**Employee Type:** Full time **Location:** ON Richmond Hill **Job Type:** Production Operations **Job Posting Title:** Production Lead Hand (Night Shift) **About Us:** TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future. Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values— **Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together.** We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals. **What You Gain:** + Competitive compensation and benefits program! + Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs! Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities! + An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people + Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth. + Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to your team through our employee recognition programs. **Job Description:** **Key Responsibilities:** + Work with Production Supervisor to manage and prioritize staffing assignments to ensure customer demand and production schedule are met + Execute and coordinate employee training to ensure that production procedures are followed and meet all GMP and safety requirements + Arrange for and train temporary and permanent staff in performance of tasks for efficient line operations + Report all quality, production and equipment issues to Production Supervisor and maintenance on shift + Assist Production Supervisor to ensure efficient, high quality operation to meet production targets, including monitoring staffing, waste, productivity + Ensure efficient and effective line change-overs + Guarantee that adequate raw materials are onsite for production preventing unplanned downtime + Monitor product quality (including sampling/record-keeping) to ensure products meet required specifications – including immediately addressing issues with QC Technicians, Supervisor, Maintenance staff as required to minimize waste and downtime + Support the Supervisor and shift team in successfully meeting all operations objectives, including employee health, safety and training, product quality, production effectiveness, cost control and continuous improvement + Ensure company policy and departmental Standard Operating Procedures, forms and work aids are developed, implemented, enforced and reviewed + Provide direction to staff regarding assigned tasks and performance expectations through the use of clear job descriptions, coaching and team meetings + Conduct spot investigations/ audits and regular inspections to ensure all work is performed safely + And other duties as required + Such as filling in for team members as needed (absences, breaks, lunch) **Key Skills + Abilities:** + LANGUAGE SKILLS: Competency in English language (read, write, speak); excellent written, oral, and listening skills. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively with groups of employees. + COMPUTER SKILLS: Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, particularly Word, Excel, and Outlook. Proficiency in SAP or other warehouse management systems. Detailed SAP experience using all related transaction and analytics. + MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Can add, subtract, divide and have ability to calculate figures and amounts such as weights and cubic measurements. + REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret and prioritize a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form. + PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and talk or listen. The employee frequently is required to walk and use hands to handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. + WORK ENVIRONMENT: The noise level in the work environment varies from quiet to that of a normal warehouse operation with material handling equipment noise in background. Standard working shift in Richmond Hill is a 12 hour continental shift structure. **Qualifications:** + Previous experience in a manufacturing environment – preferably in the food industry + Leadership experience within a manufacturing environment preferred + Demonstrated drive to continuously improve operations + Ability to accomplish established goals through the efforts of others by motivating, fostering teamwork, resolving conflict, coaching, safety management, production planning and manufacturing control planning + Ability to support team members in meeting performance expectations and escalating performance infractions to the shift Supervisor immediately **Your TreeHouse Foods Career is Just a Click Away!** Click on the “Apply” button or go directly to www.treehousefoods.com/careers to let us know you’re ready to join our team! _At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time”._ _TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact_ _disability-accommodations@treehousefoods.com_ TreeHouse Use Only: #IND1 TreeHouse Foods is a private label food and beverage leader focused on customer brands and custom products. When customers partner with TreeHouse they can expect access to an industry-leading portfolio, strategic vision, on-trend innovation and insights, world-class supply chain, operational excellence and flexibility, collaborative approaches, and dedicated customer service. Our strategy is to be the leading supplier of private label food and beverage products by providing the best balance of quality and cost to our customers. We engage with retail grocery, food away from home, and industrial and export customers, including most of the leading grocery retailers and foodservice operators in the United States and Canada. Our portfolio includes a variety of shelf-stable, refrigerated, and snack products. Customers can expect comprehensive flavor profiles including natural, organic, and preservative-free ingredients in many categories and packaging formats.TreeHouse Foods is best known for food and beverages produced by our two largest businesses Bay Valley Foods, LLC (including E.D. Smith and Sturm Foods) and TreeHouse Private Brands. With more than 10,000 employees in over 35 plants across the United States, Canada, and Italy, TreeHouse Foods is based in Oak Brook, Illinois. **Disability Assistance and EEO Considerations:** At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact disability-accommodations@treehousefoods.com **To all recruitment agencies:** TreeHouse Foods does not accept unsolicited agency resumes/CVs. Please do not forward resumes/CVs to our careers email addresses, Treehouse Foods employees, or any company location(s). TreeHouse Foods is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/CVs.