Superviseur de production / Production Supervisor

About the role

Reporting to the Production Manager, the Production Supervisor provides hands-on leadership over a production shift within the plant to ensure that production directives are met safely and on time, within a fast-paced food production environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on leadership over a production shift within the plant to ensure production schedules are met safely and on time in a fast-paced food production environment.
• Lead by example and foster an environment of mutual respect and teamwork among team members.
• Hold pre-shift meetings and provide feedback to Team Leaders and Production Manager.
• Be responsible for leading the production team on one or more production lines.
• Ensure that production schedules are met and resolve any issues that may arise.
• Coordinate schedules, products, and labor of different departments to ensure production runs smoothly in the factory.
• Verify that appropriate methods and procedures are used and that quality, safety, and environmental standards are respected.
• Lead, mentor, and train other team members as needed.
• Ensure a safe working environment is maintained at all times by enforcing company standards and conducting regular inspections.
• Use the SAP system to record all production information and help achieve production goals.
• Assist other supervisors in ensuring that key performance indicators are achieved daily.
• Follow and apply all good manufacturing practices and safety procedures.
• Other responsibilities may be added to better meet business needs.

Requirements

• University or college degree in a related field.
• Proven leadership ability; ability to interact easily with others and lead and motivate a team to meet established deadline requirements.
• Accuracy and attention to detail, and ability to detect the presence of a quality problem.
• Excellent relational, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision or distraction.
• Flexibility to work days, afternoons, nights, and weekends as needed.
• Working knowledge of good manufacturing practices, risk analysis and critical control points, and the Health and Safety at Work Act, an asset.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, health, and dental benefits.
• Pension plan with matching contributions.
• Annual incentive program.
• Discount program that covers almost everything under the sun—restaurants, gyms, shopping, etc.

About the company

Wonderbrands is a leading Canadian bakery with 140 years of experience baking packaged breads. We are the makers of Wonder Bread, Country Harvest, D'Italiano, Gadoua, and Casa Mendosa. We have a network of 12 bakery-manufacturing plants across Canada. Wonderbrands, now part of the FGF Brands group of companies, is creating an incredible opportunity for growth by focusing on innovative production capabilities, emphasizing leading-edge supply chain practices, and investing deeply in the communities where we bake. We focus strongly on embracing entrepreneurial drive and a highly collaborative start-up culture with an emphasis on cross-functional collaboration.