3rd Shift Production Supervisor
Hormel Foods · Wichita, KS
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Production
- Base pay
- $70k–$83k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 1+ years
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 20 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor production role at Hormel Foods (food & beverage) in Wichita, KS.
- They ask for
- 1+ years · degree required
- Base pay
- $70k–$83k
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Production Supervisor roles in Kansas: typical posted base $77k–$89k. This one lists $70k–$83k.
Median of the low and high ends of 7 live postings that list pay, out of 28 production supervisor openings in Kansas, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Kansas plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 24 other live production postings in Kansas.
- Base pay
- About 13% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (1+ vs 3+)
Typical $80k–$95k, from 6 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 100%
- EHS / safety 36%
- Lean 32%
- Root cause 32%
- Six Sigma 20%
- Green Belt 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Hormel Foods in Wichita
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Full description from Hormel FoodsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Manages team members by leading and executing plant processes.
- ◆Manages team members in attaining production and quality goals.
- ◆Ensures appropriate resources (including materials, equipment, and staffing needs) are available to maintain production schedules.
- ◆Supports continuous improvement processes to ensure that goals in safety, quality, cost, and customer service are met.
- ◆Creates and maintains an engaged and team-oriented workforce to improve business results.
- ◆Team Leaders are usually “on their feet” in the production area about 80% of the shift.
Required
- ✓1+ year as a shift leader, shift supervisor, assistant manager, etc. OR Associates Degree.
- ✓Proven leadership, persuasive, initiative, analytical, and communication skills are necessary for success in this position.
- ✓Applicants must not now, or at any time in the future, require employer sponsorship for a work visa.
- ✓Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
- ✓Must be 18 years of age or older (all plant positions)
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3rd Shift Production Supervisor – Hormel Foods
To save time applying, Hormel Foods does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas for this position at this time.
ABOUT HORMEL FOODS — Inspired People. Inspired Food.™
Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minnesota, is a global branded food company with approximately $12 billion in annual revenue across more than 80 countries worldwide. Its brands include Planters®, Skippy ® , SPAM ® , Hormel ® Natural Choice ® , Applegate ® , Justin’s ® , Wholly ® , Hormel ® Black Label ® , Columbus ® , Jennie-O® and more than 30 other beloved brands. The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, was named one of the best companies to work for by U.S. News & World Report, one of America’s most responsible companies by Newsweek, recognized by TIME magazine as one of the World’s Best Companies, and has received numerous other awards and accolades for its corporate responsibility and community service efforts. The company lives by its purpose statement — Inspired People. Inspired Food.™ — to bring some of the world’s most trusted and iconic brands to tables across the globe. For more information, visit www.hormelfoods.com .
Preferred
- +5+ years as a shift lead or shift supervisor in a manufacturing environment.
Training
- •Approximately six weeks are spent in a hands-on training environment before being assigned to a department.
- •Team Leaders attend a virtual new employee orientation. This will include presentations by different divisions to increase product knowledge, company knowledge, and leadership skills
- •6-month operational training program while on the job.
Location & Shift
- •Wichita, KS
- •3rd Shift (9:00pm-6:00am) Subject to change.
- •Extended hours may be needed-including weekends.
- •Team Leaders will potentially work in environments below 40 degrees and in areas more than 60 degrees.
For immediate consideration, send apply online at: www.hormelfoods.com/careers