Teams at Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

Creates and maintains production schedules, SAP process orders, inventory plans, and stock transfers to support customer fulfillment and plant efficiency. Coordinates with Sales, Customer Service, FSQA, Warehouse, and production teams; monitors KPIs, schedule adherence, forecasts, yields, and capacity constraints. Identifies anomalies and root causes, supports food safety compliance, and drives continuous improvement in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Establishes and updates labor standards, tracks manufacturing labor performance, and supports costing, capacity planning, product development, and process optimization. Responsibilities include line balancing, labor optimization, debottlenecking, waste elimination, time studies, job analysis, simulations, and strategic initiatives. The role collaborates with supply chain, commercial, operations, finance, marketing, and R&D teams to improve manufacturing performance and support sustainable growth.

Develop production, inventory, and capacity plans to meet service-level targets while controlling inventory and operating costs. Analyze data to identify constraints, bottlenecks, root causes, and continuous improvement opportunities. Manage seasonal inventory builds, support new product launches, participate in S&OP, and collaborate cross-functionally to resolve shortages and improve supply chain performance.