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WE ARE

Luvo Inc. is a team of innovative experts and passionate advocates from across the country. From pioneering chefs to leading doctors and healthy lifestyle aficionados (with a couple foodies sprinkled into the mix) we are on a quest to disrupt the food industry. By creating a wholesome approach to on-the-go food solutions and boldly standing in our commitment to flavorful, nutritious, quality driven products, we were named one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2014 by Fast Company. It’s a testament to Luvo being en route to transforming the world.

Throughout our grocery, food service and online offerings we are creating access to a new understanding of quality nourishment and nutrition. Across all of our products and channels, we give top consideration to eco-friendly practices that promote sustainability and ethical sourcing and products that are environmentally sound and health sustaining. And, we do all this while maintaining a genuine concern for community driven charitable partnerships.

THE ROLE

The Production Supervisor will be a key contributor in making our business as well as our customers successful by living and inspiring safety behaviors in others, driving exceptional performance within our production team, delivering outstanding product quality results and meeting and exceeding cost savings goals.

BY DAY, THE PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR WILL:

• Directly supervise employees in the Batch Room, Kitchen(s) and Assembly departments.
• Maintain a high standard of quality for the products produced and adhere to company/customer specifications.
• Establish effective employee relations, initiate or suggest plans to motivate workers to achieve established departmental goals.
• Comply with product scheduling needs.
• Control hourly employee hours worked, including but not limited to overtime.
• Drive GMP’s (Good Manufacturing Practices) and Safety guidelines. Follow training and/or corrective action process in non-compliant cases.
• Maintain an effectively-trained work force.
• Track employees’ planned and unplanned absences, tardiness, and overtime. Proactively and appropriately follows up with employees needing improvement.
• Optimize the number of full time employees to reduce temporary and regular labor costs.
• Evaluate employee performance through ongoing feedback (positive and negative) and annual performance reviews.
• Review and submit payroll at the end of each period.
• Provide guidance and direction to Leads.
• Coordinates with People Operations if there is a need for temporary employees.
• Coach Leads and employees to stop production / packaging lines when quality issues arise.
• Determine employees’ readiness to learn new skills and take on greater responsibility.
• Provide ongoing and frequent feedback to individual employees to inspire and improve performance.
• Approve requests for time off.
• Review the production schedule / demand regularly to determine needs for schedule change.
• Monitor product quality and ensures that no substandard product is produced and/or packaged.
• Initiate and lead efforts to continuously improve; maximize yield and minimize waste.
• Audit practices on the floor for adherence to written procedures, communicate successful audits positively with team members, and employ sense of urgency to correct any noted deviations.
• Monitor equipment downtime and works with Maintenance to resolve equipment related problems.
• Quickly responds to interruptions on the production line and/or process. Focuses immediate attention to getting the line running as soon as possible.
• Complete all production / packaging reports including, but not limited to, material usage, waste, downtime, attendance, etc.
• Monitor and manage supplies (ink, gaskets, lubricants, etc.) – non-inventoried items
• Proactively seek opportunities to reduce labor, increase productivity, and solve problems with team members.
• Document procedures for standardization and training purposes. Update SOPs.
• Work with other department to solve problems related to GMPs, Quality, Sanitation, Safety, and production
• Maintain weekly and monthly reports
• Track OT and actively manages labor costs for the team or department
• Complete daily reports (e.g. production, case goal)
• Collect and review batch sheets and disposal forms on a daily basis for completeness and accuracy. Assure all info is reported on time.
• Analyze waste, downtime, and yields and identifies opportunities for improvement.
• Meet regularly with team members to communicate department performance against objectives and standards.

AND YOU…

• Will be the owner of an Associate’s Degree from an accredited college or university; or four years of food and/or manufacturing related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Will have the ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Will have the ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the company.
• Familiar with Windows Office (Word, Excel, Power point).
• Will be required to write down procedures and work with spreadsheets
• Ability to create charts to summarize and present results
• Ability to read, write and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write thorough shift reports.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees.
• Being bi-lingual (English/Spanish) is preferred but not required.
• Able to meet deadlines and complete projects on time (e.g. performance evaluations)
• Effectively plans and executes projects
• Manages multiple demands and priorities
• Willing to become expert on work processes

WHAT WE WILL BRING TO THE TABLE:

This is a regular full time position with a team that is committed to truly changing our world for the better. You’ll grow professionally, will have competitive compensation and opportunities to share in our success. We’re on a journey to change the way the world accesses a healthy and health-full lifestyle and are excited to build a team equally excited to be those change agents.

Thank you in advance to all interested applicants. We are experiencing a large volume of responses and as such will only reply to candidates selected for an interview. To that end, please refrain from contacting our 1-800 number to inquire about application status. The toll-free number is to be reserved for customer service related inquiries only.