Are you passionate about leading teams, improving operations, and creating a safe, efficient workplace? At IPEX, we are looking for a collaborative and results-oriented Production Manager to lead our Bermondsey site manufacturing operations. This role is responsible for ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production while developing engaged teams, driving continuous improvement, and supporting the long-term success of the plant.
Location 11 Bermondsey Rd, East York, ON M4B 1Z3 ( view on google maps)
Work Schedule Mon-Fri: 6:30am – 2:30pm
Reporting to the Plant Manager, you will lead Production Supervisors and production teams, work closely with Quality, Maintenance, HSE, Supply Chain, and HR partners, and play a key role in optimizing productivity, improving safety performance, and developing future leaders within the organization. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced manufacturing leader who is passionate about people, operational excellence, and creating a positive workplace culture. At IPEX, you’ll work alongside a diverse team of professionals—people-centric thinkers, innovators, and status quo challengers—who share a commitment to excellence and growth.
1. Lead Manufacturing Operations
Provide leadership for daily manufacturing operations to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives
Optimize production schedules, staffing, inventory, and resources to meet customer demand
Monitor key performance indicators and implement corrective actions when necessary
2. Develop and Lead High-Performing Teams
Coach, mentor, and develop Production Supervisors and team members
Drive employee engagement, performance management, succession planning, and workforce development
Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning
3. Drive Safety, Quality, and Continuous Improvement
Champion a strong safety culture and support the company's goal of zero workplace injuries
Lead process improvement initiatives that enhance productivity, quality, efficiency, and cost performance
Ensure compliance with HSE, ISO, and operational standards
Required:
Diploma or degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
Demonstrated leadership experience in manufacturing, industrial, production, or process-driven environment.
Ability to build relationships, communicate effectively, and positively influence teams and stakeholders.
Demonstrated experience in manufacturing operations management and production planning, including scheduling, resource allocation, and performance optimization.
Strong understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles and a proven ability to drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance productivity, quality, and operational efficiency.
Knowledge of quality management systems and experience working within ISO-compliant manufacturing environments.
Experience leading Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) programs and promoting a strong safety culture within a manufacturing setting.
Ability to analyze production data, monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), and use insights to drive operational decision-making and performance improvements.
Preferred:
Experience in plastics manufacturing, including extrusion, injection molding, and blending processes.
Familiarity with manufacturing execution systems (MES), such as Hydra MES.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other data analysis and reporting tools.
Experience implementing Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies.
Competitive compensation package based on experience, qualifications, and demonstrated leadership capability.
Comprehensive benefits from Day 1 (no waiting period!)
Company matching RRSP plan
Opportunities for internal career growth and development
Supportive, experienced team with strong tenure
Leadership approach focused on trust, accountability, and autonomy
The compensation for this role is between $93,000 - $116,300 CAD annually, based on experience and qualifications.
IPEX is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, we will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for IPEX jobs. To request an accommodation, please contact HR at askhr@ipexna.com
Honesty, fairness, integrity, the golden rule: a customer-first culture. Customers want it- even demand it. And it’s so easy to promise.
This is ‘distance race’ thinking, and building a business on it is harder than you might think. It requires you to sacrifice many short-term opportunities for gain. It means spending whatever time it takes to help a client solve a problem on deadline. It means resisting the urge to cut corners on materials that, once in place, no one will ever see.
It means innovation: going beyond what your customers want or expect, and working restlessly to create new products and ideas to fill unmet needs. It means keeping your word, even when it’s inconvenient, and honouring relationships over transactions, even when it costs. And it means building a team with people who believe it, live it, and stand by it.
At IPEX we’ve long-since made a decision to embrace this long-term thinking, not just when it’s easy, but every day, in everything we do, for every customer and every employee. We don’t do it because we’re nice people, though we like to think we are. We do it because it’s good business, and that the reputation we’ve built over time, job by job, one customer at a time, pays the best dividends.
Alex Mestres
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
