Food Process & Operations Coordinator
Food Production Supervisor— Part-Time (30 hrs/week)
Location: 1670 SE 3rd Ave. Portland, OR (on-site)
Pay: $33-35/hour DOE
Schedule: ~30 hours/week. Production “sprints” Wed/Thu; prep/admin on Tue.
About Savorease
We produce high-dissolving, texture-engineered solid supplements for medical nutrition (dysphagia care). We operate a small-batch, standards-driven production environment with active product development.
30-Day Objective
Establish a reliable, documented, and scalable production rhythm that operates independently of the founder: clear procedures, disciplined cadence, bilingual coverage, and predictable weekly output.
Responsibilities (hands-on)
- Write & run SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for batching, dehydration parameters, sanitation, traceability, and hold/release.
- Install a 10-minute daily huddle, a visible production board, and a weekly KPI (Key Performance Indicator) email covering throughput, First-Pass Yield, scrap, On-Time/In-Full, and units per batch.
- Recruit, staff, and train a 2–3 person bench of production techs (ensure bilingual coverage each sprint).
- Lead two production sprints each week (Wed/Thu); handle Tue staging/purchasing/inventory/QA logs. Be prepared to work the line (including piping) in short rotations while you train and document standard work.
- Draft a one-page depositor requirements list (accuracy, cleanability, changeover time, footprint/utilities) to guide vendor selection.
- Send a concise weekly KPI email and maintain visible metrics.
Qualifications
- 2–5+ years in food manufacturing (dehydration or baking/co-pack preferred).
- Demonstrated numeric improvements (e.g., scrap ↓, throughput ↑, COGS ↓) on a small-batch line.
- Proven experience writing SOPs, running daily huddles, and operating with a KPI board.
- Comfortable working the line while developing people and process.
Nice to have
- Experience with bench-top depositors or specifying equipment.
- Bilingual English/Spanish or experience leading bilingual crews.
What we offer
- Clear 30-day outcomes and authority to schedule on-call techs for sprint days.
- Paid half-day work sample.
- Defined path to full-time Lead Ops with performance bonus as sales grow.
How to apply
Email rbarewal@savorease.com with subject “Ops Lead (Part-Time) – [Your Name]” and include in your cover letter: Andrew – you might not need to put my email in Indeed.
- Two numeric wins you delivered on a small-batch food line (e.g., “Scrap ↓18%,” “Throughput ↑35%”).
- A 1-page SOP or batch record you personally wrote (sanitized is fine).
- Answer two (3–5 sentences each):
- A fast, practical fix you shipped in under two weeks—what you tried, what failed, what stuck, and the numeric result.
- A time production nearly derailed 30 minutes before a run—how you stabilized people and process.
- The three metrics you’d post on our production board next Wednesday and why.