Production Manager

Wonderbrands is a leading North American bakery company with a specialized focus across key bakery categories, including breads & rolls; alternatives breads, and others. We are the makers of Wonder®Bread, Country Harvest®, D'Italiano®, Gadoua®, and Casa Mendosa™ tortillas. We bake our products in 12 facilities across Canada, conducting our business with integrity, contributing to our communities, and fostering a respectful culture. We are building a culture of success here, and it depends on our people striving for greatness and having the courage and commitment to getting better every day.

As we forge ahead in the transformation of our business, we are coming together as a united North American enterprise, rebuilding our asset base, adding significant new capacity, and focusing on the development of our people. These building blocks are essential to moving forward as a growth-focused, insights-driven, consumer-led company that will celebrate food and the central part that food plays in our life.

Etobicoke, ON

The Production Manager is a motivating leader that ensures production processes are operating in a safe, efficient, and effective manner while striving for continuous process improvements to achieve quality level production to meet customers’ needs. The role is responsible for coordinating a team of production supervisors and personnel and resolving production scheduling issues to minimize interruptions.

Responsibilities

• Manage Production Supervisors’ shift schedules and arranges relief in the event of absences and arrange adjustments in production to minimize down time
• Organize production activities and coordinate work of all assigned plant personnel in a timely, safe, and cost-effective manner to ensure internal and external customer needs are met
• Track key indicators of the production team’s performance including safety, efficiency, waste, downtime, labor costs, and industrial accidents and ensure expectations are met or exceeded
• Ensure GMP compliance and safety standards are communicated through training and communication initiatives
• Take appropriate actions to investigate safety concerns to maintain a safe and secure work environment for all employees
• Conduct regular inspections to ensure machinery and equipment is well maintained and running safely according to specifications
• Ensure the plant meets all government, customer and third party audit requirements and take corrective actions according to the audit results as appropriate
• Build a strong team by communicating performance expectations; monitoring and appraising performance; providing support, coaching, training, and disciplining and enforcing corporate policies and procedures to Production Supervisors and team members as needed
• Develop and communicate internal procedures for sanitation and work with Production Supervisors to ensure successful implementation
• Continuously improve operations to maximize profit and minimize cost
• Lead EHS and Sanitation programs

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years manufacturing supervisory experience, preferably in a unionized setting
• Knowledge and familiarity with automated manufacturing process/packaging technology is an asset
• Knowledge of GMP and industry standards is an asset
• Excellent organizational, problem solving, and communication skills to prioritize workload and delegate responsibilities as needed
• A decisive leader with strong interpersonal skills and is adept at leading and motivating
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Must be able to work flexible shifts

We offer a competitive benefits package for full-time employees, including strong benefit and pension plans, paid vacation and holidays, overtime opportunities, and a growth path to line leader and supervisory roles.

If you’re excited about this opportunity and love baked goods, we invite you to apply!

Wonderbrands is committed to fostering a work environment with strong core values that support diversity through various policies, programs and activities that encourage sensitivity and accommodations. Wonderbrands offers employment regardless of race, colour, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, or sexual orientation. Diversity is integral to our success as an organization and we will use diversity as a model to help identify and develop the best talent, create effective teams, and achieve overall excellence. In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.