Production Manager - Delta, BC

As the Production Manager, you'll spearhead all operations within our manufacturing/production department, overseeing every aspect of our facility's output. Your primary focus will be on cultivating a dynamic team culture, nurturing talent, and driving top-notch performance standards. With a keen eye on cost efficiency and process optimization, you'll champion continuous improvement initiatives across all shifts, ensuring unparalleled service and safety standards throughout our entire business unit. At the helm of a substantial workforce comprising 80+ hourly associates and 7+ salaried professionals, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping our organization's success.

Responsibilities

Ensure team compliance with all safety policies and procedures.

Maintain product quality and sanitation standards.

Optimize operational efficiencies to support the production, warehouse, and shipping of products.

Identify and coordinate operational improvements necessary to deliver the site annual operating plan (AOP). Ensure cost performance gaps are identified, action plans are developed and resources are properly allocated.

Track operational output measures (i.e. efficiency, yield loss, product quality, inventory accuracy, transactional accuracy), anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of financial targets

Develop team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals

Deliver effective change leadership to drive business changes while minimizing people impact

Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to assist team to solve operational issues

Motivate team members to achieve plan goals

Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel

Flex production plans on a shift by shift basis to prevent service issues and operational inefficiencies.

Optimize ingredient and packaging material usage to minimize scrap loss.

Ensure compliance with company policies, contracts and procedures.

Coach teams to demonstrate continuous improvement in profitability margins, efficiencies and cost savings initiatives.

This role requires regular presence on the plant floor

This role requires someone that is able to manage multiples priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required. Preferably in engineering, business, operations management, or similar field

Minimum 5 years’ experience in manufacturing preferred. Preferably food/beverage experience

Lean Six Sigma Experience preferred, demonstrated by successful completion of a major improvement project.

Must possess strong skills, knowledge and capability in TPM or lean manufacturing, finance and accounting, project management, leadership, and statistics/logical problem solving.

Solid working knowledge of the following business enterprises: HSE/quality regulatory compliance, processing/packaging/warehouse operations, maintenance and engineering, ingredient and package material procurement, production planning & deployment, sales and marketing, research and development, and excellent communication, facilitation and influence skills.

Experience developing/coaching hourly and supervisory staff preferred.

Ability to give and receive constructive feedback

Ability to lead a team-based approach to decision making

Demonstrated ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment

Strong leadership skills with the ability to get results through mentoring other

Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills.

Experience managing large teams in a 24/7 environment.

Salaried