Agropur Cooperative Benefits Overview

Leads a manufacturing business unit through continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives. Responsibilities include reducing waste and downtime, improving equipment reliability, monitoring KPIs, implementing Lean practices, coordinating production activities, and supporting capacity and process improvements. Leads Process and Maintenance Leads, influences frontline employees, promotes safety and quality, investigates complaints, manages corrective actions, and supports training and labor relations in a unionized environment.

Improves dairy production efficiency through advanced troubleshooting, process optimization, statistical analysis, SOP development, quality assurance, and corrective actions. The role supports cheese and whey processing, develops production and sanitation standards, coordinates customer production trials, manages product disposition and formulation updates in plant systems, and leads continuous improvement activities. It also ensures compliance with food safety, sanitation, quality, safety, waste management, and regulatory requirements.

Develops and maintains SOPs, training materials, technical curricula, and facility training programs for plant operations. Coordinates hands-on and classroom training, tracks employee progress and documentation, evaluates training effectiveness, and reports outcomes to management. Supports safety, quality, productivity, audit readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives through effective employee training.