Production Area Lead

Give and Go Prepared Foods; Brampton; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Learning and growth opportunities

Work-life balance

Diversity & culture

Job summary

Give & Go Prepared Foods Corp. is seeking a Production Area Lead in Brampton to oversee day-to-day plant production, guiding shop floor teams toward safety, quality, and efficiency targets.

You will mentor staff, manage scheduling, and drive lean manufacturing initiatives to reduce waste and improve performance. The role requires a high school diploma and at least 5 years of frontline leadership in a production setting, with strong communication skills and basic computer literacy.

Qualifications

• High School diploma required.
• Minimum 5 years of frontline leadership in a production/manufacturing setting.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient with basic PC software (Outlook, Excel, Word).
• Knowledge of HACCP/GMP and safety policies.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day production operations for assigned area.
• Instruct, guide and mentor shop floor personnel to meet production and quality goals.
• Ensure safety, GMP, food safety, and health standards are followed.
• Manage attendance and staffing; ensure resources and tools are available.
• Drive lean manufacturing practices and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate training and shift handovers; maintain production scheduling.

Skills

Strong written and verbal skills

Basic computer skills (Outlook, Excel,

Lean manufacturing knowledge

Problem solving

Conflict resolution

Education

High School diploma

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Excel

Word

Job description

Give & Go Prepared Foods Corp. is a proud member of the Mondelēz family. We are a leading and growing North American manufacturer of baked goods for over 30 years. If you're looking for a company that will provide you with opportunities for career growth and development, while working with an energetic team with deeply ingrained values of respect, direct and open communication, quality and accountability, we’d love to have you join our team.

Our Consumer Brands: two-bite® brand, include two bite-brownies®, Kimberley's Bakeshoppe™, Mason St. Bakehouse™ and The Worthy Crumb Pastry Co™

It’s an exciting time to be part of the Give & Go team as we are growing rapidly and want you to become a part of our growth and extraordinarily bright future!

Job Overview

The Production Area Lead will be responsible for managing the day-to-day plant production operations for an assigned area. This includes, but is not limited to, organizing and assigning work to shop floor personnel, instructing, guiding, and assisting employees in the attainment of production and quality goals/standards, developing and mentoring team members, and driving safety performance results that meet and/or exceed company goal and targets.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the safety of the workers by reporting all incidents, accidents and/or hazards.
• Ensure compliance and education of GMP, food safety, health and safety, and company policies and procedures.
• Participate and/or cooperate with the JHSC to improve safety procedures.
• Ensure compliance and education of lean manufacturing principles.
• Staffing organization to include attendance management, and staff is provided with the tools and resources to execute their job tasks.
• Responsible for minimizing waste.
• Execute the production schedule.
• Ensure the production standards are met or take necessary steps to meet standards to ensure maximum efficiency.
• Responsible for checking and ensuring that the Metal detectors are working properly by following the standard operating procedure set for this equipment. Report any deviation noticed to QA technician.
• Responsible for communicating issues, and/or problems for the assigned area relating to the production schedule, equipment breakdown and/or any other issues that would affect the subsequent shift through the communication board and directly when turning over the area to the next shift.
• Provide training on work procedures and participate in training as required.
• Facilitate shop-floor meetings.
• Report any deficiencies in systems, facilities, machinery, equipment and/or tools immediately to your Supervisor.
• Administration to include shift reporting of production standards.
• Trial Coordination.

Recipe For Success

• Completion of High School diploma.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience working in a front-line leadership role in a production- manufacturing operation.
• Strong written and verbal skills
• Basic Computer skills to include Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word.
• Administration skills.
• Basic understanding of a scheduling system.
• Basic troubleshooting knowledge.
• Knowledge of HACCP/GMP requirements.
• Knowledge of Company HR and H&S policies.
• Procedural knowledge of the systems and equipment.
• Problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Lean Manufacturing knowledge.
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a team-setting environment.
• Conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to provide training to other staff.

What We Offer

• It’s an exciting time to be part of the Give & Go team as we are growing rapidly and want you to become a part of our growth and extraordinarily bright future.
• As we grow, we are committed to preserving the parts of our diversity & culture that is unique, people focused and are core to our success at every size. Our values of Quality, Direct Communication and Respect mean something.
• Learning and growth; we are working to create an environment where sharing new ideas, experimenting and learning from each other is strongly encouraged.
• Competitive Benefits, along with work, life balance!

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