Agriculture Production Supervisor

senecafood•Glencoe Township, MN

1d•$70,000 - $85,000

About The Position

Seneca Foods is one of North America's leading providers of packaged fruits and vegetables with facilities located throughout the United States. Our high quality products are primarily sourced from over 1,400 American farms. Seneca holds the largest share of the retail private label, food service, and export canned vegetable markets, distributing to over 90 countries. Products are also sold under the brands of Libby’s®, Aunt Nellie’s®, READ®, Seneca Farms®, Green Valley®, Green Giant (Shelf-Stable)®, CherryMan®, Paradise®, Pennant®, and Seneca labels, including Seneca snack chips. Seneca also provides vegetable products to other companies under various co-pack arrangements. Seneca Foods offers an excellent benefit package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life insurance, 401K, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Paid Time Off and more! Help us make our Farm Fresh Goodness Great! Come join the Seneca Foods team – Apply now! Seneca Foods in Glencoe, MN is currently seeking an Agriculture Production Supervisor to join our team. Seneca Foods offers an excellent benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401K, paid time off and much more! Help us make our Farm Fresh Goodness Great! As an Agriculture Production Supervisor, the selected candidate will lead and help coordinate the daily activities of the Ag Field function to achieve company goals including (but not limited to) field department training, contracting, planting, organizing and communicating seed ordering, planting and harvesting schedules, growing areas and heat unit collection, field sampling and pre-grading process.

Requirements

Post secondary Ag or Business degree preferred (but not required)
Excellent computer skills
Good attention to detail and accuracy
Willing and able to work and function in a team environment
Good communication skills
Ability to lead and train personnel
Ability to work with all levels of the organization.
Agricultural background is helpful but not required

Responsibilities

Grower contracting and Grower relations
Seed ordering aligning with final production needs & seed distribution activities
Assist Growers with planting activities
Communication with Crop Insurance
Heat unit collection & compilation, planting progress & alignment to planting schedule
Pre-grade/Raw Product Grading/Scale/Flow Control/Interns hiring, daily supervision of seasonal labor, and Safety/JSA duties
Vehicle organization, registrations & corporate vehicle tracking spreadsheets
Assist in training new Field Reps & seasonal staff including Interns
Organization of weekly progress reporting through season, data compiling
Final pre-harvest chemical compliance reviews
Organizes Daily Pest Control Applications throughout the season
Encourage and promote teamwork, safety, continuous improvement, employee relations
Instruction manual procedure reviews
Other job duties as assigned by supervision