Overview of the Role
Saputo Dairy Products Canada is currently looking for Plant Manager for our Orangeville, Ontario facility.
With a focus on continuous improvement and safety, we’re looking for someone who will work in collaboration with all Departments and suppliers to optimize safety, quality, line efficiencies and equipment reliability to effectively meet the production plan.
How you will make contributions that matter:
- Work closely with safety, environmental affairs, continuous improvement, human resources, strategic business development to ensure compliance with programs and support initiatives;
- Ensure key performance indicators are communicated and achieved while driving quality, efficiency and cost;
- Provide direction to the plant leadership team, ensuring priorities are aligned and a positive productive team environment is nurtured;
- Foster continuous improvement activities, reduction of equipment downtime/change overs, capacity planning, waste/scrap reduction, master cheesemaker initiatives and cost control;
- Ensure the Company’s quality and sanitation standards are met through close liaison with Quality Services, full participating in the HACCP and BRC programs, as well as frequent review and implementation of Company and Government Policies
- Provide support to maintain and improve all process/packaging technologies including capital projects and building maintenance within operating budget;
- Work in collaboration with the Plant Accountant to ensure all financial reports are accurately presented in a timely manner and inventory counts/cycles are performed, discrepancies investigated, and inventory systems maintained;
- Communicate regularly with Planning and Warehousing to optimize plant performance and resolve issues collaboratively;
- Assist with resolving significant maintenance problems, provide direction to Maintenance team members; progress toward eliminating maintenance and breakdown related losses.
You are best suited for the role if you…
- Minimum of 3 to 5 years operational management/leadership experience;
- Exceptional leadership, interpersonal and communication skills, coach employees to take decisions, improve their current tasks;
- Engage ownership throughout the teams: focused on employees’ development and career growth;
- Act as a change agent: focus on continuous improvement to bring forward-thinking ideas and takes decision to improve our current processes;
- Engage employees to make their own decision, with a strong focus on safety;
- Solid financial acumen with a strength in analytical skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office programs;
- Team oriented, family driven and ability to engage people.
- SAP experience an asset;
- Open to relocation to work in our facilities across Canada;
- Bilingualism (French and English, an asset).
We support and care for our employees by providing them with…
- Generous and complete benefit coverage with group insurance
- Group retirement plan with employer contribution
- Telemedicine and assistance program for employees and their families
- Employee Share Ownership Plan with an employer match
- Paid Parental Leave program
- Paid time off: Sick days, floater days and volunteer day off
- Opportunity to contribute to a collective RRSP & TFSA
- Training and development programs
- Saputo Flex Program, flexible work environment (schedule/location/time off) according to department needs
- Organized activities for employees and their families
- Advantageous discounts on Saputo products
Schedule: Monday to Friday (role requires flexibility to support a 24/7 manufacturing environment)
Salary: $126,510 to $166.045. Salary offers will vary commensurate with experience, education, skills and training.
- All applications are carefully considered by our Talent Acquisition team.
- Artificial Intelligence tools may be used in screening applications.
- Artificial Intelligence is not used to assess or select applications.
