Production Supervisor
Kinston, NCFull-time$70–85K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Novolex is hiring a Production Supervisor in Kinston, North Carolina, to manage production-shift activities, coordinate daily production requirements, and oversee employees. The role focuses on productivity, cost, quality, accurate production reporting, quality initiatives, and effective safety programs. The supervisor typically oversees more than 40 employees and carries out hiring, training, performance management, and problem resolution responsibilities.
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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
Kinston, NC
Responsibilities
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Manage, direct and coordinate all activities related to a production shift to maximize productivity and minimize cost while maintaining quality
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Typically supervises 40 plus employees
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Coordinate with Scheduler to ensure daily production requirements are achieved
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Carry out supervisory responsibilities including interviewing, hiring & training employees
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Planning, assigning & directing work
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Appraising performance
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Rewarding & disciplining employees
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Addressing complaints & resolving problems
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Ensure all production data is gathered and reported correctly on a daily basis
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Support & improve upon Quality initiatives designed to meet plant goals
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Ensures safety programs are implemented effectively, reviewed regularly and revised as necessary
Qualifications
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BA/BS degree preferred (business, engineering)
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2+ years of manufacturing experience
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Supervisory experience preferred
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Good verbal & interpersonal communication skills
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Ability to work well in group situations
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Ability to deal effectively with conflict in mature & consistent manner
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Good computer skills
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SAP experience preferred
Compensation
A reasonable estimate of the current range is $70,000 - $85,000 + bonus + benefits . The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by job related skills, experience and relevant education or training. At Novolex, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.
The benefits for this role include a 401(k) plan with company match, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, paid vacation and sick days, paid parental leave, paid holidays, and a wellness program.
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] .
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Job Locations US-NC-Kinston
ID 2026-36681
Category Operations
Position Type Full Time
Pay Type Salaried
How this job compares
Set against the 1,944 open Production Supervisor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$70–85K/yr
- North Carolina median$76–109K/yr25 salary ranges
- US median$73–100K/yr764 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $78K, is 18% below the North Carolina median midpoint ($94K) — in the lowest quarter of Production Supervisor salary ranges in North Carolina.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 93 open Production Supervisor jobs in North Carolina and 1,944 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- Butterball6 open
- Corning Incorporated6 open
- Siemens6 open
- 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 (1,327 postings).
- Education
- 151 of the 1,944 open Production Supervisor jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 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.
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