Production Assistant

 

Job Title:	Production Assistant (Internal Only)
Department:	Manufacturing, BC	Terms of Employment:	Full-Time, Hourly
Reports to:	Room Manager	Rate:	Starting at $18.47/hour
Location:	Vancouver, BC	Apply by:	Monday, January 27, 2025 12PM PST

Eligibility for Production Assistant roles:

• You have worked at Lush Manu/Distro in a core position for at least 6 years 
• You are an impacted Vancouver employee (given working notice in September 2024)
• You currently hold a PA or Team Lead role and have 6+ months of experience in Fresh or Ballistics (within the last 3 years)

 

Availability: Full-time with an ability to work mornings, afternoons, and occasional overtime, holidays and weekends. 

Lush Cosmetics has more than 250 retail stores between Canada and the USA alone, with these locations' Manufacturing and Distribution Centers located in both Vancouver and Toronto. 

Lush is known worldwide for our unique bath and beauty products, amazing skin and hair care, personalized customer service, and environmental activism and a fun & funky store atmosphere. We are dedicated to the practices of fair-trade sourcing, providing fair wages for our staff, and supporting sustainable communities as well as giving back to organizations that can make a difference through our Charity Pot Program. 

As a Production Assistant, you bring LUSH’s Leadership Practices into all elements of your business: Be Real, Be Curious, Lead Fearlessly, Adapt and Evolve, Grow Talent, and Live with Purpose. 

As a growing business, Lush needs people that can adapt and evolve to the needs of our business, analyze and respond to your learner’s needs. Our Lush staff live with purpose, finding their personal value connection with the values of our business, bringing their work and life paths into one holistic journey. #mylushlife 

Reporting to the Room Manager the Production Assistant undertakes the following RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Practice safe work and identify any unsafe situations that may arise to the appropriate individuals
• Meet and achieve your daily goals consistently 
• Fluid and flexible to continuous improvement changes within the room/department 
• Follow packing and shipping instructions according to department guidelines 
• Keep up with department demands with fluidity and flexibility and ability to move to other rooms as required 
• Supporting peers with daily duties and responsibilities while ensuring safety and SOP guidelines are being followed 
• Adhere to company and departmental policies and best practices for quality, cleanliness and health and safety
• Carry out general housekeeping and equipment cleaning duties as required 
• Encourage and maintain a positive, respectful, and engaging workplace 
• Respect and promote inclusion and diversity in the workplace 
• Represent the ethics and culture of the Lush brand and follow all policies and procedures
• Steel-toed boots must be worn at all times on our production/distribution floors 
• Support the implementation of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) policies as needed and prepare and monitor all required documentation 
• Proactively shifts expertise to support all roles within the site, including covering absenteeism and production increase requirements as needed 
• Assist in producing high quality Lush products 
• Perform dexterous tasks including but not limited to: Filling, pouring, and pressing product accurately (either manually or with use of department-specific machinery) 
• Pack product and correctly label packages 
• Keep up with production demands and productivity targets 
• Perform physically labourious tasks including but not limited to; loading/pulling skids, pushing racks, carrying bins of product 
• Consistently meeting the hourly PPH (Pieces Per Hour) requirements specific to your department

 

Who you are (Qualifications):

Required:

• Available to work Full-Time AM, MID, or PM Shift 
• Flexibility to work within the Warehouse and Manufacturing businesses as required
• Confident with basic mathematics, ability to count, including addition and subtraction
• Able to do physical work for 8-hour shifts, on your feet and lift 50 pounds 
• Capable of physical activities such as standing/walking for long durations, bending down, pulling and pushing
• Excellent problem solving, communication and organizational skills 
• Able to plan, prioritize, and organize multiple tasks 
• Open and adaptable to daily feedback on performance 
• Reliable, consistent attendance, punctual and dependable 
• Competency in English: reading, writing, and speaking

Preferred: 

• Mechanical, equipment, and process knowledge 
• Manufacturing or Distribution experience in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, supply chain, or food industries
• Accustomed to working in a seasonal, high-pressure environment 
• Experience with warehouse equipment (picking carts, handheld scanners, pump-trucks)

How to Apply: Submit application form for review on Internal Job Board

Apply by: Monday, January 27, 2025 at 12:00pm PST 

Questions? Email us at: vancouverjobs@lush.com

 

Only select applicants will be considered for this opportunity based on our selection criteria.

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