Novolex logo

Production Supervisor

Novolex

Franklin Park, ILFull-timeSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.

Watch jobs like this.

Don't just apply. Show up ready.

Olive works from this exact posting.

At a glance

Compensation
No compensation found
Location
Franklin Park, IL
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.

Job overview

The Production Supervisor manages and coordinates production-shift activities to maximize productivity, minimize cost, and maintain quality. The role typically supervises more than 40 employees and coordinates with the Scheduler to meet daily production requirements. It also oversees employee supervision, production data reporting, quality initiatives, and implementation of safety programs.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Verbal CommunicationInterpersonal CommunicationGroup CollaborationConflict ResolutionComputer SkillsSAP

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Business or Engineering2+ Years Manufacturing ExperienceSupervisory Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Company Overview

Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

Our Sustainability Commitment

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

Job Description

Production Supervisor Job Duties:

  • Manage, direct and coordinate all activities related to a production shift to maximize productivity and minimize cost while maintaining quality

  • Typically supervises 40 plus employees

  • Coordinate with Scheduler to ensure daily production requirements are achieved

  • Carry out supervisory responsibilities including interviewing, hiring & training employees

  • Planning, assigning & directing work

  • Appraising performance

  • Rewarding & disciplining employees

  • Addressing complaints & resolving problems

  • Ensure all production data is gathered and reported correctly on a daily basis

  • Support & improve upon Quality initiatives designed to meet plant goals

  • Ensures safety programs are implemented effectively, reviewed regularly and revised as necessary

Job Qualifications:

  • BA/BS degree preferred (business, engineering)

  • 2+ years of manufacturing experience

  • Supervisory experience preferred

  • Good verbal & interpersonal communication skills

  • Ability to work well in group situations

  • Ability to deal effectively with conflict in mature & consistent manner

  • Good computer skills

  • SAP experience preferred

Company Benefits

What You'll Get From Us

Benefits

With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

Community Engagement

At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact [email protected] .

Formerly Pactiv Evergreen

Software Powered by ICIMS (https://careers-novolex.icims.com/jobs/36444/production-supervisor/job?mode=apply&apply=yes&in\_iframe=1&hashed=-1834444253)

Job Locations US-IL-Franklin Park

ID 2026-36444

Category Operations

Position Type Full Time

Pay Type Salaried

How this job compares

Set against the 1,901 open Production Supervisor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Illinois median$71–94K/yr46 salary ranges
  • US median$26–30/hr164 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 71 open Production Supervisor jobs in Illinois and 1,901 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Production Supervisor postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (1,306 postings).
Education
165 of the 1,901 open Production Supervisor jobs (9%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

Similar jobs, posted recently

Open roles like this one, listed in the last 30 days.

You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.