Job Purpose

The Production Manager (Butter) has overall accountability for all butter related production at the Lactalis Plant in Winchester Ontario.
As a member of the leadership team of a complex operation and with high volume, the position is responsible for department results in safety, product quality, reliability, productivity, raw material, and operating costs. Responsibilities also include management of projects (capital, cost savings and continuous improvement) and championing process improvements as well as raising the level of accountability productivity and decision making of all reports.

Responsibility

• Manage production by measuring, analyzing, and executing corrective actions for Safety, Quality, Efficiency, and People. Plan and execute production and labour schedules to produce the required volume ensuring that measures are met including cost control, within specification and quality requirements including HACCP and customer requirements.
• Maintain operational awareness of the the butter plant budget in terms of productivity and technical details for all the fillers and churns pro and cons; manage budget appropriately to optimize the skus and operation to meet budget targets.
• Provide leadership to improve health and safety performance by being a role model in safety and demonstrating due diligence through applying the corporate health & safety program elements. These focus on incident prevention through hazard identification, implementing necessary controls, training, education, and audits. Where necessary, take corrective action to address unsafe situations and employee behaviours, uphold cardinal and other safety rules and procedures, and communicate with appropriate resources to address any hazardous conditions or unsafe employee conduct.
• Provide leadership and supervision to staff by hiring, reviewing performance, help improving the kowdlege of the supervisors and structure their daily task in butter plant and providing feedback, determining training and development needs, and providing coaching and work direction. Promote a team focus on excellence in all activities including those required to support safety, operational productivity, quality, loss reduction, people development, and cost improvement.
• Support plant and corporate objectives by developing, communicating, and executing annual goals and strategies. Manage the department’s budget by controlling, monitoring and justifying expenditures versus plan and manage accordingly.

Qualifications

• College diploma or University degree preferably in Engineering, Food Science or Biochemistry.
• Ten (10) years’ experience in production leadership position in manufacturing, preferably dairy, including experience in improving plant performance and developing organizations and people.
• Leadership, planning and execution skills including strong communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to implement best practices in operations management.
• Knowledge of high-speed filling, packaging equipment and processing systems.
• Knowledge of CIP processes, SAP or automation systems.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Financial and budgetary skills.
• Bilingual (where applicable).
• Knowledge of Kaizen and SMED concepts.
• Proficient with standard office computer technology such as Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office (Word & Excel), as well as business systems such as SAP.
• Bilingualism (English and French) is an asset.

Competency