Production Supervisor

About Us

Welcome to Lactalis Canada – where we take pride in being recognized as one of Forbes’ 2022 top employers! Our journey revolves around enhancing the lives of Canadians through a rich variety of dairy delights, including some of Canadian’s favourite dairy brands such as Black Diamond Cheese, Lactantia Milk, Astro Yogourt, Balderson Cheese, and Cheestrings. In fact, we’re proud to say our products grace the shelves of an incredible 94% of Canadian households!

With a 140-year legacy driven by innovation and unwavering quality, we’re seeking like-minded individuals to join us in shaping our next chapter.

The Production Supervisor is responsible for supervising the day-to-day production operations at the plant facility including proactively conducting root cause analysis and correcting operating issues and employee activities. The position is responsible for ensuring a safe operation, key targets and results are achieved, effective management of resources, identifying and leading continuous improvement initiatives, and scheduling and related services to help ensure production objectives are met.

Shift flexibility is required to cover vacations, holidays, and weekends for day, afternoon, and night shifts.

• Support operation of production departments and teams to ensure that quantitative and qualitative measures included in the operating plan are met, including standard costs, cost reductions, productivity, health and safety, GMP, sanitation, customer satisfaction, production scheduling, staffing, and capital/technological improvement plans by measuring, analyzing and executing corrective actions in these areas.
• Provide leadership to improve health and safety performance by being a role model in safety and demonstrating due diligence through applying the corporate health & safety program elements, including hazard identification, implementing necessary controls and corrective actions, training, education, creating new SOPs, SSOPs and audits.
• Provide leadership and supervision to staff by providing work direction, performance feedback, assist with efficiency result improvement, and create solutions for training and development of employees.
• Ensure GMP and SOPs are adhered to at all times, and that all products consistently meet specifications.
• Participate in the development and implementation of operational and capital budgets, safety compliance, training, and production plans by monitoring results against plan and supporting corrective action plans accordingly.
• Provide support and coverage to the Quality team on various quality related activities.

• College diploma or university degree in Food Science or Engineering.
• Minimum two years’ experience in food production supervision.
• Experience as a supervisor or providing leadership to production teams in dairy or related food or pharmaceutical industry, with HACCP exposure preferred.
• Certified and/or experienced in supervisory responsibilities under WSIB/WCB, OSHA, and First Aid an asset.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communications skills.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, planning, and decision making skills.
• Ability to diagnose and coordinate activities to resolve mechanical manufacturing issues in food manufacturing.
• Team facilitation and leadership skills and ability to develop employees and implement continuous improvement methodologies.
• Proficient with standard office computer technology such as Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office (Word & Excel), and business systems such as SAP.
• Flexibility is a requirement of the role, as days of work or start/end times would vary with departmental, operational and vacation coverage needs.

• A competitive base salary.
• A performance‑based bonus system.
• Four weeks of vacation.
• Benefits starting day 1.
• A pension program with an employer match at 100% of up to 6% of up to 6%?
• Tuition reimbursement plan of up to $3,000/year.
• A volunteer day to give back to your community.
• Learning and development opportunities.
• A commitment to internal career advancement with potential for international mobility.

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