What IF you started your career with a company set on excellence through building relationships and delivering results? Joining Innovation Foods is just that! A career here means you are joining a rapidly growing organization, known for its community outreach, diversity, inclusivity, and premier production facilities.
In addition to a great place to work, Innovation Foods strives to offer its employees a holistic career experience that incorporates learning and development, wellness, and exceptional benefits.
Part of our benefits include:

• Competitive Pay Rates
• Medical, dental, vision and prescription plans with wellness incentives
• Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account (on applicable plans)
• 401K Plan – with a 100% company match
• Company-funded Long Term and Short-Term Disability

• Company funded Life Insurance Policy
• Paid Vacation and Sick Days*

Job Description – Operations Supervisor

Job Details
Location: Bridgeton, NJ
Shift: 1 st Shift Flexible
Reports to: General Manager

Job Summary
Strong people leader with direct decision-making ability. The Operations Supervisor will have responsibility for the full manufacturing process and related teams. The ideal candidate empowers teams and develops people, models strong ethical behaviors, and has a growth mindset.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Sets and achieves performance standards with regards to safety, line utilization and quality
• Develops a team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals
• Motivates team members to achieve plan goals
• Works closely with quality team members to achieve high first pass quality
• Oversees and ensures facility equipment reliability to minimize downtime
• Leads cross functional/departmental teams
• Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly personnel
• Ensures compliance with all health, safety, kosher, organic, and gluten free regulations
• Administer policies and procedures
• Regular and predictable attendance at the work site
• This role requires regular presence on the plant floor
• This role may operate forklift and manufacturing equipment occasionally
• This role may require off-shift and weekend work
• This role may require some travel (less than 5%)
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• A minimum of 2 years of manufacturing or operations experience preferred
• Demonstrated planning and organization skills
• Demonstrated front-line supervisory skills
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Suite
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback
• Ability to lead a team-based approach to decision making
• Demonstrated ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills
• Ability to read, speak, and write in English
• Required to regularly lift up to 50lbs
• Flexibility to work overtime and additional shifts based on business needs

Desired Qualities:

• Collaborator - able to work with other members of the processing team
• Adaptive - adjusts to changing priorities and conditions
• Motivated - self-starter with the ability to work in a team and independently to achieve team objectives
• Safety conscience - abide by all safety measures put in place at Innovation Foods
• Customer focused – understands the need for the highest standard of food quality in production

Innovation Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for protected individuals, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact JoinUs@innovation-foods.com for assistance.