Plant Manager

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

ON Kitchener

Job Type:

Production Operations

Job Posting Title:

Plant Manager

About Us:

TreeHouse Foods is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values—Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

What You Gain:

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period – you’re eligible from your first day!

• RRSP program with a 3% employer match (with increased matches awarded based on service) and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll!

• Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days and 11 company holidays!

• Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform – DevelopU – with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.

• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.

• Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.

Job Description:

About the Role:

We are seeking a Plant Manager for our Kitchener, ON facility, a leading manufacturer of quality crackers. This role is responsible for providing overall leadership and accountability for plant operations with a strong focus on delivering results. In partnership with the site leadership team, the Plant Manager will drive employee engagement, safety, quality, customer service, continuous improvement, cost management, and production performance to meet or exceed business objectives. The successful candidate will identify and implement strategic opportunities to improve operational efficiency, safety, throughput, productivity, schedule attainment, cost reduction, and product quality while fostering a positive and high-performing work environment.

You will add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to:

• Providing coaching and leadership to team members in the areas of employee engagement, safety, quality, customer service, continuous improvement, cost, and equipment reliability to elevate the team’s performance.
• Promoting a safety culture and ensuring adherence to all health and safety policies/protocols.
• Leading the development, execution, and monitoring of the operations strategy in line with the overall operational objectives to achieve safety, quality and performance improvement and ensure achievement of manufacturing goals.
• Leading the continuous improvement program to deliver opportunities in cost, quality, food safety and service.
• Utilizing available data including OEE, line speed target, and efficiency and process data to continuously improve productivity, uptime, and reliability.
• Coordinating manufacturing activities with all other functions of the organization and suppliers to obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines, and equipment.
• Contribute to the development and execution of strategic plant-wide initiatives.

Important Details:

• This is a full-time, on-site role on first shift. Occasional flexibility is required to support alternate shifts.
• The anticipated compensation for this position ranges from $141,600.00 - 212,400.00 CAD annually. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics and business or organizational needs. For certain roles, the successful candidate may be eligible for annual discretionary merit compensation award, bonus and equity pay.

You’ll fit right in if you have:

• High school diploma or equivalent is required; Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, industrial technology, or related field is preferred.
• Minimum of five years of leadership experience in a production or food manufacturing environment.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Experience leading in a union environment is preferred.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing Principles.
• Knowledge of safety regulations, quality control procedures, and inventory management.
• Excellent problem-solving, troubleshooting, and decision-making skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.