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Aerotek Production Supervisor in Chicago, Illinois
Job Title: Production Supervisor
Job Description
The Production Supervisor oversees daily and weekly production schedules in a fresh food manufacturing facility, ensuring that materials, inventory, and staffing align with customer demand. This role actively supports execution on the production floor, quickly adjusts plans when conditions change, and consistently upholds food safety and quality standards. The position requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams to communicate schedule changes, prevent production delays, and help ensure on-time customer orders.
Responsibilities
Create and manage detailed daily and weekly production schedules to meet customer demand and delivery commitments.
Adjust production plans quickly in response to changes in demand, staffing levels, or equipment availability.
Ensure all required materials and inventory are available to support scheduled production activities.
Monitor production progress and proactively address issues to prevent delays and missed customer orders.
Communicate schedule changes, priorities, and production status clearly across teams, including production, inventory, and supply chain.
Spend regular time on the production floor to support execution, resolve issues, and ensure adherence to the schedule.
Coordinate with inventory and supply chain functions to maintain accurate stock levels and minimize shortages or overstock.
Use ERP systems and Microsoft Excel to plan, update, and track production schedules and inventory levels.
Follow and support food safety, quality, and compliance standards at all times within the production environment.
Promote efficient, organized, and safe work practices in a fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing setting.
Work weekends as part of a regular schedule to support production needs and meet customer requirements.
Essential Skills
Bilingual proficiency in Spanish.
1–2 years of experience in production planning or scheduling.
Hands-on experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Strong skills in production scheduling and production planning.
Experience with inventory management and coordination with production needs.
Ability to use ERP systems for production and inventory planning.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel for planning, tracking, and reporting.
Ability and willingness to work weekends as part of a regular schedule.
Strong communication skills to clearly convey schedule changes and priorities across teams.
Ability to adapt quickly to changing demand, staffing, or equipment conditions.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Experience in fresh food manufacturing.
Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, or other food safety principles and practices.
Experience with ERP or production planning software beyond basic usage.
Strong organizational and time-management skills in a high-volume environment.
Ability to balance office-based planning with active support on the production floor.
Why Work Here?
Employees benefit from a comprehensive benefits package that supports both health and financial well-being, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with a 401(k) plan with company match. The organization values a dynamic, fast-paced environment where team members can directly see the impact of their work on customer satisfaction. There is a strong focus on collaboration, clear communication, and continuous improvement, creating opportunities to grow skills in production planning, food safety, and manufacturing operations.
Work Environment
The role is based in a fresh food manufacturing facility with fast-paced, high-volume production. The workday involves a mix of office-based planning tasks and time spent on the production floor supporting execution and addressing real-time issues. You will work with ERP systems, Microsoft Excel, and other planning tools to manage schedules and inventory. The environment emphasizes strict adherence to food safety and quality standards, with regular weekend work as part of the schedule to meet production and customer demands.
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Chicago, IL.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $65000.00 - $80000.00/yr.
Medical, dental, vision, 401k
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Chicago,IL.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on May 4, 2026.
About Aerotek:
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.