Packaging Supervisor - Nights

Job summary: 
The Packaging Supervisor is a frontline leader responsible for safe, efficient, and high-quality packaging operations during an assigned shift. This role provides hands-on leadership to packaging teams, sets clear shift priorities, and ensures compliance with production, safety, food safety, and quality standards. The Packaging Supervisor fosters a positive, accountable team environment while driving performance across people, processes, and equipment. 

responsibilities:  

• Own shift-level performance for packaging operations, including safety, quality, service, and cost, across blow molding, filling, sleeving, case packing, palletizing, and all auxiliary and cleaning equipment. 

• Directly supervise, coach, and develop packaging operators, ensuring employees are trained, certified, and capable of safely operating equipment to standard while meeting daily production requirements. 

• Hold employees accountable to company policies, procedures, processes and conduct through timely coaching, documentation, and collaboration with management on progressive discipline. 

• Ensure accurate time and attendance administration, validating attendance points, and addressing discrepancies promptly. 

• Lead all aspects of shift execution, including production runs, sanitation activities, changeovers, and planned shutdowns, ensuring adherence to schedules, standards, and priorities. 

• Facilitate effective shift handover and daily direction-setting meetings, clearly communicating priorities, risks, performance gaps, and expectations to ensure continuity and accountability across shifts. 

• Champion a strong safety culture by immediately addressing unsafe conditions or behaviors, escalating hazards and incidents appropriately, adjusting production plans to mitigate risk, and serving as first responder when trained. 

• Communicate proactively with cross-functional partners (Maintenance, Quality, Warehouse, Sanitation, Planning) regarding operating condition changes, production issues, preventative maintenance/work order and quality risks. 

• Maintain continuous GMP and safety audit readiness by ensuring cleanliness and compliance of floors, drains, conveyors, and equipment. 

• Execute and audit sanitation and equipment standards including Master Sanitation Schedule, Centerline, and Clean-Inspect-Lubricate (CIL) tasks. 

• Verify proper execution of CIP processes to ensure equipment is production-ready within required timelines. 

• Initiate and manage product holds per Quality standards and coordinate with Quality and Warehouse teams for proper segregation and traceability. 

• Lead held-product rework activities in alignment with Quality guidance and documentation requirements. 

• Lead root cause analysis for shift losses, ensuring corrective actions are implemented and sustained. 

• Manage consumable inventory daily to support planned production requirements. 

• Contribute to the creation, revision, and deployment of SOPs and One Point Lessons (OPLs), ensuring changes are trained and embedded into standard work. 

skills/qualifications required:  

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or prior supervisory or people-leadership experience with direct oversight of hourly production employees in a high-volume environment 

• Minimum of one (1) year of manufacturing experience in a food and/or beverage environment 

• Proven ability to lead, coach, train, and fairly and consistently hold employees accountable for safety, quality, attendance, and performance expectations 

• Experience leading shift-based manufacturing teams, including setting priorities, managing labor, and responding to real-time production challenges 

• Dairy manufacturing experience, including ESL and/or aseptic processing, preferred 

• Strong working knowledge of automated packaging operations and equipment, including blow molding, filling, labeling/sleeving, case packing, palletizing, and ancillary systems 

• Strong commitment to workplace safety, with the ability to identify hazards, respond to incidents, and promote a culture of safety and accountability 

• Knowledge of food safety, sanitation, and quality standards, with experience maintaining audit readiness 

• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners such as Quality, Maintenance, and Warehouse teams 

• Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills 

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with changing priorities and high accountability 

working conditions and physical requirements:  

• 12 hours sitting/standing/walking around the production floor 

• Ability to lift up to 40 lbs of materials 

• Reaching/bending requirements including climbing ladders or elevated areas 

• Hand dexterity for operating machinery or computer systems 

• Exposure to hazards (machinery noise, confined spaces, chemical handling, etc.) 

• Wearing PPE such as safety glasses, hearing protection, and slip-resistant boots 

• Specific atmospheric conditions and environmental factors 

• Any other physical requirements including desk work, meetings, and data entry 

 

 

food safety requirements: 

• Notify leadership of any repairs or adjustments that may affect product quality or food safety. 

• Understand, observe, and comply with the handling and usage of the color-coded container policy while in the Production Areas. 

• Perform all duties necessary to meet Company, Customer and/or Government requirements/standards as prioritized by the Company. 

• Ability to initiate action to prevent the occurrence of nonconformities relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the product, processes, quality system, or safety system. 

• Identify and record any problems relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the ingredients, processes, quality system, or safety system. 

• Control further processing or delivery of nonconforming product in terms of Food Safety and Quality issues until the deficiency or unsatisfactory condition has been corrected. 

• In the event of absence, another employee with the same skill level will assume the duties and responsibilities as required. 

 

how fairlife nourishes you:  

At fairlife, we believe in better — and that includes how we support our people. We offer a comprehensive suite of benefits and wellbeing resources designed to support you physically, emotionally, socially, and financially, both in and out of work.  

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, effective day one!  

• Supplemental health plans (hospital indemnity, accident, and critical illness insurance)  

• Paid Time Off to recharge and support work-life balance  

• Paid parental leave & adoption assistance (up to $10,000)  

• Parental support & family care benefits, including childcare resources and lactation support  

• 401(k) to support retirement planning with up to 9% in employer match  

• Wellness reimbursement (up to $500 for qualified wellbeing expenses)  

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for emotional wellbeing and work-life support  

• Company-paid life insurance and short-term disability  

• Employer HSA funding (for HDHP participants)  

• Tuition reimbursement (up to $10,000) and student loan repayment ($200/month)  

• Learning & development programs to unlock your full potential  

• Rewards & recognition, matching gifts, free product, and Business Resource Groups  

• Our manufacturing facilities are climate-controlled and have a pristine work environment 

 

fairlife’s nour!sh program is designed to meet you where you are — supporting your individual wellbeing journey while enabling you to do your best work every day.  

Position location: Coopersville, MI 

Reports to: Packaging Manager 

Travel requirements: <10% 

exempt/nonexempt: exempt  

base rate: $85,000

 

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