Supervisor I, Production

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

Job Description:

The Production Shift Leader facilitates the development of high performance teams within the plant and ensures the team's execution of standard work and compliance with our base systems for Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost. The PSL creates a culture of engagement within and between the teams to directly impact and consistently meet plant objectives and deliverables. This position ensures that high performance teams work collaboratively in the decision making processes and that the decisions are in alignment with plant goals and objectives, OSHA requirements and current Human Resources (HR) guidelines. People engagement and involvement are critical in creating and sustaining a high performance team culture; therefore, the Shift Leader will be responsible for leading by example and foster the development of individuals.

KEY JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Plant Floor Supervision– Partners with HR in the hiring, training and performance management process for hourly workers on the shift.

• Ensures that new hires understand the role expectations, how the role aligns to the vision and direction of the company, and the performance goals and measurements used.
• Oversees and manages the new hire training process, and ensures that new hire training is completed to a satisfactory level.
• Leverages established performance management, employee development, and disciplinary process to get the best out of people.
• Prioritizes and assigns tasks and performs assessments of daily work area to ensure safety, quality, and productivity goals are achieved.

Base Systems & Standard Work – Ensures technical compliance with OSHA requirements outlined in the safety manual and other identified documentation with a focus on team discipline in the lockout/tag-out process.

• Supports the safety incident reporting and investigation process. Supports the plant’s quality requirements and reaction plans within the Statistical Quality Control system.
• Ensures that the team's production meets established standards and objectives for output and staffing.
• Serves as the help chain for the team when problems or deviations occur.
• Drives effective problem solving at the front-line level in a timely matter and activates the help chain when problems can't be resolved.
• Ensures resources are managed and adjusted to optimize team performance. Drives continuous improvement activities within the team.

Employee Recognition & Engagement – Creates a high-performance, engaging work environment that fosters communication, teamwork, and employee motivation.

• Understands and leverages the individual strengths of each employee in the environment. Ensures that employees are involved in improving processes through creativity, problem solving and learning.
• Emulates and leads using behaviors aligned with Novolex Values. Fosters connection with plant floor employees from day one and ensures a caring, accountable, dependable, and inclusive environment.
• Understands the defined elements of engagement and monitors the environment against them. Leads action planning sessions with the team that results in improved engagement levels.
• Provides regular, timely, specific, and sincere recognition to employees which results in an increase in behaviors that further improve the environment.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Re-establish Flow – Solves problems, allocates resources and utilizes defined help chains.
• Motivating & Coaching Employees –Takes action that results in a high level of morale and motivation among team members, heads off issues that might lower morale, works to improve and reinforce performance of others and the team, coaches and supports employees in their development
• Initiative – Evaluates, selects and acts on various methods and strategies for solving problems and meeting objectives before being asked or required to do so. Digs beneath the obvious to get at the facts.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Associates degree in a technical field or in business preferred.    
• Five (5) years of manufacturing experience and/or three (3) years of leadership experience preferred
• Willing to work 6:30pm-6:30am on a 2-2-3 schedule

With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact [email protected].

Formerly Pactiv Evergreen