Operations Supervisor 6 Month Contract

Company Overview

Jamieson Wellness Inc. is Canada's leading health & wellness company and, on a mission, to become the world's most successful and trusted health & wellness player. Established in 1922, Jamieson is our 100 years old heritage brand, which is recognized as Canada's #1 consumer health brand. In addition, we also market and manufacture a series of leading specialty supplements brands under the YouTheory, Progressive, Smart Solutions, and Iron Vegan brands.

On top of our outstanding brand portfolio, Jamieson Wellness Inc. has been recognized as one of the top ten most reputable companies in Canada and is well regarded for our industry leading commitment to quality - exemplified through award-winning innovations and meeting of rigorous manufacturing certification standards. And, Jamieson is no longer just a Canadian success story, as our brands are established and growing rapidly in more than 50 countries around the world. For more information, please visit jamiesonwellness.com.

Overall Responsibilities

To provide leadership and direction through proper training and communication to operations personnel, to meet schedule timelines. To supervise the manufacturing and packaging of product in a safe and cost effective manner in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures and Good Manufacturing Practices.

Specific Key Responsibilities & Duties

• Maintain safe and efficient operations.
• Direct supervision of unionized hourly staff, across rotating shifts
• Promote and lead a safe environment
• Participate in and lead daily meetings (with hourly and salary teams)
• Assign employees to specific duties on a day-to-day basis
• Assist in planning of daily and weekly production schedules and staffing requirements
• Troubleshoot production issues to minimize impact
• Provide initial and ongoing training to employees in areas of safety, equipment and handling, SOPs, GMP requirements and company policies and practices
• Inspect all machinery for cleanliness, safety requirements and proper setup prior to production and work within the work order system if repairs are required
• Monitor and maintain housekeeping and sanitation standards
• Interact with peers from other departments to achieve a common goal
• Work with Continuous Improvement on opportunities for improvement
• Draft and issue coaching/counselling and disciplines
• Maintain and create accurate Standard Operating Procedures and One Point Lessons
• Ensure Good Manufacturing Practices and compliance standards are consistently met.
• Control material inventories ensuring accuracy and prompt disposition of rejected supplies.
• Control and maintain appropriate shipping documentation.

Working in compliance with the company's Health & Safety Policies/SOP's including but not limited to the Safety Responsibilities Procedure.

• Will comply with Good Manufacturing Practices in all GMP sensitive areas of Jamieson Laboratories Ltd. facilities.
• Daily review of hourly payroll, attendance policies and time off requests.
• Special projects as assigned.
• Review weekly consumables and reorder as necessary

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Requirements

• Post-secondary education in related discipline complimented by professional development in operations management and supervisory skills training.
• 2-4 years' experience in supervisory or leadership position.
• Demonstrated experience with an MRP system and Microsoft Office applications.
• Detailed knowledge of employee safety requirements in a production environment
• Experience in SOP writing and GMP compliance in an production environment.
• Ability to work and direct others in an organized and safe environment
• Strength in inter-personal, teamwork and communication skills
• Familiar and comfortable with computer applications
• Innovative, adaptable, and motivated towards continuous improvement.
• Excellent reactive problem-solving skills.
• Valid driver's license
• Supervisory experience in a unionized environment.
• Ability to work all shifts as required including weekend work.

Our Values

ACCOUNTABILITY

• We take personal ownership and pride in everything we do
• We demonstrate a bias for action
• We challenge the status quo constantly seeking to improve
• We eliminate barriers and bias to empower others to achieve our goals
• We are accountable to build and promote environments free of bias in regard to race, gender,

sexual orientation, and all other types of discrimination

TEAMWORK

• We constructively challenge ourselves and others to achieve desired outcomes
• We demonstrate mutual respect, inspire trust and promote equality with colleagues and

partners alike

• We collaborate toward common vision and objectives across all persons, levels, functions and

locations as one company

• We recognize, celebrate and value each other's differences, styles and contributions as one of

our greatest strength

• We lead with a passion for winning together

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

• We are empowered to pursue opportunities that will have great impact
• Our curiosity drives us to find better ways to accoumplish our goals
• We are agile, embrace change and persevere through adversity
• We demonstrate initiative and take calculated risks together

INTEGRITY

•  We do what is right even when it's not easy
•  We demonstrate humility in everything we do
•  We courageously stand up and support our diverse heritages, traditions, experiences, beliefs
• and styles
•  We allow ourselves to be vulnerable, admit mistakes, learn from them and move forward

TRANSPARENCY

• We respectfully communicate honestly and directly in a timely manner
• We proactively seek diversity of ideas and provide real feedback in the interest of improvement and development
• We constructively share and respect each other's opinions and ideas to enable sound decision-making at all levels
• We encourage differing point of views and productive debate to develop the best solutions

EXTERNAL FOCUS

• We focus our efforts with the community, consumer and customer in mind
• We continually seek opportunities through insights that affect our business, customers, consumers, government, environment, technology, competition and suppliers
• We foster positive collaboration with external partners that promote diverse and inclusive environments