Production Supervisor

What makes this a great opportunity?

Alberta Distillers Limited, Located in Calgary, Alberta, is an award-winning distillery and member of the Suntory Global Spirits family.  We believe in bringing people together, we’ve been doing it since 1946, through the brands we build, and the experiences we create. Our distillery and products are winning awards and we are proud to call Calgary, Alberta home. We’re a team that’s moving forward, building on our rich past and growing new opportunities for the future. When you unleash your spirit with us, you’ll inspire a world of connections. 

With two centuries of family heritage, Suntory Global Spirits is a world leader in premium spirits. As a truly global business, we bring together the best of our culturally diverse heritage. We value both agility and long-term thinking, we share a collective commitment to excellence and a dedication to craftsmanship, and across borders and roles, we collaborate to delight our consumers responsibly, and contribute to a more sustainable society for all of our stakeholders. 
  
Our Vision is Growing for Good and our mission is to be the world’s most admired, fastest-growing premium spirit company. We’re a business that runs on responsibility, integrity, ambition and drive, and we celebrate exceptional performance. We welcome our people to dream big and tenaciously pursue ambitious goals – we call it our Yatte Minahare Spirit. 
  
But perhaps most importantly – we value difference, and we appreciate what each of us can contribute. We inspire each other, and challenge ourselves to innovate, improve, advance new ideas and try new things. We create endless opportunities to Unleash Your Spirit every day in a culture that is charged, creative, challenging and fun. 

Role Responsibilities

•    First point of contact for quality, maintenance, housekeeping, safety, 5S and service issues arising on shift.
•    Manage and enforce safety policies and procedures to minimize incidence of injury and reduce number of recordable injuries.
•    Training and onboarding new employees in their roles.
•    Constant personnel safety awareness and take corrective action to prevent safety issues.
•    Responsible for meeting or exceeding production targets while maintaining safety and quality standards.
•    Assign and direct tasks on a shift basis. Also be on-call after hours to troubleshoot any production issues.
•    Ensure housekeeping standards are met within assigned areas.
•    Responsible for updating and managing production employee shift schedules.
•    Planning and scheduling Production
•    Maintain inventory/ordering of production materials and ingredients.
•    Minimize downtime by providing necessary technical support and process troubleshooting.
•    Assist in maintenance planning for shutdown periods and provide operation support during shutdown.
•    Manage SAP production movements and monthly and year end documentation
•    Review and revise standard work instructions, confined space entry and LOTO documents
•    Provide information for process improvements.
•    Lead Daily Huddle - Tier 3 meetings- Review KPIs and plant performance.
•    Analyze Trends on the SCADA system for troubleshooting and process optimization.

Qualifications

•    Post-secondary education (Mechanical / Electrical Engineering Degree or Diploma would be considered an asset)
•    Minimum 5 years-experience with progressive responsibility in processing or manufacturing facility (preferably in food, beverage)
•    Solid understanding of manufacturing processes.
•    Ability to Identify and create requests for repairs (strong ability to troubleshoot, both electrical and mechanical).  
•    Innovative, detail oriented, and bring excellent interpersonal, influencing, and communication and leadership skills.
•    Team player who thrives on a challenge and can interact positively with employees at all levels within the organization.
•    Demonstrated ability to delegate and a desire to coach and develop people.
•    Experience supervising employees and performance management.
•    Good oral and written communication.
•    Competent computer skill, numeracy, and accuracy.
•    Strong problem solving and decision-making abilities.
•    Experience and ability to lead and manage in change.
•    Ability to operate with minimal supervision in ambiguity.
•    Union environment experience (preferably in a supervisory role)
•    Demonstrated ability to use problem solving/root cause analysis tools.