Nurture Life is a subscription service that prepares wholesome, nutritious, ready-to-eat meals for babies, toddlers and kids and delivers them weekly, straight to customers’ doors. Our team of chefs and pediatric dietitian collaborate on every menu to ensure meals meet the changing nutritional needs of growing kids while introducing them to new flavors and textures. Our commitment to sourcing and producing the highest quality products and delivering a phenomenal customer experience means peace of mind for our families. Our passion is to impact the healthy development of children and revolutionize mealtime for families.
We are looking for a talented and driven Production Supervisor who loves to work on a team and is passionate about being a part of a company creating the very best meals for kids. Nurture Life is a rapidly growing startup in the foodtech industry led by a team with decades of experience in the technology and food and beverage industries. We are committed to transparency and collaboration in everything we do.
We value…
- Providing customers a phenomenal experience every time
- Sourcing and producing the highest quality products
- Investing in our people, our greatest asset
POSITION SUMMARY
Production Supervisor is responsible to oversee tha all products are prepared timely and efficiently for the day. They supervise the teams and ensure pack off FSQA standards and GMPs are being followed and that all food product that is prepared is of the best quality. The supervisor shall ensure that all GMP’s and SOP’s are being followed at all times in this area of the facility.
POSITION DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Directing, with a hands-on approach, the food preparation for all meals for our customers while managing your team ensuring food safety, consistency, efficiency and quality are all met on a daily basis
- Mentoring and coaching leads as well as line personnel to develop future leaders within the team
- Always taking a hands-on approach and helping to problem solve on the spot ensuring that food safety, quality and consistency are paramount
- Developing production schedules along with other leaders based on menu complexity and total meal needs during production cycles
- Reviewing and/or writing weekly schedules for both production leads and associates, adhering to budgets and forecasted production volumes
- Ensuring that all products are handled properly, packaged according to SOPs and adhere to all HACCP plans and GMPs
- Working alongside production managers and our QA/Safety manager to develop all encompassing GMPs and SSOPs
- Working closely with our Research and Development team to review future menu items and discuss roll out efforts, standards, cooking and packaging guidelines and ways to ensure consistency are met
- Resolving employee conflicts in a timely, fair, and well balanced manner
- Continual development of employee training programs
- Working with the procurement team to ensure all food packaging supplies are procured and available as needed for production cycles
- Conducting daily meetings with your team to lay out daily expectations and goals
- Conducting weekly management meetings to review past production cycles and discuss areas of improvement, opportunity and growth
- Using a multiple step inventory system to confirm that all production numbers have been met per the production schedule
- Logging any and all waste to better understand recipe scaling as well as efficiencies with the packaging process
- Constant communication both verbally and via email to better understand areas for improvement, new SOP changes or general questions with the process
- Continually monitoring food and packaging areas for sanitation along with the QA/Safety Manager
- Strive to accomplish goals of the manufacturing plan based on SQF requirements, consistent with established manufacturing, quality and safety procedures.
KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS
- HACCP temperature logging experience
- Experience with USDA, FDA, SQF, GFSI, OSHA & GMP
- Experience with hand crafted food products packaged both manually and with automation
- 1+ years of related experience in a similar position leading or supervising a team
- Leadership experience in a supervisory or management role
- Prior knowledge or experience managing food preparation and cooking as well as food packaging within a food processing facility
- The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment handling multiple tasks
- The ability to be self-motivated and work well without close supervision
- Excellent coaching, training, communication and planning skills
- Flexible availability, including weekends and holidays
- An entrepreneurial spirit and share your ideas no matter how crazy you may think they’ll sound
- Strong command of Microsoft Word and Excel and/or Google Sheets and Docs
WORK ENVIRONMENT
- The work environment is a typical food manufacturing environment with multiple processes happening at the same time with various teams throughout the facility.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- Hold the ability to stand for long periods of time, push or pull 50 pounds & carry 25 pounds
- Hold the ability to work in both refrigerated and freezer environments
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $70,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Holidays
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person