Job Type: Permanent, Full-time
Work Location: Onsite (Milton, ON) with flexibility to work remote up to 1 day/week.
Salary Range: $78,000 - $83,000
What You'll Be Doing:Launch Timeline & Execution Management- Lead and manage cross-functional launch timelines from concept to commercialization, ensuring alignment across PD, QA, Operations, Supply Chain, and Sales.
- Define critical paths, milestones, and dependencies, while maintaining optimized project schedules that provide clear visibility into progress and risks.
- Drive on-time execution by proactively managing risks, resolving bottlenecks, and coordinating stakeholders as the central point of contact.
- Deliver executive-level reporting and continuously improve launch processes to enhance efficiency, accountability, and overall performance.
Product Lifecycle & Governance - Define and manage end-to-end PLM frameworks aligned with business and operational goals, ensuring structured processes from ideation through end-of-life.
- Establish and enforce governance within D365 covering product creation, changes, version control, and discontinuation, while standardizing data structures, naming conventions, and hierarchies to ensure consistency and integration.
- Implement workflows and approval processes for NPI and lifecycle changes, ensuring control, compliance, and audit readiness.
- Ensure product master data quality through validation, monitoring, and continuous improvement practices, while enabling visibility through reporting and dashboards to support portfolio and decision making.
- Continuously enhance lifecycle processes and governance by leveraging system capabilities and best practices to improve efficiency, compliance, and speed-to-market.
D365 Ownership (PLM & Master Data) - Serve as the functional lead and SME for product-related modules in D365, ensuring effective configuration, governance, and alignment with business processes.
- Own and optimize key modules including PIM, BOMs, and inventory configurations, ensuring accurate product structures, data integrity, and support for manufacturing and supply chain execution.
- Drive system alignment and adoption across cross-functional teams, partnering with IT and vendors to ensure integration, EDI compatibility, and minimal customization.
- Continuously enhance D365 capabilities through process improvements, automation, and reporting to improve efficiency, visibility, and decision-making.
Product Data Management & Integrity- Oversee product master data integrity across systems, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with internal and regulatory standards.
- Establish and enforce data governance policies, including ownership, validation processes, and standardized data structures (e.g., attributes, naming, classifications) to ensure consistency and usability.
- Collaborate with IT and cross-functional teams to enhance data management capabilities, including automation, validation, and system integration.
- Continuously improve data governance frameworks through audits, monitoring, and process enhancements to reduce risk and support scalable growth.
Cross-Functional Collaboration Collaborate with Commercialization- Foster strong cross-functional collaboration with Commercialization, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, and Product Development (PD) teams to ensure seamless execution of product lifecycle processes, from ideation through launch and ongoing management.
- Facilitate alignment on priorities, timelines, and deliverables across functions, proactively identifying gaps and ensuring all stakeholders are working toward common objectives.
Post-Launch Debrief Management- Lead and standardize the post-launch debrief process, facilitating cross-functional reviews to assess performance against objectives, timelines, and metrics.
- Drive accountability for deliverables, conduct root cause analysis on variances, and ensure clear documentation of insights and action plans to support continuous improvement.
Reporting & Communication- Develop clear post-launch reports, executive summaries, and dashboards to communicate performance, risks, and insights.
- Present findings and recommendations to leadership, enabling data driven decisions on portfolio optimization, investments, and process improvements.
Continuous Improvement- Establish a closed-loop feedback process to incorporate post-launch learnings into future initiatives.
- Identify and drive process improvements across the commercialization lifecycle, while advancing standardized "launch excellence" frameworks to improve efficiency, consistency, and performance.
Other DutiesWhat We're Looking For:- Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt Certification.
- Kaizen or TPM experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
- 7-10+ years in Product Lifecycle Management, Product Data Management, or Supply Chain.
- 3-5+ years of experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations modules.
- Exhibits problem solving skills and demonstrates creative solutions.
- Costing & Inventory Management.
- Knowledge of BOMs, routings, and product configurations.
- Engineering Change Management processes.
- Strong leadership and stakeholder management.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration.
- Data-driven decision making.
Bonus Points If You Have:- Waste Reduction experience.
- Experience with KANBAN and ANDON tools.
- Passion for Desserts and Baked Goods.
- Dessert Manufacturing Facility or Bakery experience.
- Strong BRC (or similar GFSI) knowledge or experience.
