Homestead Organics Ltd,Plant Manager Jobs in Canada

Position: Plant Manager –
Sebringville
Organization: Homestead Organics Ltd.
Location: Sebringville, near Stratford, Ontario

Duties
and responsibilities:

Works
under the direction of the President and in close collaboration with the
management team.
Each
of the company’s plants has a unique product and market portfolio and is
relatively autonomous from the other. As the business unit manager, the
plant manager is responsible for all aspects of the plant including
operations, staffing, purchases, local market development, sales, customer
service, facility management and maintenance, change & upgrade
management, and cost control.
Directs
all operations at the Sebringville plant: grain handling, feed milling,
packaging, warehousing, shipping and receiving, logistics, and retail
activities.
Establishes
agreements, objectives, and production schedules with customers, vendors,
and growers.
Promotes
and delivers customer service excellence and satisfaction.
Supervises
inventory levels and orders production inputs and packaging supplies.
Ensures
quality, integrity, efficiency, timeliness, and accuracy throughout
products and packaging, production records, operational and financial
information, operational policies and procedures, schedules and deadlines,
machine performance, operational efficiency, sampling and testing.
Produces
work orders, production documentation, operational reports, and financial
metrics.
Ensures
excellent sanitary conditions, orderly housekeeping, and the optimal use
of floor space.
Contributes
to the success of the company along with long term planning, capacity development,
market development, process and productivity optimization, and
profitability.
Develops
& maintains effective relationships with local regulatory, industry,
& community contacts.
Ensures
the safety, high performance, motivation, team work, and high productivity
of the plant staff.
Conducts
the selection and performance review of the plant staff. Develops and
executes the training & development programs of plant staff as well as
the merit and disciplinary decisions and activities.
Ensures
regulatory compliance for workplace health and safety, organic standards,
food safety standards, feed regulations, and municipal by-laws.
Assists
in production and maintenance activities as the work load and the
deadlines may require.

Qualifications
and skills

At
least 3 years experience in a manufacturing plant related to agriculture
or food.
Post-secondary
education in commerce, business administration, or engineering technology
is an asset.
Strong
leadership skills. Develops competent, autonomous & responsible team
members. Negotiates and collaborates with peers, superiors, and outside
resources. Holds team members accountable.
Strong
management skills. Effectively organizes resources, plans medium to long
term schedules, adapts to changing priorities, manages multiple parallel
activities, and makes sound decisions.
Strong
intellectual skills. Solves problems, considers options, and mentally
solves simple math calculations. Grasps the production systems,
complexities, capacities, limitations, and dependencies.
Strong
training and communication skills. Writes reports and plans. Transfers
knowledge. Obtains quick and permanent results. Adapts the training and
communications to the individual.
Self-confident,
patient, calm, good humored, respectful, easy to get along with.
Strong
information skills. Proficient with email, word processing, spreadsheets,
and management software such as Quickbooks or equivalent inventory and
financial software.
Fluent
in spoken and written English.

Work
environment

Flexible
schedule to manage and support two shifts, and to attend occasional
evening and weekend marketing activities with trade shows, conferences and
customer meetings.
Presence
of grain, ground, and mineral dust. The production area is neither heated
nor cooled.
Fast
pace, variable stress levels. Repetitive physical work with 25kg bags.

Compensation