Location: Cambridge, Ontario
Salary Range: $70,000 - $85,000
Department: Manufacturing / Operations
Shift: Night Shift: Monday to Wednesday (6pm-7am)
Position Type: Permanent, Full-Time, Onsite, Replacement
Position Overview
The Production Supervisor is responsible for overseeing daily candy production operations, ensuring production schedules, quality, food safety, and efficiency targets are consistently achieved. This role provides hands‑on leadership to production teams, coordinating labor, materials, and equipment while fostering a safe, positive, and accountable work environment. The Production Supervisor will monitor production performance, address issues and downtime, and drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, waste reduction, and quality. Working closely with Quality, Maintenance, Materials, and Scheduling teams, this role will also support process improvements, new product trials, and equipment start‑ups.
Key Responsibilities
Production & Operations
- Oversee daily cookie production to meet scheduling, quality, and efficiency targets.
- Coordinate labor, materials, and equipment to support uninterrupted production flow.
- Monitor production performance, downtime, scrap, and yields, taking corrective action as required.
- Ensure accurate completion of production documentation and shift reports.
People Leadership
- Lead, coach, and motivate production team members to achieve performance, safety, and quality goals.
- Provide on-the-floor leadership, including onboarding, training, and cross-training of employees.
- Conduct performance feedback, attendance management, and progressive discipline in accordance with company policies.
- Foster a positive, respectful, and accountable team culture.
Safety, Quality & Food Safety
- Promote and enforce a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance with all Health & Safety requirements.
- Ensure adherence to GMP, HACCP, SQF/FSSC, and food safety standards specific to candy and confectionery production.
- Respond to and investigate safety incidents, quality deviations, and customer complaints, completing root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Ensure sanitation, allergen controls, and housekeeping standards are consistently met.
Continuous Improvement & Collaboration
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to efficiency, labor utilization, waste reduction, and quality.
- Work cross‑functionally with Quality, Maintenance, Materials, and Scheduling teams to resolve issues and support production goals.
- Support new product trials, process changes, and equipment start‑ups as required.
Qualifications
- Post-secondary education in Manufacturing, Food Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
- 3-5 years of supervisory experience in food manufacturing; cookie manufacturing or baking experience is a strong asset.
- Strong knowledge of GMPs, HACCP, food safety, and quality systems.
- Proven experience leading teams in a high-volume, fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Strong communication, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills.
- Comfortable working on the production floor and across rotating shifts as required.
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Production Supervisor (Cambridge Plant) employer: Dare Foods
Dare Foods is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and inclusive work culture, empowering employees to take ownership of their brands and drive impactful marketing strategies. With a strong focus on employee growth, Dare offers comprehensive health benefits, career development opportunities, and a commitment to work-life balance, making it an ideal place for passionate marketers to thrive in the vibrant Canadian CPG landscape.
