Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift

About High Liner Foods

High Liner Foods was founded in 1899 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada as a small salt fish company. Lunenburg is still the current home of our Canadian Operations. As a category leader in Seafood, High Liner Foods has a strong footprint across Canada and the U.S. with close to $1 billion in sales.

High Liner Foods is the seafood brand people trust. Every day we're Reimagining Seafood to Nourish Life through a focus on our customers, innovation, and of course, responsible operations. Our talented team is committed to the High Liner Foods goal of becoming the leader in branded, value-added seafood in North America.

We offer professional, technical and operational career opportunities across Canada and the United States. We believe in building a high-performance organization by investing in our people. We are focused on developing future leaders from within and fostering career growth and advancement.

It's our time to make waves. Join us.

High Liner Foods is a career destination. We look for high performing talent who value:

• Safety; it's our #1 priority
• Opportunities to contribute to your community through volunteerism
• A culture of inclusion, support and recognition
• Senior leaders that are highly accessible and available to employees
• A strong focus on education and career development through training
• Competitive salary and performance rewards
• A comprehensive benefit plan designed to keep up with the changing healthcare needs across North America

What to expect on the job:

The Production Supervisor oversees efficient production of quality products through effective communication with managers, subordinates, and all other departments within the organization.

• Communicate with Production Scheduler, Sanitation, Warehouse, and Maintenance Department's to assure the most efficient use of equipment, materials, and personnel.
• Assign employees to specific areas and tasks to maximize production efficiencies and clearly communicate expectations.
• Review processing specifications and assure missing or incorrect information is updated. Including equipment and line set-ups, yield, rate, crewing assignments, and special notes.
• Assure all required paperwork is completed and turned-in as required. Includes but are not limited to; raw material usage, finished product production, downtime, production time, personnel counts, HACCP paperwork, accident reports, work orders, and time and attendance reports.
• Assist with projects for other departments such as R&D, standard updates with Accounting, water and energy conservation with Maintenance, etc.
• Act as trainer for specific formal training classes including operator's training, HACCP, SPC, GMP, etc.
• Assurance of up-to-date, cost effective manufacture of products through increased efficiency, quality standards, and company objectives.
• Timely and cost effective manufacture of products through increased efficiency, quality standards, and company objectives.

Qualifications

* Associates/Bachelor's degree is desired or equivalent experience

• Excellent communication skills.
• Proficiency in Spanish is preferred
• At least Four (4) years of manufacturing supervisory experience
• Management and Supervision courses and/or training
• Basic knowledge and understanding of both Scheduling procedures and costing of products is required to ensure the production of products in an efficient & cost effective manner
• Ability to analyze and solve problems
• Ability to understand and evaluate costs involved with production

• Ability to communicate with employees with very limited English skills
• Experience with Food Manufacturing desirable
• Experience with HACCP desirable
• Obtain USDC HACCP Certification

Demonstrates subject matter expertise in related Supply Chain technology such as JDE, BOSS, DSI
* 3-5 years of progressive experience in supply chain with In-depth knowledge of Supply Chain Operations, Logistics and Warehouse systems and processes, Inventory Control processes
* Exceptional ability to navigate Warehouse Management systems, pull data and develop reports
* Bachelor's degree and/or related experience in Supply Chain operations
* Highly analytical coupled with advanced MS Excel skills to develop metrics identifying corrective actions where needed
* Adept at developing reports, analyzing large amounts of data and making related appropriate recommendations/action plans
* Results oriented - driven to achieve KPIs
* Proven ability to analyze and reconcile inventory and/or Sales Order discrepancies
* Strong communication skills, responsible to liaise with various internal departments
* Develop and motivate HLF Inventory Control team.
* Previous supervisory experience to plan, assign and direct employees workload, provide performance feedback
* Strong software expertise with Office 365, Prism, Reports Now
* Ability to "think on your feet" and manage multiple tasks.
* APICS certification preferred

Availability to work occasional Saturdays.

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High Liner Foods is Remote Friendly! We offer a Flexible Hybrid Work Model where corporate office employees have the flexibility to choose a minimum of two office days per week, with the option to work wherever they prefer (office or remote) for the remainder of the week.

Health, Safety & Wellness

At High Liner Foods, we believe strongly in the safety and wellness of our employees. Our organization has a number of policies, programs and practices that focus on safety, wellness, health and sustainability of the overall organization.

Recruitment Process

Our process is meaningful but efficient! We want to get to know you and show you what our world is like.

Applicants who demonstrate potential will be contacted directly for a preliminary phone interview. Successful applications from this stage will participate in a behavioral-based interview with the hiring leader.

All hires are conditional upon the successful completion of references, background checks and applicable drug testing.

High Liner Foods (USA), Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer committed to diversity & inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or marital status, genetic information or other protected status, covered by federal, state or local law.

Accommodations for Applicants with Disabilities. High Liner Foods (USA), Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact humanresources@highlinerfoods.com for assistance.

Current employees please note: this position is referral bonus eligible! See our policy for more details.

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