Coordinator, Production

At Fresh Start Foods you'll find qualified professionals that stand out with their experience and understand that customers are at the centre of everything we do.

We are seeking individuals: 

• Who are customer centric
• Who are able to deliver on their commitments
• Who value individual excellence and collective performance
• Who care and give back - sustainable agriculture, the environment, corporate citizenship
• Who go above and beyond to provide options for our customers
• Who understand the foodservice/hospitality/retail business and bring extensive knowledge and experience 

Coordinator, Production

Position: Full-Time, Permanent

Schedule: Sunday - Thursday

Shift: 6:30am-finish
Salary: $21/hour (paid on weekly basis)

As a Production Coordinator , you will be essential to our daily business operations, bridging the gap between departments to ensure smooth communication and a consistent workflow. You will play a pivotal role in maintaining production efficiency, troubleshooting operational challenges, and serving as a final quality check to ensure our customers receive exactly what they requested.

• Production Oversight: Conduct work-in-progress (WIP) counts and manage excess product processing to ensure adequate inventory for daily shipments.

• Performance Troubleshooting: Maximize daily output by ensuring equipment, cuts, and weights are properly calibrated to meet yield targets.

• Cross-Department Coordination: Extract orders and liaise between various departments, including Pricing, QA, Product Development, Purchasing, and Sales, to align on material updates and product changes.

• Quality Control & Development: Perform final inspections on sample products to ensure they meet specific customer specifications before delivery.

• Inventory Management: Perform raw material checks to verify that production receives the correct volume of materials from vendors.

• Administrative Support: Assist with tracking sample orders and completing documentation related to labor costs and new listing forms (NLF).

• Team Leadership: Instruct and check the work of others to maintain high-quality results.

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent.

• Experience: 0–2 years of full-time related work experience.

• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Google Applications (Gmail, Sheets, Docs) and Microsoft Office Products (Excel, Word).

• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to deliver presentations and represent the department at minor functions.

• Problem-Solving: Ability to troubleshoot production issues, manage product substitutions, and reduce processing costs while maintaining high yields.

• Physical Ability: Must be able to perform medium-to-heavy work, including lifting up to 50–100 lbs occasionally.

• Work Environment: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment while working near mechanical moving parts.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for the next stage will be contacted.  Fresh Start Foods is an equal opportunity employer who strives to provide an inclusive work environment that involves everyone and embraces the diverse talent of its people.  All qualified applicants and employees will receive consideration for employment, or in terms or conditions of employment, without regard to any enumerated or analogous grounds of discrimination, including race, religious beliefs, colour, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, age, ancestry, place of origin, marital status, source of income, family status, sexual orientation or status as a qualified individual with disability.

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