Picking Team Leader

At Flavorite, we grow, pack, market, distribute and supply fresh produce to all major supermarkets and independent greengrocers throughout Australia and the Asian export market. Our glasshouse production enables us to control all aspects of the growing environment. With access to state of the art technology, extensive growing experience and a global growing network at our fingertips, we are constantly pushing into new and ground breaking initiatives.

We value teamwork, honesty, responsibility and accountability in all we do. Our employees are the lifeblood of our business. By supporting, training, and developing our employees we strive to promote career development and greater work-life balance for our people.

Flavorite is undergoing a high level of growth & to continue our focus on excellence in all facets of operations, we are looking for a dynamic individual to join our leadership team bsaed at our Mansfield location, which currently employs up to 60 employees.

About the role:

The Picking Team Leader is responsible for assisting the Picking Supervisor with the management and implementation of the picking strategies in order to achieve budgeted production levels.

There is more to fruit picking than you would think!  Although this can be a physical role, the people, culture, safety focus, continuous innovation, and on the job learning makes this a career to be excited about!

The role will complement a friendly, motivated applicant who love's to jump in and collaborate with others, leads by example and enjoy's being hands on!

In this role you will be required to:  

• Undertake a variety of picking tasks to ensure target times are achieved
• Provide support to Picking Supervisor and staff by partipating in the training and onboarding of new team members
• Drive the picking trolley
• Participate in end of crop clean up duties
• Perform higher duties in absence of Supervisor

The successful candidate will have:

• Great communication skills
• Patience and diversity awareness
• Planning & organisational skills
• Strong ability to follow procedures & instructions, and relay them on to the team
• Strong safety awareness
• Ability to differentiate between red, orange, yellow and green

• We are Australia's largest glasshouse producer of fresh fruit and vegetables
• We provide opportunities to develop Leadership skills within our in-house Leadership Training programme
• Comprehensive Orientation and Training programmes for all staff new to the business or new to a job role
• Sustainability is a core pillar for Flavorite and we have a number of exciting projects underway in this space
• We prioritise innovation and process improvement, implementing the latest technologies to increase efficiencies and production
• We hold Staff Celebrations throughout the year where key milestones and top performance is recognised through our Annual Awards

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