Packing Supervisor: Quality-Driven Production Leader

Addiction Pet Foods; Te Puke; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Addiction Pet Foods is seeking a Production Supervisor – Packing in Te Puke to lead packing operations with a strong Quality Assurance/Control background. You will oversee packing teams, ensure product quality, traceability, and food safety, and drive day-to-day production performance on site.

You will manage shift execution, respond to deviations, and work with Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to deliver targets while upholding GMP and HACCP standards.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of experience in Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Food Safety, or a similar Quality function within manufacturing.
• Experience supervising people in a production or manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of GMP, HACCP, food safety, in-process quality control, and traceability.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily packing operations to achieve production plans, output targets, and customer requirements.
• Manage line start-up, product changeovers, production handovers, breaks, staffing, and end-of-shift activities.
• Monitor production performance including output, downtime, waste, rework, rejects, and labour utilisation.
• Ensure packing activities are completed according to SOPs, work instructions, and production schedules.
• Respond quickly to production issues and coordinate corrective actions.
• Escalate equipment issues to Maintenance and Engineering when needed.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, workflow, line efficiency, and waste reduction.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Quality Control

Food Safety

GMP

People Leadership

Education

Food Science

Food Technology

Quality Management

Manufacturing

Engineering

Job description

Addiction Pet Foods is seeking a Production Supervisor – Packing in Te Puke to lead packing operations with a strong Quality Assurance/Control background. You will oversee packing teams, ensure product quality, traceability, and food safety, and drive day-to-day production performance on site.

You will manage shift execution, respond to deviations, and work with Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to deliver targets while upholding GMP and HACCP standards.