Night Shift Production Supervisor - Erlanger, KY
ADM · Erlanger, KY
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Preferred
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor production role at ADM (food & beverage) in Erlanger, KY.
- They ask for
- degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Six Sigma, Root cause, FDA / GMP, EHS / safety
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Production Supervisor roles in Kentucky: typical posted base $75k–$128k.
Median of the low and high ends of 5 live postings that list pay, out of 43 production supervisor openings in Kentucky, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Kentucky plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 49 other live production postings in Kentucky.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 18+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 88%
- 5S 28%
- Lean 20%
- SPC 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Root cause, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: ADM in Erlanger
2 other open roles at this site.
- Quality Control Technician - Erlanger, KY · Quality · Technician
- 2nd Shift Production Supervisor - Erlanger, KY · Production · Supervisor
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Position Summary
Leads daily manufacturing operations and workflows, manage and develop production colleagues, ensure highest level of safety and quality, maintain equipment, meets output targets, and monitor data trends through reports.
Job
Responsibilities
- ◆Provides technical leadership for all manufacturing processes to meet schedules
- ◆Train, mentor, develop, and evaluate production colleagues on policies and performance.
- ◆Monitor and ensure all shift activities are conducted under company safety, quality and regulatory (USDA, Kosher, GMP, HACCP, etc.) guidelines
- ◆Track productivity, implement efficiency improvements, and reduce costs.
- ◆Prepare and present reports to management.
- ◆Conduct pre shift meetings and communicate goals and priorities.
- ◆Daily usage of computer programs including Microsoft office suite, ERP, MRP, Data tracking software.
- ◆Ability to quickly prioritize resources, activities, equipment, and schedule to ensure highest productivity level to achieve highest level of customer satisfaction.
- ◆Strong ownership and communication of daily follow through for solutions to daily manufacturing issues, impact to customer orders, inventory accuracy, etc.
- ◆Investigates root causes and sets corrective action plans for all quality, yield and other departmental deviations.
- ◆Collaborate and develop continuous improvement and teamwork initiatives.
Required Skills
- ✓High School Diploma required
- ✓Associates or Bachelor Degree preferred (Manufacturing technology, Engineering, Industrial management, or related discipline) or equivalent experience
- ✓Critical thinking and decision making
- ✓Data driven problem solving using six sigma, 5 Why, Root Cause Analysis
- ✓OSHA safety training
- ✓Experience leading production in a complex manufacturing environment, including multi team coordination and shift leadership
Excited about this role but don’t think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.
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Night Shift Production Supervisor - Erlanger, KY
ADM Nutrition
This is a full time, exempt position