Production Shift Supervisor

About Zad Foods

Zad Foods is seeking a Production Shift Supervisor to oversee daily factory operations. This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with operations in Riyadh and Hawtat Sudair. The role requires an experienced leader to ensure efficient, safe, and high-quality production during the assigned shift.

Role Overview

The Production Shift Supervisor will be responsible for supervising production teams, executing production schedules, and monitoring process performance. This role involves enforcing food safety and quality standards and ensuring smooth shift handovers. The successful candidate will manage shop-floor employees independently within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee production halls, blending areas, packing lines, and raw material and finished goods staging areas during the assigned shift.
• Lead shift briefings, allocate manpower, monitor attendance, and ensure production targets are achieved.
• Execute daily production schedules according to approved recipes, Bills of Materials (BOMs), and production parameters.
• Monitor production efficiency, yield losses, rework, and equipment downtime.
• Troubleshoot operational issues involving blending machinery, sifters, and automated packaging lines, coordinating with maintenance teams as needed.
• Ensure compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), HACCP, allergen control procedures, and product specifications.
• Supervise quality checks, including metal detector or X-ray testing, sieve integrity, bulk density, packaging labels, and batch coding.
• Identify, report, and contain quality deviations, non-conformities, and potential contamination risks.
• Ensure compliance with applicable SFDA requirements and relevant food safety standards, including FSSC 22000.
• Enforce workplace safety procedures, proper PPE usage, machine guarding, and safe handling of chemicals and dust.
• Maintain housekeeping standards across production areas.
• Coordinate emergency responses and prepare incident reports, including root-cause analysis where required.
• Maintain accurate production records, raw material consumption, scrap and rework rates, and equipment downtime.
• Prepare detailed shift reports and ensure effective handovers to incoming supervisors.
• Record production data accurately in the ERP system or relevant production tracking tools.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5-10 years of experience in a production supervision role within a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage shop-floor employees independently.
• Strong understanding of food safety and quality standards (GMP, HACCP, FSSC 22000).
• Experience with production planning, execution, and troubleshooting operational issues.

Required Skills

• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
• Attention to detail for quality control and record-keeping.
• Ability to enforce safety procedures and maintain discipline.
• Proficiency in using ERP systems or production tracking tools for data recording.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, requiring a proactive and disciplined production leader to maintain operational control and achieve production targets.