Jobs at SunOpta

Coordinates training programs for manufacturing employees covering production processes, equipment operation, safety, quality, SOPs, and GMP. Delivers classroom, virtual, and on-the-job training; supports onboarding and train-the-trainer initiatives; identifies skill gaps; maintains training materials and records in LMS systems; supports audits; and evaluates training effectiveness. Partners with HR, site leadership, and subject matter experts on career pathing, documentation, lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Supports accounting operations, month-end and year-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, audits, SOX compliance, internal controls, and process improvements. Uses Oracle and financial reporting systems to maintain accurate records and provide financial insights. Collaborates with business leaders and cross-functional teams on reporting, special projects, procedures, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Leads enterprise supply chain planning strategy across demand, supply, inventory, production, materials, capacity, and network planning. Oversees S&OP/IBP, inventory optimization, customer service, working capital, planning technology, analytics, automation, and AI adoption. Partners with commercial, finance, procurement, operations, and IT leaders to drive transformation, process standardization, risk management, and operational improvement. Builds and mentors planning teams, establishes talent strategies, and presents strategic recommendations to executive leadership.

Plans and manages plant engineering, capital projects, equipment and production-line modifications, reliability improvements, utilities, and facility systems. Leads capital budgeting, permitting, vendor and contractor coordination, equipment testing, PSM compliance, food safety, energy efficiency, and continuous improvement initiatives. Collaborates cross-functionally with operations, maintenance, safety, quality, supply chain, and finance while leading project teams and supporting manufacturing performance.

Leads strategic sourcing and procurement for specialty ingredients and raw materials. Develops category strategies, negotiates with suppliers, manages contracts and performance, monitors market and supply risks, drives cost savings, and implements continuity plans. Partners with Operations, Finance, R&D, Quality, and Supply Chain while representing enterprise and globally sourced categories.

Provides financial analysis and reporting for plant leadership and corporate finance. Responsibilities include variance analysis, cost reduction support, manufacturing batch close, KPI reporting, inventory accuracy, reconciliations, journal entries, budgeting, forecasting, audit management, internal controls, and CAPEX tracking. The role partners closely with plant operations, logistics, and finance teams and is onsite at one of several U.S. locations.

Leads enterprise pricing strategy, governance, profitability analysis, margin optimization, and pricing automation. Partners cross-functionally with Commercial, R&D, Procurement, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance to support pricing decisions, customer negotiations, cost analysis, and profitable growth. Oversees reporting, forecasting, dashboards, financial models, continuous improvement initiatives, and a team of Pricing Analysts.

Analyzes customer pricing, ingredient costs, margins, profitability, and purchase price variances. Supports new item costing, pricing updates, strategic bids, budgeting, forecasting, commodity reviews, and financial modeling. Partners cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, R&D, Operations, and Business Management to provide actionable insights, identify profit improvement opportunities, and support business decisions.

Designs, programs, commissions, maintains, and troubleshoots industrial automation and control systems for manufacturing, packaging, process, and utility operations. Supports PLC, HMI, SCADA, instrumentation, drives, industrial networks, capital projects, system upgrades, reliability initiatives, and continuous improvement. Ensures compliance with food safety, GMP, OSHA, NEC, NFPA 70E, MOC, and automation change-control requirements while collaborating with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, IT, and Engineering.