Job Type:

RegularNew position Don Mills - October 2024

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Agropur is looking for a production planning manager to join his Don Mills team. The production planning manager’s main mandate is to build and execute an effective production plan and schedule to meet demand, and to achieve superior customer service at optimal cost.

At Agropur, we strongly believe in investing in our team. We are looking for a production planning manager who will play a key role in optimizing the planification practices of Don Mills site.

How Agropur invests in YOU:

• Recognition of years of service in calculating vacation time.

• Flexible group insurance plan, including telemedicine service.

• Employee assistance program.

• Opportunity to invest in you (Career Path, etc.).

• Pension plan including employer contributions.

What’s involved in this role:

More specifically, the Supply Planning manager will:

• Lead, develop a skilled, engaged and performing team.

• Own and develop the Don Mills production plan and schedule to drive service levels above defined target at the lowest possible cost for our cooperative.

• Execute the short and mid term production plan, adjust to the business and supply volatilities and coordinate the action planning to meet relevant supply KPIs.

• Identify opportunities for improvement and apply AOS techniques to improve production planning and performance.

• Lead and be accountable for the production planning activities as part of the integrated business planning process (IBP).

• Develop and implement a set of production planning and scheduling rules to ensure optimal performance.

• Manage short term and long-term manufacturing capacity and contribute to the review of the Capacity to Demand ratio.

• Collaborate with S&OP to develop and share long term visibility on capacity utilization and propose production unit optimization plans to enhance production volume at optimal cost.

• Represents Don Mills for new product development, on cross functional launch teams and ensure proper plans are created to support the launch and minimize liabilities.

• Identify and pilot digital transformation technologies to improve production planning processes.

• Build data systems to improve data capture and analysis.

What you need to join our team:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering or a related field.

• 5-7 years in a supply and production planning role or similarly related experience within Supply Chain Planning (demand planning, master production scheduling, production planning etc.) in a CPG environment

• Extensive experience of using SAP production planning and scheduling module

• Demonstrated proficiency in statistics, production planning and inventory management methods with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts.

• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel.

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Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will therefore work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec.