Production Supervisor

Production Supervisor

Requirements

• College diploma or university degree in a related field or other relevant training.
• 5-7 years’ experience as a supervisor with direct involvement in a unionized production facility.
• Computer literacy, ideally with MS Office (Word and Excel).
• Knowledge of quality assurance systems (GMP, HACCP and SQF), an asset.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance of health and safety regulations, and the ability to implement programs to improve safety culture.
• Responsible for employee relations including work direction of employees, hiring, training, performance reviews, administering policies and procedures, and disciplinary action.
• Provide leadership, direction and coaching to the Production, Milk Receiving and Cooler Warehouse team;
• Promote and enhance a positive employee relation atmosphere including efforts to continuously improve teamwork and establish high levels of employee involvement.
• Ensures consistent application of best practices towards product evaluation, food safety and quality to support and maintain Agropur’s quality standards;
• Supports the operation of the HACCP team to ensure that the facility and documentation are suitable for third party/customer audits to maintain the SQF/ HACCP status at the plant;
• Monitor and ensure efficiency of plant equipment and resources and ensure production requirements are met on time.
• Responsible for achieving department budgets in the area of labour costs by measuring and improving productivity and processes.
• Exhibit a professional manner in dealing with others and work to maintain constructive working relationships.
• Result driven, bottom-line orientated, strives to exceed goals, and motivates self and others to achieve positive outcomes.
• Demonstrate ability to drive organizational change through strong interpersonal and communication skills and formal problem-solving techniques.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of quality assurance systems (GMP, HACCP and SQF), an asset.