Seasonal Production/Distribution Trainer

Job Title:

Production Assistant/Distribution Associate - Trainer level (Seasonal Contract) (Internal Only)

Department:

Unspecified, Manufacturing/Distribution

Terms of employment:

Contract, Hourly

Reports to:

Room/Warehouse Manager

Rate:

$23.40/hour CAD

Location:

Etobicoke, ON

Submit Applications by:

11:59pm EST on Sunday, July 20, 2025

The Role: Production Assistant/Distribution Associate - Trainer (Seasonal)

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

The Production/Distribution Trainer plays an essential role in growing talent in our business through collaboration and sharing best practices within their department. You know how to be curious about opportunities and how to be real with feedback and support. 

You help to quickly and efficiently promote the importance of quality for new hires in your room, all while making them feel welcome and supported. Through your hands-on approach to training you support new hires to achieve their goals and targets and contribute to the success of the room. Thanks to your support, new products are launched successfully and with the highest quality.

As a growing business, Lush needs people that can adapt and evolve to the needs of our business, and analyze and respond to your learner’s needs. Lush staff live with purpose, find a connection to the values of our business, and bring their passion for leaving the world Lusher than we found it to work every day. #mylushlife

Reporting to the Department Manager, the Trainer undertakes the following RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Formally welcome and orient new hires to your room, ensuring their comfort and familiarity with the space, the team, the brand, Health & Safety practices and the product lines.
• Execute hands-on training with all new hires ensuring their confidence, competence and comfort with production. Follow in-room training and onboarding plans to ensure consistency, equity and success for new hires.
• Introduce employees to quality standards and production expectations while creating a fail-safe environment for practice and learning during their onboarding period. Lead by example by demonstrating quality, cleanliness, and safety standards at all times.
• Motivate and engage new employees, encouraging and promoting their success through check ins, in-the-moment support, hands-on collaboration, and sharing of best practices. Create an engaging work culture with a kind, welcoming and supportive attitude and by setting clear expectations.
• Train-on and support proper production methods  year-round, as needed for all product lines in the room
• Spot-check product weights, quality, and monitor to ensure correct tools, SOPs, molds, and processes are being utilized. Ensure all quality measures are explained, followed, and prioritized. Coach and provide feedback on opportunities in the moment. 
• Lead hands-on training for new product launches for Production Assistants, as needed, with attention to quality, process, and detail and follow up accordingly
• Collaborate frequently with room leadership to support new hires and trainees, ensuring that everyone has the tools and resources needed to succeed. Also ensure that any performance concerns are elevated early so as to support learners appropriately
• Perform Production Assistant duties in room as needed, including but not limited to:
  
  • 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 laborious tasks including but not limited to; loading/pulling skids, pushing racks, carrying bins of product

Who you are (qualifications):

Required:

• Current Lush employee
• Excels in Production Assistant/Distribution Associate duties
• Consistently produces excellent quality products and meets or exceeds targets
• Optimistic, patient, and reassuring when working with others
• Exhibits outstanding communication skills (verbal /written) and demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with leaders, peers, and support teams
• Excellent coaching and feedback skills 
• Comfortable providing and receiving feedback
• Ability to multitask, meet deadlines and manage priorities 
• Demonstrates curiosity with excellent listening and problem-solving skills 
• An accomplished trainer with a track record for supporting others to achieve success
• Demonstrated commitment to health and safety standards
• Demonstrated commitment to good manufacturing practices
• Able to do physical work for 8-hour shifts, on your feet, and lift 50 pounds
• Capable of physical activities such as standing for long durations, bending, pulling and pushing
• Confident with basic mathematics, ability to count, including addition and subtraction
• Reliable, consistent attendance, punctual and dependable
• Comfortable with reading, writing, and speaking English in order to communicate with colleagues on all platforms (ie in person, via email, via Google Chat)

Preferred:

• Experience as a Team Leader (seasonally or core) 
• Experience as a Production Trainer (seasonally or core)
• Formal training or coaching experience
• Formal leadership experience
• Accustomed to meeting goals and deadlines in a seasonal and fast-paced environment
• Ability to navigate email and Google apps (ie Sheets, Docs, Chat, and Meet)
• Ability to work occasional overtime, weekends, holiday based on the needs of the business
• Ability to adapt production and quality expertise to other production rooms/departments

How to Apply: Submit application found on the Colleague Center Internal Job Board

Questions? Email [email protected]

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

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees with this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

At Lush, we believe when we continue to foster a culture of inclusion and respect within a diverse workforce, we are doing our part in building a world where there is equal opportunity for all. We recruit from a variety of employment agencies, community groups, non-profits, and online social and job sites, and in our business practices, strive to leverage the gift that diversity brings. We welcome diverse candidates to our recruitment process.  Lush is committed to providing accessible employment practices. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants are asked to please make their needs/requirements known.

Lush North America unequivocally supports equal opportunity employment for all applicants regardless of religion, race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ancestry, differently abled, adverse mental health, and other characteristics both defined, protected and enforced by the law under federal or provincial/state jurisdiction.

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Our commitment to reconciliation and decolonization is guided by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action #92. We recognize that our facilities, along with our settler and newcomer staff are guests on this land and as we act to repair past harm, we do it together in allyship with Indigenous People everywhere, including staff, customers and with leadership from organizations and communities we work with.