Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description
Reporting to the Production Manager, the Production Supervisor will oversee a team of approximately 20 unionized employees. The Supervisor is responsible for meeting production schedules and implementing all necessary actions to achieve product quality, efficiency, and cost objectives in a safe working environment.
The role follows a 12-hour schedule (weekdays or weekends, not rotating). In close collaboration with departments such as Quality Control, Sanitation, Warehouse, Maintenance, R&D, and Human Resources, the Supervisor will manage various aspects of production operations.
Main Responsibilities
- Plan, coordinate, and supervise all activities during the shift.
- Ensure compliance with production schedules and deadlines.
- Monitor production line performance and reduce losses (weights, processes, waste).
- Apply and enforce standards: SQF, GMP, work instructions, documentation, sanitation, and health & safety.
- Collaborate with the Production Technician to optimize workforce utilization.
- Follow up on equipment status with the Maintenance department and report urgent issues.
- Identify and manage training needs in collaboration with the Training Coordinator.
- Manage absenteeism, discipline, and collective agreement compliance.
- Conduct accident investigations and complete related reports.
- Maintain a healthy and collaborative work environment through effective communication.
- Participate in continuous improvement projects and ensure proper shift handovers.
- Handle administrative duties for the team, including payroll.
Profile Sought
- Minimum 2 years of experience as a supervisor in the food industry.
- College (DEC) in food processing or a related field.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
- Good understanding of food industry sanitation and safety standards.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Leadership, autonomy, sound judgment, and initiative.
- Excellent communication skills in a multicultural environment.
- Bilingual (English/French).
- Flexibility regarding work schedule.
Why Join Nellson?
- 3 weeks of vacation, 6 personal days, and 12 statutory holidays.
- Annual salary increases.
- Career advancement opportunities.
- Comprehensive group insurance plan and retirement plan (RRSP) with employer contributions.
- Free parking.
- Newly renovated cafeteria with snack bar.
About Nellson
Nellson LLC is the leading full-service nutritional bar and powder provider in North America, with over 50 years of diversified expertise in nutrition platforms for bars and powders. We serve the wellness, sports nutrition, weight management, snack/breakfast, and functional market segments.
Nellson offers technical capabilities, quality assurance, flexible production, research and development, and sales and marketing support. Nellson is based in Anaheim, California with strategically located east and west coast production facilities.
At Nellson, we know that our expertise is best measured by the success of the brands we service. Many of the world's best known and most successful brands count on us and our commitment. We operate in partnership with you and offer unparalleled product knowledge, industry experience, and customer and brand awareness.
We are the leading full-service nutritional bar and powder provider in North America—but we also offer something more. We are committed to moving nutrition forward and making an impact within the nutrition industry. We consider it our privilege to make nutritious, safe products that enhance our customers' business and their consumers' lives.
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description
Reporting to the Production Manager, the Production Supervisor will oversee a team of approximately 20 unionized employees. The Supervisor is responsible for meeting production schedules and implementing all necessary actions to achieve product quality, efficiency, and cost objectives in a safe working environment.
The role follows a 12-hour schedule (weekdays or weekends, not rotating). In close collaboration with departments such as Quality Control, Sanitation, Warehouse, Maintenance, R&D, and Human Resources, the Supervisor will manage various aspects of production operations.
Main Responsibilities
- Plan, coordinate, and supervise all activities during the shift.
- Ensure compliance with production schedules and deadlines.
- Monitor production line performance and reduce losses (weights, processes, waste).
- Apply and enforce standards: SQF, GMP, work instructions, documentation, sanitation, and health & safety.
- Collaborate with the Production Technician to optimize workforce utilization.
- Follow up on equipment status with the Maintenance department and report urgent issues.
- Identify and manage training needs in collaboration with the Training Coordinator.
- Manage absenteeism, discipline, and collective agreement compliance.
- Conduct accident investigations and complete related reports.
- Maintain a healthy and collaborative work environment through effective communication.
- Participate in continuous improvement projects and ensure proper shift handovers.
- Handle administrative duties for the team, including payroll.
Profile Sought
- Minimum 2 years of experience as a supervisor in the food industry.
- College (DEC) in food processing or a related field.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
- Good understanding of food industry sanitation and safety standards.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Leadership, autonomy, sound judgment, and initiative.
- Excellent communication skills in a multicultural environment.
- Bilingual (English/French).
- Flexibility regarding work schedule.
Why Join Nellson?
- 3 weeks of vacation, 6 personal days, and 12 statutory holidays.
- Annual salary increases.
- Career advancement opportunities.
- Comprehensive group insurance plan and retirement plan (RRSP) with employer contributions.
- Free parking.
- Newly renovated cafeteria with snack bar.
About Nellson
Nellson LLC is the leading full-service nutritional bar and powder provider in North America, with over 50 years of diversified expertise in nutrition platforms for bars and powders. We serve the wellness, sports nutrition, weight management, snack/breakfast, and functional market segments.
Nellson offers technical capabilities, quality assurance, flexible production, research and development, and sales and marketing support. Nellson is based in Anaheim, California with strategically located east and west coast production facilities.
At Nellson, we know that our expertise is best measured by the success of the brands we service. Many of the world's best known and most successful brands count on us and our commitment. We operate in partnership with you and offer unparalleled product knowledge, industry experience, and customer and brand awareness.
We are the leading full-service nutritional bar and powder provider in North America—but we also offer something more. We are committed to moving nutrition forward and making an impact within the nutrition industry. We consider it our privilege to make nutritious, safe products that enhance our customers' business and their consumers' lives.