Production Lead

**Job Title: ICE Production Lead**

**Reports To: Ice Cream Senior Manufacturing Manager**

**Work Level: 1B**

**Location**: Simcoe, CAN (Factory)**

**Terms & Conditions**:Full time**

The Ice Cream division at Unilever is preparing to stand on its own, aiming to become an independent, EUR 8.3 billion publicly listed company by the end of 2025. We’re on a mission to create the ultimate snacking company. A place where growth, innovation, founder and ownership mentality, and performance are cultivated and rewarded. And where we craft extraordinary ice cream experiences - transforming ordinary moments into lasting memories. Because we know, life tastes better with ice cream.

**ABOUT THE MAGNUM ICE CREAM COMPANY**:
The Magnum Ice Cream Company is all about growth. Growing our business. Growing our customers’ businesses. Growing our people’s careers. Growth begins with empowerment. So we free our people to be innovative, responsible entrepreneurs, driven and equipped to give our consumers more amazing products and unforgettable moments - and having fun doing it.

With 19.000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest Ice Cream company leading the industry. We have been taking pleasure seriously for more than 100 years, serving happiness with every lick or scoop of ice cream for generations.

We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of The Magnum Ice Cream Company as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen before the end of 2025.

We dream big but keep things simple to act fast.

If you want to **grow with us, make an impact, and shape the future of Ice Cream**, this is the place for you

**JOB PURPOSE**

As a Production Lead, you will be responsible for providing frontline leadership representing the production department. You will be responsible for driving current and future manufacturing performance in the areas of Safety, Productivity, People, Cost, Quality and Delivery using the UMS operating framework. Overseeing the manufacturing activities across all shifts as well as working individually and on teams to identify areas of opportunity to cause beneficial change. You will champion Factory Operating system practices as applicable to production. You will uphold Safety & Morale of the employees as a value in the factory and will ensure compliance to quality always as a priority.

**WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE**
- Responsible for SHE, Quality Programs, Incidents root cause and CAPA pertaining to Production Area/ Equipment and ensuring completion / compliance including reviews of applicable SHE, quality and food safety processes, SOP's, Work Instructions
- Employee Relations - Lead disciplinary investigations / hearings/Advance counselling/Termination review and to hear grievances where required in their area.
- Participates in daily the FOS meetings
- Production Planning - Ensuring the weekly production schedules in collaboration with the planning department. Must ensure this is robustly communicated along with any changes to the production teams.
- Responsible for all projects relevant to the production area (Innovations, SHE, Q)
- Managing Direct Reports (Where applicable) - Scheduling, absenteeism, training, Proficiency testing, PDPs
- Planning - Collaborating with planning teams to ensure seamless scheduling of project activities.
- Department Rep for Management of Change and ensuring applicable tasks area assigned to the shift supervisors
- Coordinates with QA Innovations on New product/Trials
- Training & Recruitment - Conduct employee reviews during first 50 days to ensure competence
- Reviews production losses and coordinated with UMS / FI teams on improvements
- Training - works closely with the site training team to ensure plans are coordinated properly with labour and production requirements. Expected to take a holistic view of skill level in their area (e.g. through grade distribution) and work with the operations manager, training teams and shift managers to set appropriate direction & to coordinate resources.
- Recruitment - Works with the Production manager, labour planner & shift supervisor and HR to agree & coordinate recruitment activities for the area.
- Partner with QA on supplier issue identification and provide input to support SNCR and Supplier Claims
- Responsible for Overseeing the execution of the quality and food safety programs in production (HACCP- CCP-OPRP, prevention of cross contamination, allergen, dry floor, vision system, etc.) by the shift supervisors
- Disciplinary action, employee coaching (Terminations & Suspensions)
- Dealing with people issues as applicable - In the absence of Production manager act as a Point of contact for Union for Production floor
- Coordinated with UMS Lead and ensures R2S compliance at the production floor
- Proper administration of the Collective Agreement and use of a proactive problem-