Night Shift Production Supervisor

We are looking for a Dynamic and a well-qualified candidate with experience in Food Manufacturing to join our team in the capacity of Night Shift Production Supervisor at our facility in Toronto.

Definition:

The Production Supervisor reports to Production Manager and plans, organizes, directs, and controls the operations of the production department.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Duties include but are not limited to:

· Coordinate the daily start up of production machinery

· Perform or delegate daily pre-operational inspection of production department

· Directing and supervising employees

· Ensuring the requirements of production are met: customer orders are satisfied and production metrics are met

· Monitoring and enforcement of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) requirements and BRC requirements.

· Monitoring and enforcement of Health and Safety Policies and procedures

· Organization and scheduling of manpower per production schedule requirements

· Materials requirement planning, including ingredients, film and cases

· Supporting materials inventory validation, and investigations

· Provide clear communication with purchasing and operation team on material shortage or delays.

· Based on the production schedule and inventory on hand calculate the material requirements to ensure continuous on time ingredients availability for production

· Supporting communication between customer service and warehouse regarding FP orders

· Implement plans to efficiently use materials, labour and equipment to meet production targets

· Develop and implement plans to efficiently use materials, labour and equipment to meet production targets

· Resolve work problems and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality, where necessary adjust equipment, processes and formulation to meet expected standards.

· Train staff in job duties, safety procedures and company policy

· Two way and consistent / constant communication with employees in order to maintain company goals of an exemplary employee relations environment

· Utilization and enforcement of the progressive disciplinary process for coaching and development of staff

· Prepare production and other reports

· Update line efficiency based on current line out put

· Establish methods to meet work schedules and co-ordinate work activities with other departments

· Close working relationship with warehouse, purchasing and quality team to analyze the need for the production.

· Supervise and train or oversee training of employees in the use of new equipment or production techniques

· Making recommendations to management on changes or improvements to processes in order to achieve greater efficiencies and overall company goals

· Recommend personnel actions such as hiring and promotions

· Ensure finish product assessment by checking the products attributes

· Take returned sample from each line and label them

· Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Skills and Education:

· Ability to:

o Make adjustments to machine settings as required

o Maintain production and quality records

o Follow verbal and written instructions in English related to job duties

o Work in a team environment with continuous improvement efforts

o Acquire new skills as per training provided

o Work cooperatively with co-workers and supervisors as a Quality Focused, Service Oriented Team Player

· Repetitive tasks & standing for extended periods

· Handling medium heavy loads (up to 23kg/50 lbs)

· Attention to detail

· Completion of post-secondary school in a relevant or related field of study

· Completion of post-secondary school in a relevant or related field of study

· Experience in Food Manufacturing

· Computer literacy and experience in the Microsoft Office suite: Word, Excel, Outlook.