Production Scheduler

3 weeks ago


Guelph ON, Canada Gay Lea Foods Full time

Location: Guelph Plant

Status: Full time

Department: Supply Chain – Planning

Reporting to the Manager, Supply Chain Planning you will work closely with Operations and Master Planning to provide detailed production schedules that drive efficiency and ensure that customer expectations are met.

Qualifications & Competencies:

  • Post-secondary education
  • Proficient in Supply Chain concepts (safety stock planning, MRP calculations, scheduling constraints and bottlenecks, etc.).
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Excel and Power BI).
  • Lean/Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, or equivalent experience.
  • Previous ERP experience is required; Microsoft Dynamics AX is considered an asset.
  • Demonstrated ability to challenge status quo, influence and drive change and results.
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks.
  • Ability to multitask and work to deadlines.
  • Highly developed analytical, quantitative and data analysis aptitude.
  • Proactive individual with excellent time management skills.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Create and manage detailed schedules of the plant and ensure that equipment is planned efficiently.
  • Communicate variances to plan, report out attainment to schedule.
  • Aid the operations team in continuous improvement initiatives related to scheduling, capacity, and packaging procurement.
  • Order raw materials and monitor dry goods inventories needed for production.
  • Manage transfers of raw material and dry goods inventories from third party locations to manufacturing site
  • Work with Supply Planning counterpart to ensure that customer requirements are met in a timely fashion.
  • Ensure optimal customer service levels and plant attainment levels by effectively scheduling production and analyzing root causes of attainment shortfalls for future prevention.
  • Monitor KPIs, escalate gaps, and perform root-cause analysis.
  • Other ad-hoc projects as dictated by business needs

Gay Lea Foods is a proud Canadian-owned dairy food and beverage company with a robust portfolio that includes 7 established brands such as Gay Lea Butter, Nordica Cottage Cheese, Ivanhoe Cheese, Salerno Cheese, and Hewitt’s Dairy.Our wide range of products are sold in Retail, Foodservice, Industrial, Co-pack, and Export markets, developed and produced out of our 13 manufacturing facilities in Ontario and Alberta.

Delivering high-quality and innovative products - from the consumer favourite Spreadables and North America’s first Smooth Cottage Cheese, to Nothing But Cheese, an innovative snack made with 100% cheese, is what makes us market leaders in our categories. Our grassroots approach to business is what guides our direction and differentiates us from our competitors.

Our employees inspire our culture of excellence and entrepreneurship. We hire innovative and passionate professionals who know that greatness is achieved through people, partnerships, and acting with a business owner mindset.

For more about us visit:

Gay Lea Foods is an equal-opportunity employer and values diversity in our workplace.

Reasonable accommodation is available upon request throughout our recruitment and selection process.


Thank you for your interest in Gay Lea Foods.

Wishing you all the best with your career search

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