Production Supervisor - Afternoon Shift
Flora Food GroupBrantford, Ontario, Canada · Posted 2 months agoDescription
Location: Brantford, Ontario Plant
Salary: $80,000 - $85,000
About the Role
We are seeking a Production Supervisor to join our Brantford, Ontario, facility on our afternoon shift. As part of the Operations Leadership Team, you will lead and develop a team of hourly production employees while driving performance across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Continuous Improvement metrics.
Working within a World Class Manufacturing (WCM) environment, you will be responsible for ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production operations while fostering a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
What You'll Do
Production & Operational Leadership
- Lead manufacturing operations during the designated shift, ensuring targets for safety, quality, productivity, and cost are achieved.
- Manage staffing, labour allocation, scheduling, and shift coverage to support operational requirements.
- Monitor production performance and drive improvements in efficiency, waste reduction, and schedule attainment.
- Analyze operational results and implement corrective actions to maintain performance standards.
- Facilitate daily operational meetings and communicate key site priorities and performance metrics to production teams.
- Support the achievement of plant objectives and continuous improvement initiatives.
Safety & Compliance
- Champion a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with all workplace health and safety regulations and company policies.
- Investigate incidents, near misses, and safety concerns, driving corrective and preventive actions.
- Ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP, FSCC 22000, and all food safety and quality requirements.
- Promote environmentally responsible practices and proper waste management procedures.
People Leadership
- Lead, coach, and develop hourly production employees to drive engagement and performance.
- Manage attendance, vacation planning, timekeeping, and employee performance.
- Facilitate employee training, onboarding, recertification, and ongoing development activities.
- Foster a positive, respectful, and inclusive work environment.
- Effectively manage employee relations matters and conflict resolution when required.
Continuous Improvement
- Support World Class Manufacturing (WCM) initiatives and Autonomous Maintenance programs.
- Lead root cause investigations and implement sustainable corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Partner with Maintenance, Quality, Warehouse, and other cross-functional teams to drive operational excellence.
- Identify and execute opportunities to improve productivity, reduce waste, and optimize equipment performance.
About You
- Minimum 3 years of supervisory experience in a food manufacturing environment.
- Proven experience leading hourly employees in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.
- Strong knowledge of GMP, HACCP, food safety, and workplace health and safety requirements.
- Experience working with manufacturing KPIs, including OEE, schedule attainment, downtime analysis, and waste reduction.
- Strong leadership, coaching, communication, and conflict management skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to make sound decisions in a dynamic production environment.
- Demonstrated success driving continuous improvement and operational performance.
- Experience with WCM, Lean Manufacturing, TPM, or similar continuous improvement methodologies is considered an asset.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary of $80,000 - $85,000
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- A collaborative and inclusive team environment
- The opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a high-performing manufacturing operation
Please note: This is an afternoon shift position supporting a 24/7 manufacturing operation, and flexibility may be required to support business needs.
We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Flora Food Group is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.
Flora Food Group is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.
No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Flora Food Group. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics.
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