Job Description

is the single-source solution for greenhouse-grown vegetables and is the #1 best-selling brand in snacking tomatoes. The largest vertically integrated agriculture company in North America, NatureSweet guarantees great-tasting produce year-round, both organic and conventional. Our vegetables are carefully grown, harvested, and packaged by more than 6,000 directly employed company Associates. NatureSweet tomatoes, cucumbers, and sweet peppers are handpicked at the peak of freshness and sold at major supermarket retailers throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada. NatureSweet is dedicated to having a positive social, environmental, and economic impact within our communities, and our commitment is to transform the lives of agricultural workers throughout North America. This work, as well as our efforts regarding sustainability, have led us to earn B Corp, Fair Trade, and EFI certifications.

Job Title: Packaging Manager

Location: Willcox, Arizona

Requirements:

• Min. 2 years in manufacturing processes or transformation of material.
• Min. 2 years of experience in leadership positions
• Bilingual, Spanish and English

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Chemical or related Engineering.

Main responsibilities:

Support the packaging operation in activities related to personnel management, budget management, production control, new projects and engineering changes. Ensure current standards of efficiency, productivity, quality and safety.

Accountabilities:

• Organize, direct, and control packaging operations for compliance with business indicators.
• Ensure the Safety and Quality of the Packaging process, Maintaining a Safety and Quality Management system through the SQF level 3 scheme to meet the needs of our internal and external customers.
• Proposes solutions to problems related to the packaging operation (lack of product, surpluses, product not quality), implements improvement projects to reduce costs, wages, reduce risks and increase efficiency.
• Pack all the fruit in less than 24 hours, respecting safety, quality and safety protocols.
• Develop staff and leaders to facilitate decision-making that generates autonomous work cells.
• Ensure compliance with occupational safety and health (OSH) roles and functions
• Ensure the correct functionality of the packaging equipment by complying with a correct execution of the preventive maintenance program.
• Ensure the Safety and Quality of the Packaging process, Maintaining a Safety and Quality Management system through the SQF level 3 scheme to meet the needs of our internal and external customers

NatureSweets purpose as a company is to transform the lives of agricultural workers in North America. As such, we have very robust processes and policies around our employment efforts. NatureSweet will never request payments through any means in connection with the application for employment.

NatureSweet is committed to fostering a diverse workforce by creating a collaborative, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone, regardless of what we look like, or where we come from, feels valued, respected, and empowered to reach their full potential.

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