Senior Production Planner

6 days ago

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Maple Leaf Foods Full time
The Opportunity:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Production Planner to join our team at Maple Leaf Foods. As a key member of our Heritage Planning team, you will play a vital role in commissioning the Maple Leaf Heritage plant and supporting process improvements across the facility and network.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and communicate daily production plans for Heritage packaging and offline processing departments.
  • Manage the allocation of Heritage raw materials and capacity for the current + 7-day horizon using SAP Dis-Assembly Planning and ePPDS planning software.
  • Optimize raw material and finished goods utilization throughout the ML Prepared meats network, including coordination of transfers between Heritage and other MLF facilities.
  • Maintain and improve production planning tools and processes.
  • Ensure accuracy of master data in SAP relevant to yield and capacity planning.
  • Collaborate with Production, Supply Chain, Customer Service, and Sales teams as the facility point of contact for fulfillment execution issues.
  • Implement weekly price changes and sales directives accurately.
  • Use production planning metrics (utilization, quality) to drive process improvements.
  • Assess and communicate daily special shipping requirements (timing, rotation) to the warehouse to meet customer deadlines.
  • Support the warehouse with inventory management as it pertains to customer date matrices.
  • Provide backup coverage for the production planning team and planning manager.
  • Develop a capacity and raw material constrained daily production schedule, optimized within the context of weekly supply/demand trends.
Requirements:
  • Experience in a commissioning/start-up manufacturing setting is an asset.
  • Comprehensive understanding of the prepared meats Supply Chain from live procurement through to the end consumer.
  • Clear understanding of how to coordinate the efforts of raw materials supply, forecasting, supply planning, and the execution of a production plan.
  • Proficient in MS Office Software (particularly Excel).
  • Experience using SAP (or similar ERP system) is an asset.
  • 3 to 5 years of experience in a related role.
  • Excellent analytical, planning, and organizational skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to learn, adapt, and solve problems in a fast-paced environment.
  • Capable of making difficult prioritization decisions based on evolving manufacturing and customer service needs.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Outstanding change management and conflict resolution skills.
  • Ability to build a strong working relationship with other functional teams, including production and sales stakeholders.
About Us:

We're a carbon neutral food company on a purposeful journey to Raise the Good in Food through better nutrition, safer food and workplaces, more humane animal care, and environmental sustainability efforts that protect our planet. We care about our communities and commit to reducing food insecurity in Canada. Join us on the journey. Let's build a better future, together.

We're passionate about food. For more than 100 years, we've made delicious, healthy protein that Canadians love under iconic national and regional brands, like Maple Leaf, Schneiders, and Greenfield Natural Meat Co. We're on a journey to become the most sustainable protein company – not just in Canada – but on earth.

We are carbon neutral.

We are one of the only food companies in Canada to set science-based targets.

We aim to reduce our environmental footprint by 50% by 2025.

We're a global food company with more than 13,500 team members. We operate sites in 20+ locations across Canada. We also have locations in the U.S. and Mexico, and do business in Asia.

A diverse and inclusive work environment

Championing diversity and inclusion is a critical component to advancing our collective purpose and vision and living the Maple Leaf Leadership Values. We believe in building, investing in, recognizing, and rewarding remarkable people who value an inclusive workplace, embrace all forms of diversity, and commit to including every voice in our collaborative environment.

We embrace a strong, values-based culture

Our eight Leadership Values are our north star. They guide the decisions we make for all our stakeholders: our consumers, our customers, our people, our communities, our shareholders, and the environment.

  • Doing What's Right
  • Shared Value
  • High Performance
  • Diverse and Inclusive Teams
  • Disciplined Decision Making
  • Our Accountability
  • Intense Curiosity
  • Transparency and Humility

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