Job Title: Production Supervisor
Location: Danville, IL
Reports to: Production Manager
About Grain Craft Corn Milling (Previously Bunge):* Grain Craftis a company that is committed to our team members. We offer generous benefits with a focus on three guiding pillars: Driven With Purpose* (We Make Every Day Count), Relationships Are Everything (Meaningful Connections Fuel Our Success), and Right Always Wins (We Never Compromise on Safety, Quality, and Commitment). These pillars are the bedrock of Grain Craft’s high-performance culture. We champion an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and continuous learning and development opportunities for professional growth. Our pillars are real and lived out every day in action, and our mission has never changed.
Grain Craft Corn Milling’ offers competitive pay and great benefits, including Health, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, Bonuses, 401K with up to 6% matching (vested on Day 1!), Employee and Family Assistance Programs, and several Supplemental Benefit offerings.
Job Description:
The Production Supervisor is responsible for overseeing daily manufacturing operations, ensuring timely and cost-effective production aligned with customer demand and quality standards. This role manages production schedules, resource allocation, and ERP system updates while coordinating across departments to drive workflow efficiency. A successful candidate demonstrates strong leadership, analytical, and communication skills to support continuous improvement, on-time delivery, and operational excellence in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Oversee the entire production planning process, ensuring that goods are manufactured on schedule, within budget, and according to demand.
- Create detailed production schedules, manage inventory levels, coordinate with various departments, and optimize production workflows to meet production goals and targets while controlling costs.
- Monitor raw material inventory levels, ensuring adequate stock is available to meet production needs while minimizing excess inventory.
- Collaborate with quality assurance teams to ensure products meet quality standards.
- Track production progress against the schedule, identifying potential bottlenecks and taking corrective actions to maintain on-time delivery.
- Allocate production resources efficiently, including labor, machinery, and materials, to optimize production output.
- Analyze production capacity and identify potential expansion needs to accommodate future demand.
- Acknowledge all new and change orders and update committed delivery dates in assigned Customer portals.
- Perform contract review on all orders prior to loading data into company’s ERP system.
- Maintain company’s ERP system with all new/change orders to company procedures.
- Works with company’s value stream manager(s) to understand delivery status on open orders and communicate as necessary to customer changes to the committed delivery schedule.
- Hold monthly orderbook reviews with all assigned customers to ensure company’s ERP system remains aligned to customer’s demand (orders and forecast).
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Perform work per the assigned on site schedule.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in business management, operations management, Logistic, Supply Chain or related field with 4 plus years of experience in manufacturing and at least 2 years as a supervisor is required.
- At least 4 years Advanced Production Planning and scheduling experience is preferred. Experience using Microsoft Office Suite – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, MRP required.
Preferred:
- Analytical Skills: Strong analytical skills to interpret data and make informed production planning decisions.
- Planning and Organizing: Ability to develop detailed production schedules and effectively manage complex workflows.
- Problem-solving: Identify and resolve production issues promptly to minimize disruptions.
- Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and effectively convey production plans.
- Technical Knowledge: Understanding of manufacturing processes, production equipment, and relevant software tools (ERP systems).
- Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS), ITAR / DFAR; serialization and lot tracking requirements knowledge is a plus.
- Leadership Skills: Ability to motivate and manage production teams to achieve targets.
- APICS certification and Master Scheduling and LEAN Manufacturing experience preferred.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT:
This position is contingent upon successfully passing Grain Craft’s background screening, physical (if applicable) and drug-screening. Grain Craft maintains that we are a drug-free company on all levels.
EEO STATEMENT:
Grain Craft provides equal employment opportunities to all team members and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $75,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k) 6% Match
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Ability to Commute:
- Danville, IL 61832 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Danville, IL 61832: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
