Production Supervisor

Company: Givaudan Fragrances
Location: East Hanover
Posted on: May 19, 2025

Job Description:

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There's much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with.
In the USA, we develop, market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites, based across the country. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.Join us as our next Production Supervisor reporting to our Production Process Manager. You will manage the activities and areas directly associated with production, including customer ship dates, scheduling of all production lines, continuous improvement programs, and training of new employees to ensure safety, quality and production. Organize staff and material flow to optimize production performance. Train staff to achieve departmental and organization goals. Coordinate workload and set expectations throughout all shifts. Summarize shift activities and leave concise information on any issues that need to be addressed by supervisors and group leaders on other shifts.This position is located in East Hanover, NJ.This is a second shift positionYou will be responsible for:

• Manage production group leaders and hourly staff and their daily activities. Organize staff and material flow to optimize performance. Assist the scheduler(s) with prioritizing customer orders based on ship dates. Oversee replenishment of packaging material used. Monitor batch yields and initiate adjustments. Identify the cause of delays and take corrective action.
• Lead improvement projects that support productivity increase, product profitability and organization on the floor. Work with all departments (QC,WH, Planning) to resolve production-related problems. Investigate any production non-conformances and customer complaints. Initiate corrective action. Investigate new equipment and methods to upgrade manufacturing and efficiency and make recommendations to management.
• Maintain accurate inventory records. Ensure that all production and inventory transactions are reported. Train staff to identify and correct problems.
• Ensure compliance with operational safety, environmental protection, industrial hygiene, and GMP standards. Coordinate the removal of waste. Train staff in safety and standard operating procedures (e.g., sampling, mixing, packing, flashpoints, and flammables).
• Develop staff; implement cross-training for staff to ensure techniques and greater productivity. Promote work rules, attendance, timecards and all procedures. Monitor performance and institute corrective action.Required Qualifications:
  • College degree.
  • Knowledge of flavor industry raw materials, finished goods and hazardous materials associated with production and packing.
  • Knowledge of computerized inventory control systems.
  • 5+ years of work experience in compounding.
  • 2+ years supervisory in flavor manufacturing.Additional Requirements
    • Knowledge of SAPWhat We Can Offer You:
      • Healthcare Plan:
      • Medical
      • Dental
      • Vision
      • High matching 401k plan
      • Vacation days#LI-Onsite#ZRAt Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people's lives. You work within an inspiring teamwork culture - where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
        Every essence of you enriches our world. Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners. Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world. Required
        Preferred

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