POSITION SUMMARY

The Production Supervisor is responsible for ensuring production efficiency maximization through the effective utilization of labor, improvement of production methods, and cost control. Achieve results through a team approach, directing the work of production staff as well as working with other departments in the Company.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership

• Ensure personal and team adherence to company policies and standards encompassing safety, quality, cost control, and timely delivery.
• Uphold and enforce compliance with regulatory standards including Provincial Employment Standards, Health and Safety Acts, and Food Safety protocols.
• Report safety concerns promptly, participate in Joint Health and Safety Committee initiatives, and support employee relations through communication, coaching, and training.

Production

• Conduct daily cross-departmental meetings to address production, health and safety, and quality issues.
• Monitor inventory levels and notify Production Manager/Plant Manager of any production schedule discrepancies.
• Develop worker schedules based on sales forecasts, plant capacity, and material availability.
• Ensure production operators adhere to established standards, reporting any variances to supervisors.
• Review and update SOPs, SSOPs, and production forms actively.
• Supervise production staff, maintaining documentation for employee records and enforcing company policies and procedures.

People Development 

• Commit to and motivate employees to go above and beyond minimum compliance to ensure safety, food safety and quality, assume ownership and take appropriate action when violations are discovered.
• Work effectively and collaboratively with all departments and production teams from other locations, as needed, to maintain consistent high standards of production processes, procedures, documentation and work company wide.
• Recruit and train production staff, establishing a highly motivated, flexible, quick- responding and quality work force.
• Ensure the effectiveness of employees through strategic hiring, onboarding/training, assignment of duties, discipline, and dismissal.
• Coordinate team activities through effective scheduling, assignment of work, setting of priorities, and delegating of work.

Other Job Duties

• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned by Production Manager/Plant Manager.
• In the event the Production Supervisor is absent, the Production Team Lead shall act as a backup. The Production Supervisor shall act as backup in the absence of the following functional positions: Production Manager and/or Plant Manager.
• Be actively involved in continuous improvement and aim for lean manufacturing, waste reduction and high efficiency.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE 

• Minimum 5 years of production supervisory experience, preferably in the food industry.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, emphasizing teamwork.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and ability to handle confidential matters discreetly.
• Effective leadership skills, including delegation, motivation, and goal achievement.
• Excellent organizational, time management, and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to work independently or collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Permanent Full-time position (40 hours per week)
• Afternoon Shift
• Work is performed 30% in an office environment and 70% in production facility.
• Exposure to noise, wet, hot, and cold temperatures varied environments when in the production area.
• Interaction with employees, management, and the public at large
• Flexible hours including nights, weekends, and holidays as required to meet business needs.
• After-hours availability on emergency calls
• Wearing of company provided Uniform and other Personal Protective Equipment is required as applicable.

TO APPLY

Please email your resume/CV to: 

Email: [email protected]  

Sunrise Soya Foods Inc. 
729 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, V6A 1H5 

We thank all applicants for applying however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.