Complete effective end-of-shift handoff.
- Review daily production schedules. Determine requirements for and availability of labor, ingredients, and packaging materials. Make necessary adjustments.
- Inspect and measure raw and/or finished products to verify conformance to specifications. Oversee adjustment of equipment if products fail to meet standards.
- Prepare and evaluate production-related reports.
- Continuous Improvement: Conduct continual review of KPIs on Redzone. Investigate shortfalls and analyzes ways to improve plant operations and OEE while stabilizing improvements. Recommend process improvements for safety, housekeeping and sanitation, production methods, efficiency, asset utilization, equipment performance, quality, and reduction of waste.
- Leadership: Act with optimism to instill a positive and professional team culture committed to productivity, continuous improvement, safety, food safety, and quality. Promptly address performance issues and hold employees accountable for results. Address personal complaints to resolve problems. Keep employees informed. Train employees to standards and to increase their skills. With HR, select line personnel for hire and evaluate new hires performance.
- Safety: Monitor and enforce safe work standards and procedures. Complete daily safety inspection. Conduct toolbox talks and accident investigations implementing re-training and corrective actions. Maintain plant floor organization and good housekeeping.
- Food Safety/ Quality: Monitor, enforce, and comply with food safety/ quality requirements and GMPs reporting issues to the Production Manager, Director of Food Safety or Director of Quality.
- Policy: Master Company policies, procedures and cultural norms and hold team accountable for compliance with the letter and spirit of these requirements acting as a role model and coach.
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree ( Business, Economics, Engineering preferred)
- Food processing or packaging supervisory experience in an automated, high-speed packaging environment.
- Working knowledge of GMP’s, SQF, safety practices and OSHA regulations.
- Computer literate including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Able to analyze data, reports and plant performance working methodically through challenges.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written).
- Preferred: Working knowledge and practical experience in LEAN.
- Preferred: Spanish helpful but not required.
Desired Personal Traits
- A self-starter with a strong work ethic who operates with a sense of urgency.
- Upbeat, calm, and a steady demeanor working with people in fast paced environments.
- Enthusiastic about safety, quality and the customer experience.
- Principled, honest, and ethical
- Detail-oriented and highly organized.
- Collaborative with both the desire and ability to lead, train and mentor employees.
We Offer
Base salary estimates are provided in good faith at the time of job posting. Job offers may vary based on the candidate’s education, certifications, job-related knowledge, skill, experience, geographic location, shift, and internal equity. Clyde’s may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
- Base salary range: $85,000 to $105,000
- Position is eligible for additional 6th day pay: $13,500 to $17,000 annually
- Position is eligible for annual bonus.
Comprehensive Benefits
- Medical plan options including HMO, PPO and HDHP with H.S.A
- Dental Plan. Two plan options.
- Vision plan.
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Short-term and long-term disability plans (Company paid).
- Group term life and AD&D insurance (Company Paid).
- Voluntary insurance plans Including life, AD&D, accident and critical illness.
- Generous paid time off benefits and 7 holidays.
- 401(k) plan including 4% matching contribution and immediate vesting.
- Tuition reimbursement program.
- Various leaves of absence programs for life’s emergencies.
- Clean, modern, and safe facilities.
- Company-provided uniforms and an annual safety shoe subsidy.
Sponsorship Not Available
We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. Applicants must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Clyde’s Donuts.
Work Environment and Job Physical Demands
These conditions are common to production supervisors.
- Exposure to moving mechanical parts.
- Exposure to wet and/or humid conditions.
- Exposure to extreme hot conditions on such equipment as operating fryers and extreme cold conditions such as blast spiral freezers.
- Exposure to noise, dust, and fumes.
- Standing and walking on slippery floors.
- Working in close proximity to equipment and other employees.
- Lifting of up to 50 pounds and movement of equipment.
Clyde’s Donuts is proud to be an equal opportunity/ reasonable accommodation employer.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree; Business, Economics, or Engineering preferred
- Food processing or packaging supervisory experience in an automated, high-speed packaging environment
- Working knowledge of GMPs, SQF, safety practices, and OSHA regulations
- Computer literacy, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Ability to analyze data, reports, and plant performance methodically
- Effective verbal and written interpersonal and communication skills
- Working knowledge and practical experience in LEAN
- Spanish language skills
What We Do
Clyde’s Donuts is a fourth-generation, family-owned donut manufacturer founded in 1920. The company produces ready-to-sell, ready-to-finish, and ready-to-serve donuts for retailers, convenience stores, restaurants, and foodservice operators. It operates production facilities near Chicago, offers national distribution and custom product development, and supplies major grocery and foodservice customers across the United States, producing more than 10 million donuts each week with reliable service.
