Plant Manager

Amhil North America
 is a privately held Thermoforming Plastics Packaging company focused on delivering Best Value to our customers and partners. We provide smart, safe and sustainable packaging solutions for the consumer, industrial and foodservice industries in North America and Europe.

Over the past twenty years, Amhil has expanded its product offering to include drinking cups, portion cups and food packaging and now includes products that are 100% recyclable, produced with recycled content and available as carbon neutral.

Amhil North America is part of the Wentworth Technologies group of companies.

Overview

We're looking for a 
Plant Manager
 at our flagship location in Mississauga (400 Traders Blvd E) to oversee all production operations with a focus on Process Improvement.

The Plant Operations Manager will lead all day-to-day manufacturing operations, ensuring operational excellence in safety, quality, delivery, and cost. This role requires a hands-on, data-driven leader who thrives in fast-paced environments and excels at embedding LEAN principles, driving process discipline, and building a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. You will play a pivotal role in stabilizing performance, improving plant reliability, and supporting the company's growth strategy.

Posting Type: This posting is for existing vacancy at Amhil North America.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Leadership

• Lead all plant operations to achieve performance targets across safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Implement and sustain LEAN manufacturing systems and standard work practices to drive efficiency and throughput.
• Champion a process-driven, performance-based approach to operational discipline.
• Oversee production planning, scheduling, and maintenance coordination to optimize output and equipment uptime.
• Monitor and report daily performance metrics; lead Tier-based review meetings to drive accountability.

Quality & Compliance

• Oversee implementation and adherence to the Quality Management System (QMS) to meet customer and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Quality and Engineering teams to improve product consistency, reduce waste, and enhance customer satisfaction.
• Ensure compliance with SQF and HACCP programs; maintain audit readiness and continuous improvement of quality processes.
• Lead investigations and corrective action planning for customer complaints and internal non-conformances.

Performance Management

• Develop and track plant KPIs; analyze trends and identify improvement opportunities using data and root cause analysis.
• Manage plant budgets, forecasts, and cost control initiatives to achieve financial performance goals.
• Lead structured problem-solving activities (Kaizen, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, A3) to eliminate inefficiencies and reduce cost-to-serve.
• Drive productivity and labour optimization through effective resource deployment and scheduling.

People Leadership

• Build, coach, and develop a strong, engaged operations team that demonstrates ownership and accountability.
• Set clear expectations, provide feedback, and reinforce a performance-based culture.
• Partner with HR to ensure training, succession planning, and workforce development align with operational needs.
• Promote collaboration, respect, and open communication across all shifts and departments.
• Model best practices in health, safety, and environmental stewardship.

What we're looking for

• A
  Great Attitude
• Minimum 5+ yrs progressive management experience.
• 5–10+ yrs in plastics manufacturing or processing (preference for plastic cups, lids and straws manufacturing).
• Thorough knowledge of operations with emphasis on packaging and sanitation.
• Familiar with GMP, HACCP and SQF (Safe Quality Food) standards and requirements.
• Experience in successful leading, coaching, motivating and developing a team in a "hands on" environment.
• Strong analytical, organizational and interpersonal skills, superior communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self-motivated, results-oriented, possess high degree of initiative, and works well under pressure.
• Proficient in MS Office, Word, Excel, etc.

Also nice to have

• Familiar with Amhil products/plastics industry.

Pay Transparency & Compliance

We believe in a human-first hiring process. No AI or automated tools are used to screen or evaluate candidates; every application is reviewed by our team.

Application Process

This position is open to applicants legally authorized to work in Canada.

Amhil North America provides equal opportunities for all applicants and is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment. Accommodation is available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.