Head of Manufacturing

7 days ago


Toronto, Canada New School Foods Full time

At New School Foods, our mission is to accelerate the transition to a kinder, healthier, alt-protein-first food system. Using our proprietary production technology, we create zero-compromise meat alternatives designed to enable global impact. Our healthy, whole-cut, plant-based filets are made to look, cook, taste and flake just like fish. All with a lower carbon footprint, and zero harm to the ocean.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**:
As our Head of Manufacturing, you will play a vital role in owning and driving our manufacturing plan for the future. This encompasses building and implementing our manufacturing strategy to procure our ingredients and building a robust supply chain, scaling up our product from bench to production readiness, and ultimately ensuring the final release of high-quality products to market.

**AS OUR HEAD OF MANUFACTURING, YOU WILL**:

- Strategic Planning:

- In alignment with leadership, craft our short, mid, and long-term supply-chain and manufacturing strategy from the ground-up. This includes develop systems and processes, goals, project plans, and feedback loops to ensure for supply chain, shipping, and exporting to scale manufacturing for New School Foods.
- Take projections from sales and finance team and translate that into production goals, timelines, and schedules.
- Operations Management:

- Oversee the day-to-day manufacturing activities to ensure production targets are met efficiently and effectively.
- Optimize production schedules, resource allocation, waste management, to maximize productivity.
- Implement documentation processes that support data-driven decision-making, ensuring all actions are aligned with operational data, inventory levels, and contract obligations.
- Champion organizational, project management, and planning skills with the team.
- Team Leadership:

- Provide strong hands-on leadership to the manufacturing teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.
- Set clear goals and objectives for each member of your team and monitor progress and reward achievement.

**YOU WILL BRING**:

- Minimum of 7+ years of manufacturing experience (carrying responsibilities that vary from supply chain, plant management, and manufacturing).
- At least 5 years of experience in a leadership role working with consumable and/or perishable products.
- Demonstrated experience in taking concepts from 0 -> 1. You have the ability to plan and execute cross-functionally, demonstrating strategic vision and operational precision.
- An approachable leadership style, with the ability to think on your feet, make decisions quickly, and navigate teams through complex manufacturing scenarios.
- Customer-driven and a high-sense of urgency.
- Excellent organizational and project management skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- High level of integrity and professionalism.

New School Foods offers highly competitive salaries and benefits, paid time off, and more. This position is for our Toronto, Canada location.



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