Production Manager

Job Title: Production Manager - Club Coffee

Reports to: Director-Manufacturing, Club Coffee

Location: Toronto

Department: Operations

Profile Summary:

Reporting to the Director-Manufacturing, the Production Manager engages directly and via plant shift managers to drive plant performance in all manufacturing areas including production, quality, food safety and health & safety by managing the daily operations of the plant in a cost-effective way and produce quality, on-time products.

Specific Accountabilities:

• Understand, apply and actively participate in maintaining health and safety program practices at all times
• Demonstrate leadership by communicating effectively, providing clear expectations to all plant employees to ensure assigned responsibilities are carried out, to optimize plant performance and minimize downtime
• Create production schedules and ensure that production processes stay within budget and timelines
• Provide guidance to production staff and ensure proper scheduling of staff
• Evaluate, recommend and implement production improvements and bring to attention any problems or issues impacting production
• Monitor production to resolve issues and improve efficiency
• Identify Continuous Improvement opportunities for year over year operations cost reductions, job efficiency and safety improvements
• Coordinate plant resources and provide feedback for cross functional projects.
• Work closely with Maintenance to maximize the value and efficiency of ongoing operations
• Work with Human Resources to ensure good employee relations are maintained at all times
• Balance the floor with available operator skills, monitor throughput and efficiencies using production metrics and making necessary adjustment to correct deviations
• Analyze complex issues, develop and implement clear action plans to resolve issues
• Understand, apply and actively participate in maintaining product quality and food safety program practices including BRC, HACCP, QA / QC, GMP, Sanitation and good hygiene practices.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Ideal Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, industrial management, logistics, or a related field.
• 5 years' experience supervising multiple shifts
• Proven understanding of and experience in a manufacturing environment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with stakeholders and team members.
• Ability to influence and collaborate with other departments
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Detail oriented with strong attention to detail and organization.
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Access and Excel)

Disclaimer

This position description is not intended, and should not be construed to be, an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended, however, to be an accurate reflection of those principal job elements essential for making decisions related to job performance, employee development and compensation. As such, the incumbent may perform other duties and responsibilities as required.

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