Packhouse Supervisor US

Pure Flavor•Fort Valley, GA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Packhouse Supervisor oversees the day-to-day packaging operations and staff to ensure timely and efficient workflow. This role is responsible for ensuring productivity targets, health, quality, and food safety standards meet company standards. It is the responsibility of the Packhouse Supervisor to lead a team of workers, oversee employee issues and concerns, provide training, and manage performance.

Requirements

Secondary school education required
Minimum of 2-3 years greenhouse/packhouse supervisory experience, required.
Microsoft (MS) Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) skills, required.
Able to work in a team environment with individuals of all leadership styles, personalities, and career levels.
Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices, Health and Safety, and Food Safety
Strong knowledge of legislative requirements to maintain compliance to all relevant statues and guiding principles.
Proven ability to lead and motivate a team.
Excellent analytical, time management, and organizational skills.
Commitment to high professional and ethical standards.
Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment, demonstrate keen attention to detail and task-related accuracy, as well as consistent follow-through skills.
Must be flexible to shift assignments as required to meet both customer & business needs

Nice To Haves

post-secondary education in Business Administration or related discipline, preferred.
Knowledge of ERP software; Famous® software experience, preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership to the packhouse team with respect to performance management, scheduling, employee relations, awareness of business context/profitability as well as training/development of staff members.
Ensure delivery of the packhouse team’s goals and objectives by establishing clearly defined quality methods for staff members to apply.
Support the Production Manager to ensure the operation remains within budget for labor and throughput; monitor and measure performance to minimize downtime, reduce costs and improve quality and efficiencies.
Completes GMP Daily Warehouse Checklist and Daily Packing Log and submits to appropriate management personnel.
Communicate and address variances, quality issues and concerns with relevant departments to help identify the causes and implement sustainable corrective action.
Monitor the working environment to ensure compliance of company and statutory hygiene, and safety policies and procedures.
Work directly with the Head Grower and Labor Supervisor to ensure an efficient operation workflow, production requirements and reworked product consistently matches product specifications.
Other core expectations as defined by the company.