We’re looking for motivated, engaged people to help make everyone’s journeys better.
Position Summary:
We’re looking for someone with passion to play a key leadership role in operations and assist in the management of the production unit. If you have strong leadership in a unionized environment, quality assurance and or production experience, this is an opportunity to take your career to the next level.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ability to take our customer’s experience to the next level.
- Ensures quality and food safety standards are always met or exceeded.
- Responsible for safety, quality and compliance to customer specifications and regulatory requirements and company policies and procedures.
- Champions employee safety without compromise.
- Manages daily manpower planning including assignment of responsibilities and workstations.
- Responsible for evaluating employee performance, coaching and corrective action for employees and liaises as required with HR and other support functions.
- Trains and monitors employees on proper work procedures to ensure maximum productivity with minimum labour and food costs.
- Always looks for ways to minimize labour and material cost.
- Works closely with all internal customers & suppliers to continuously improve the overall supply chain.
- Works with the leadership team toward a unified goal.
- Administrative tasks including creation of requisitions, production sheets, HACCP documentation, shift reports etc.
Education:
- Quality Assurance, operations management program would be an asset.
Work Experience:
- Minimum 2 years of leadership experience in a high volume, fast paced food production environment
- Production planning experience a plus
- Quality Assurance and or health and safety experience a plus
Job Skills:
- Strong and effective leadership skills with the ability to successfully manage a staff of 20+ employees
- Ability to train and mentor others
- Must have the ability to give constructive feedback to employees daily
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
- Able to balance multiple objectives in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
- Strong organizational & analytical skills
- Ability to create a production plan & execute that plan
- Must be innovative and have the ability to make changes to the operation as needed to further improve the work environment and unit performance
- Basic computer skills with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office products
- Knowledge of SAP a plus
Travel:
Successful candidate will be required to pass a criminal check and Transport Canada employment verification check for all employers within the last 5 years.
gategroup is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity.
If you want to be part of a team that helps make travel and culinary memories, join us!
