Production Supervisor

Gruppo Orsero • Lyons, GA

11d

About The Position

Trucco is a family-owned importer and nationwide distributor of fresh produce, dried fruits and nuts. The Production Supervisor will represent Trucco at a partner 3PL facility, overseeing daily production and ensuring packed cases meet Trucco quality standards and customer specifications. The role involves coordinating production with the 3PL team, monitoring fruit quality, maintaining food safety practices, and communicating production and order issues with internal teams. The work takes place in a cold, fast-paced environment and may require early starts, weekends, and seasonal peak availability.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of production supervision experience in a produce packing or repacking operation.
• Hands-on fruit quality control experience and a sharp eye for defects and condition.
• Experience packing to retail customer specifications, including labeling and traceability requirements.
• Ability to lead and influence crews who are not directly managed, firmly and respectfully.
• Familiarity with food safety programs such as GMP, HACCP, or GFSI, and with cold chain practices.
• Flexible schedule for early starts, weekends, and seasonal peaks; comfort working in a cold, fast-paced environment.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with kiwifruit.

Responsibilities

• Plan the daily packing schedule with the 3PL team and direct floor activity to ensure orders are packed on time and in the correct volumes.
• Represent Trucco at the facility and train 3PL staff on company packing standards and procedures, ensuring they are consistently followed.
• Inspect fruit upon arrival and throughout production for condition, sizing, defects, and temperature, and flag issues before they reach customers.
• Verify that each order meets customer specifications for packing style, count, weight, labels, and traceability codes.
• Coordinate with the Account Manager, Account Coordinators, Logistics, and QA on orders, ship times, quality holds, and claims.
• Enforce food safety and GMP practices.
• Report daily on production, yields, shrink, and quality, including photographs when needed.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Stability of a family-owned company with nearly 90 years in produce, backed by an international group

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed