Production and Canning Line Manager

Lazarus Naturals•Portland, OR

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Etz Hayim owns and operates the brands Cycling Frog and Lazarus Naturals, as well as a sprawling operation that spans from farming over 300 acres of hemp, extraction, chemical processing, packaging and warehousing to support both brands and private label customers. Lazarus Naturals was founded in 2016 to provide safe and accessible CBD products for everyone who would benefit from them, regardless of their financial situation and ability to pay, which is why we provide a 60% Assistance Program to veterans and people with disabilities or low incomes. In order to maintain an affordable price point and our commitment to accessibility for all, we have built a vertically integrated business model, which allows us to walk our talk of developing quality, affordable products - from product inception, development, seed, farming, extraction, finished production formulation and packaging, and distribution. Cycling Frog is normalizing the consumption of casual use THC products. We are on a mission to make THC convenient, affordable, and fun by making a sessionable THC beverage the same price as a beer or soda. We want to change the way THC is consumed and viewed by our society by focusing on lower potency, ready to drink beverages that can easily fit into anyone’s lifestyle. Under the Federal Farm Bill it is legal to sell these low potency THC products across all 50 states via the internet, and anywhere you can grab a beer. This role will be based in Portland, OR. Summary: The Production Manager will report directly to the Production Director and will be responsible for all production-related activities. The Production Manager will be responsible for managing all of the Team's activities, inclusive of team management, production, and facility house keeping. The Production Manager will be responsible for managing their employees, including hiring, employee coaching and career development, establishing employee schedules, production schedules, submitting raw material requests, conducting inventory counts, ensuring proper storage and documentation relevant to raw materials, WIP, and finished products, and coordinating shuttle request logistics. The Production Manager will ensure that production is organized, efficient, and executed safely.

Requirements

5+ years of canning or beverage production experience.
5+ years of production management experience.
10+ years of food manufacturing or dietary supplement production experience.
High attention to detail, ability to multi-task and demonstrated ability to resolve complex problems and ensure critical deadlines are met.
Proven ability to identify and spearhead issue resolution on production bottlenecks.
Experience operating with GMP, HAACP, ISO or similar quality systems.
Excellent problem solving and reasoning skills required.
Working knowledge of budgets, forecasting and metrics.
Software experience: experienced at Google Sheets/Excel, ERP experience, and the ability and interest to learn new software

Nice To Haves

Preferred - Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in. in Physical Science, Math or Engineering.
Preferable to have 5S/6S and Lean Manufacturing training.

Responsibilities

The Production and Canning Line Manager is responsible for managing teams and daily operations across Formulation, Production, Canning, Packaging, and Sanitation.
Ensure all equipment is properly sanitized to quality standards, ready for production, and the Master Sanitation Schedule is completed on time. Lead efforts to optimize labor costs and sanitation efficiency.
Responsible for ensuring that BPR’s and SOPs are adhered to and that all quality standards are met. Responsible for training, iterating and requesting updating the BPRs and SOPs to improve efficiency and reduce waste.
Responsible for implementing and continuous improvement of Lean Principles to minimize production errors, defects, drive efficiency, reduce waste and scrap.
Partner with Warehouse & Operations leadership to ensure that all material consumption, scrap and transfers are properly tracked and executed in our systems.
Responsible for daily and weekly reporting of production output. Production reporting should detail the output relative to schedule, SKU level labor allocation and costing relative to targets, and issues faced on the production floor along with constructive ideas for improvement.
Develop, track and communicate impactful KPI’s to drive team performance and align team expectations with business goals (Schedule attainment, Waste, Safety, GMP compliance, per unit labor costs.)
Responsible for developing and iterating the production capacity plan and determining needed staffing levels against forecast.
Manage labor budget and work with leadership to determine staffing plans relative to capacity and demand.
Develop equipment SOPs and overall production shift schedules and team management to optimize output.
Responsible for ensuring that their team has adequate support from all adjacent departments. Develop standards, SLAs and hold accountable the Warehouse, Quality, Sanitation and Maintenance teams for production support and quality requirements.
Responsible for updating, maintaining and improving all production related spreadsheets as needed.
Manage, train, and inspire your team. Develop an environment that promotes and rewards initiative, open communication, accountability and excellence.
Provide coaching and development of staff to create clear career pathing across the operations teams, and provide training to support staff members in being successful at their jobs and support their career paths.