Supervisor, Ops, EPA

Position Summary:

We’re looking for someone with passion to play a key leadership role in our Final Assembly and Commissary departments and assist in the management of the Units quality assurance program. If you have strong leadership, quality assurance and or production experience, this is an opportunity to take your career to the next level.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ability to take our customer’s experience to the next level.
• Ensures quality and food safety standards are always met or exceeded.
• Responsible for safety, quality and compliance to customer specifications and regulatory requirements and company policies and procedures.
• Champions employee safety without compromise.
• Manages daily manpower planning including assignment of responsibilities and workstations.
• Responsible for evaluating employee performance, coaching and corrective action for employees and liaises as required with HR and other support functions.
• Trains and monitors employees on proper work procedures to ensure maximum productivity with minimum labour and food costs.
• Always looks for ways to minimize labour and material cost.
• Works closely with all internal customers & suppliers to continuously improve the overall supply chain.
• Works with the leadership team toward a unified goal.
• Administrative tasks including creation of requisitions, production sheets, HACCP documentation, shift reports etc.

Education:

• Quality Assurance program would be an asset.

Work Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of leadership experience in a high volume, fast paced food production environment, supervising unionized employees
• Production planning experience a plus
• Quality Assurance experience a plus

Job Skills:

• Strong and effective leadership skills with the ability to successfully manage a staff of 30+ unionized employees
• Ability to train and mentor others
• Must have the ability to give constructive feedback to employees daily
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
• Able to balance multiple objectives in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
• Strong organizational & analytical skills
• Ability to create a production plan & execute that plan
• Must be innovative and have the ability to make changes to the operation as needed to further improve the work environment and unit performance
• Basic computer skills with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office products
• Knowledge of SAP a plus

Travel:

• Minimal

Successful candidate will be required to pass a criminal and Transport Canada background checks.

gategroup is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity.