Job Description

Job Description

Albertsons Companies/Safeway is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. We have a new vision: forging a retail winner that is admired for national strength with deep local roots, that offers an easy, fun, friendly and inspiring experience, no matter how a customer chooses to shop with us. We want talented individuals to be a part of this journey.

A $60Bn company with 2,200+ stores, 23 distribution centers, and 20 food and beverage plants make us one of the largest retailers in the United States. With stores in 34 states serving 34 million customers, our foundation is our 20 well-known grocery banners with an eclectic and legendary history. Across the nation, we are moving the needle through innovation. It's in our blood.

The Supply Chain Department has an opening for a Plant Supervisor. This position is located at the Phoenix Ice Cream Plant in Phoenix, AZ.

Key Responsibilities:

* Supervise production and warehouse crews.
* Utilize World Class Manufacturing techniques to drive operational results and performance measures.
* Develop labor schedules
* Tracking and investigating waste
* Ability to coach and lead teams to achieve performance, quality, cost, and service goals.
* Ensure adherence to company policies, procedures and practices.
* Administrative duties related to production, shipping and quality performance.
* Design, monitor, and maintain a safe working environment.
* Maintain a high level of customer service for retail and public customers.
* Cultivate a positive and innovative work environment.
* Ability to create a master sanitation schedule and SSOP's (Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures) from scratch.
* Create operational SOP's.
* Provide employees with feedback.
* Experience with CIP systems, building a scorecard, graph, and/or chart to track KPI's (Key Performance Indicators) from scratch

Qualifications:

*
4-year college degree in Food Science, Management, Manufacturing or related field preferred.
* 5+ years' experience in a manufacturing environment, food manufacturing experience preferred.
* 3+ years' experience in direct supervision in a manufacturing environment.
* USDA, FDA, and WSDA experience is highly preferred.
* Understanding of manufacturing regulations regarding safety, quality, HACCP and GMP's.
* Experience with plant safety programs.
* Excellent organizational skills with a high degree of initiative and flexibility.
* Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Strong interpersonal, communication, and team building skills.
* Proven ability to define performance measures related to the business and hold associates accountable for the same.
* Ability to analyze cost performance data to improve operations and reduce costs.
* Must be comfortable at giving and receiving open feedback.
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
* Must possess the following traits; proactive, risk taker, courage, and the ability to accept change.
* Proven ability to define performance measures related to the business and hold associates accountable to the same.

Diversity is fundamental at Safeway. We foster an inclusive working environment where the different strengths and perspectives of each employee is both recognized and valued. We believe that building successful relationships with our customers and our communities is only possible through the diversity of our people. And a diverse workforce leads to better teamwork and creative thinking, as well as mutual understanding and respect.

The Safeway policy is to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion and other conditions of employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, medical condition, marital status or any other legally protected status.

We support a drug-free workplace -- all applicants offered a position are required to pass a pre-employment drug test before they are hired.

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