Production Supervisor

at  Pure Flavor

Pure Flavor is a premier grower of high-quality greenhouse-grown products sold to retail and foodservice partners throughout North America and marketed under the Pure Flavor brand.
With growing locations across Canada, USA, and Mexico, we are growing with the world’s finest. Pure Flavor’s® products reach the masses with distribution centers in Leamington, Ontario; Romulus, Michigan; San Antonio, Texas; and Byron, Georgia.
Pure Flavor® is committed to supporting healthier lifestyles by providing greenhouse-grown vegetables that meet our exceptional quality standards. From our flavor-packed fresh vegetables to our innovative operations throughout North America, we are industry leaders with a very bright future.
Our team is dedicated, energetic and ready to make decisions that enable people across North America to live a healthier lifestyle. It isn’t work. It’s a career. And one that has the ability to change lives daily.
The Production Supervisor oversees the day-to-day production operations and staff to ensure timely and efficient workflow. This role is responsible for ensuring productivity targets, health, quality and food safety standards meet company standards. It is the responsibility of the Production Supervisor to lead a team of workers, oversee employee issues and concerns, provide training, and manage performance.

REQUIREMENTS:

• High school diploma or equivalent required; degree in business administration, supply chain management, engineering or related discipline preferred
• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in production environment or related supervisory experience required
• Intermediate level Microsoft (MS) Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) skills required
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices, Health and Safety, Food Safety, HACCP principles
• Understanding of legislative requirements to maintain compliance to all relevant statues and guiding principles
• Proven ability to lead and motivate a team
• Excellent analytical, time management, and organizational skills
• Commitment to high professional and ethical standards
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and in a team
• Ability to work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment

• Provide guidance to line leaders and production work force with respect to performance management, employee relations, awareness of business context/profitability as well as training/development of staff members
• Ensure delivery of the production goals and objectives by establishing clearly defined quality methods for staff members to apply
• Support the Production Manager to ensure the operation remains within budget for labor and throughput; monitor and measure performance to minimize downtime, reduce costs and improve quality and efficiencies
• Complete required documentation, records and checklist; submit to appropriate management personnel
• Communicate and address variances, quality issues and concerns with relevant departments to help identify the causes and implement sustainable corrective action
• Monitor the working environment to ensure compliance of company and statutory hygiene, and safety policies and procedures
• Collaborate with commodity, inventory, receiving, shipping and quality departments to ensure an efficient operation workflow, production requirements and reworked product consistently matches product specifications
• Other core expectations as defined by the company