Lead Production 12-hour continental rotation

Blommer Chocolate Company; Campbellford; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Blommer Chocolate Company in Campbellford, Ontario, is seeking a hands-on Production Supervisor to lead daily operations in our chocolate production facility.

You will ensure compliance with the Ontario Health and Safety Act and Blommer Health & Safety policies, coach staff, and drive continuous improvement through 5S and KPI tracking.

Collaboration with maintenance and other support functions, accurate reporting, and timely completion of production targets will be key.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with Ontario Health and Safety Act and Blommer Health & Safety policies
• Provide supervisor assistance with planning and co-ordination of day-today activities/resources
• Lead/participate in 5S program and regular audits to keep production areas clean
• Maintain KPI and report hourly targets and production performance
• Collaborate with maintenance, sanitation, and support departments to resolve issues
• Lead direct reports including training, assignments, and performance feedback
• Prepare and circulate daily tank inventory and production reports

Job description

• Comply with (and play a leadership role with respect to) all requirements of
• the Ontario Health and Safety Act & Regulations and Blommer Health &
• Safety policies and procedures
• Ensure all Blommer policies, procedures and GMP requirements are adhered
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• Provide supervisor assistance with the planning and co-ordination of day-today
• activities/ resources
• Maintain a good understanding of each production process and products
• including components and functions
• Ensure effective written and oral communication within the Production Team
• while also maintaining clear and co-ordinated communication lines with all
• support departments
• Establish and foster strong relationships between production and
• maintenance/ sanitation personnel (and others as required) utilizing a team/
• customer based approach to establish a clean, safe working environment
• Maintain key performance indicators (KPI)
• Assist/ lead in all continuous improvement activities
• Support and assist with coordinating all cross-training activities as required
• Confirm/Prepare raw materials 5 days in advance of production dates. Report
• out shorts/issues.
• Provide/circulate a daily tank inventory
• Complete daily reports (attendance,
• Co-ordinate rework staging; follow-up to ensure use, correctly documented in
• batch system and properly consumed in WMS
• Perform regular paperwork audits (quality, cleaning, production) report out
• deficiencies
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• Create a sense of ownership within the production team to keep their
• production areas clean and tidy. Assist Supervisor/Operators with 5S program
• and perform regular audits
• Assist Operators/Supervisor to meet production targets and schedules.
• Create a sense of urgency and ownership within the production team as
• relates to the achievement of production targets
• Complete and record hourly targets (production report outs), immediately
• report out targets missed for 2 consecutive hours to Supervisor
• Work closely with production operators to ensure any equipment deficiencies
• are identified/ corrected and assist with completing and filing of work orders
• Work closely with production operator to ensure any process deficiencies are
• identified, recorded correctly (data sheets) and solutions are being
• implemented. Ensure that all activities are properly documented and reported
• to the supervisor (production report outs)
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• Lead direct reports in the performance of their work including: training, work
• assignments and performance issues. Provide regular report outs to the
• Supervisor. This may include recommending personnel actions such as
• disciplinary measures, training requirements and providing information for
• performance evaluations.
• Assist Supervisor with documenting standard work instructions for routine and
• repetitive tasks
• Other duties as assigned
• Hands-on, goal oriented individual with high level of enthusiasm, drive and
• character. Ability to multi-task, detail orientated and organized. Ability to
• think ahead and plan over a 6-day time span to prepare action plans to
• achieve results
• Strong value system, capable of leading by example; demonstrated ability
• to lead people and get results through others. Excellent problem solving
• skills to frame solutions to issues through teamwork and cooperation
• across all functional areas
• Self-motivated, hardworking and confident with both technical and human
• resource skills
• Understand equipment and process capacities and production
• department’s role in helping to maintain/ enhance these capacities
• Computer literate, must be familiar with current software such as Microsoft
• Office and Excel
• Possess a leadership style that will establish credibility, acceptance and
• influence by all employees. Foster participation and be open, honest and
• motivational. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, listening
• skills, coaching, problem solving skills and conflict resolution skills