Assistant Supervisor of Cheese Operations

Colony Brands, Inc. is one of the world’s largest and most successful direct marketing catalog and e-commerce companies. Our company has grown from a premier mail-order cheese company to include a diverse portfolio of affiliates, brands and products ranging from apparel to kitchen appliances, while maintaining our roots as a private, customer-centric business.

Our employees ARE our most important asset. To support them and our Cheese Operations in Monroe, WI, we are seeking to add regular full-time Assistant Supervisor on first shift to support business needs in production. If you would enjoy the challenges and excitement of working in fast-paced environment while making high-quality products for our customers – this could be the job for you!

The Cheese Operations Assistant Supervisor is a hands-on, cross-functional hourly leader who supports safe, compliant, reliable, and efficient daily operations. This position provides daily direction, onboarding, training, troubleshooting, and Continuous Improvement support and makes routine, limited supervisory decisions within established policies, operating plans, and delegated authority.

The position also serves as the primary operational backup to the Cheese Ops Supervisor. What You’ll Do: This position is responsible for the daily leadership of 1-2 Manufacturing Lines (4-16 people), with responsibility for human safety, food safety, quality, production performance/efficiency, cost containment, employee development through coaching and training, and continuous improvement (CI).

You will also be trained and qualified to back up the Cheese Ops Supervisor, Mixer, and Machine Operator, and may perform production-line work when staffing and business needs require. You’ll also be responsible for:

• Review and validate that Equipment Safety Operating Procedures are current and updated at the frequency required by the Safety Department
• Reinforce personnel safety, food safety, quality, GMP, and operating requirements during daily production.
• Monitor production performance, equipment, staffing, and processes; identify abnormalities and initiate routine course correction within established standards to achieve facility goals.
• Verify completion of required checks and documentation and coordinate response to safety, quality, equipment, or process concerns.
• Use knowledge of equipment, raw materials, CI, and production processes to troubleshoot concerns and engage the appropriate support resources.
• Support Continuous Improvement through standard work, defect identification, process centerlines, operator care, problem solving, and compliance verification.