Continuous Improvement Lead

Give and Go Prepared Foods; Toronto; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and rapidly growing team at a leading North American manufacturer of baked goods. This role focuses on driving process improvements and fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the organization. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize processes and implement innovative solutions that enhance productivity and efficiency. If you're passionate about making a significant impact in a vibrant work environment, this opportunity is perfect for you. Be part of a company that values respect, open communication, and personal growth as you help shape the future of the industry.

Benefits

Learning and Growth Opportunities

Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Team Building Activities

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years in Maintenance, Engineering, or Production roles.
• Experience in leading Continuous Improvement projects.
• Strong analytical and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive process improvements and achieve plant goals.
• Support leadership through data analysis and problem solving.
• Implement change management principles across the plant.

Skills

Change Management

Lean Methodologies

Six Sigma

Data Analysis

Coaching

Interpersonal Skills

Analytical Skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

5S

Kanban

Visual Management

Job description

Give & Go Prepared Foods Corp.is a proud member of the Mondelēz family. We are a leading, and growing, North American manufacturer of baked goods for over 30 years. If you're looking for a company that will provide you with opportunities for career growth and development, while working with an energetic and team with deeply ingrained values of respect, direct and open communication, quality, and accountability, we’d love to have you join our team. Our Consumer Brands: two-bite brand, including two bite-brownies, Kimberley's Bakeshoppe, Mason St. Bakehouse, and The Worthy Crumb Pastry Co

It’s an exciting time to part of the Give & Go team as we are growing rapidly and want you to become a part of our growth and extraordinarily bright future!

Job Overview:

This role will be responsible for driving process and capability improvement to ultimately deliver breakthrough results and achieve the plant/bakery goals, by working with cross-functional teams to optimize processes, create new processes, identify areas of improvement and drive the culture of CI within the organization through coaching.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support Plant Leadership through participation in Daily Operational Reviews, problem solving initiatives, data analysis, metric reporting, and effective loss elimination to improve plant reliability and waste reduction.
• Help implement change management principles at all levels of the plant, through coaching and engaging employees.
• Achieve plant productivity targets by developing projects, ideas and best practices linked to the plant Loss Analysis.
• Validate new processes and optimize current processes (Ex: Changeovers, Sanitation, CIL, Center lining, etc.)
• Implement and train different functions on new tools (ex: standard work, TPM tools, gap analysis, data analysis, loss analysis) and ensure employee capability is being built.
• Play an important part in leading and supporting cross functional teams though the preparation, execution, and follow up of continuous improvement projects.

Recipe for Success:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in Maintenance, Engineering or Production role, ideally in an industrial Food Manufacturing environment.
• Prior experience leading CI projects incorporating 5S, Kanban, Visual Management, and other Lean methodologies.
• Six Sigma Certification a strong asset
• Proven capability of leading a transformation effort, including change management, ensuring stakeholder engagement and robust communication
• The ability to coach, inspire and work with cross functional managers, supervisors ,and employees
• Ability to influence all levels of the organization and make strategic decisions
• The ability to work in the context of a corporate wide lean standardization program but also provide best practices that may be able to help other sites
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships
• Strong leadership skills to motivate, and retain well-qualified individuals of diverse talents, interests, and cultural backgrounds. Must have the leadership presence to energize, drive and lead the teams, and to be able to influence with integrity at all levels of the organization and enable result through others.

What We Can Offer:

• It’s an exciting time to be part of the Give & Go team as we are growing rapidly and want you to become a part our growth and extraordinarily bright future.
• As we grow, we are committed to preserve the parts of our diversity & culture that is unique, people focused and are core to our success at every size. Our values of Quality, Direct Communication and Respect mean something.
• Learning and growth; we are working to create an environment where sharing new ideas , experimenting and learning from each other is strongly encouraged.

• It’s an exciting time to be part of the Give & Go team as we are growing rapidly and want you to become a part our growth and extraordinarily bright future.
• As we grow, we are committed to preserve the parts of our diversity & culture that is unique, people focused and are core to our success at every size. Our values of Quality, Direct Communication and Respect mean something.
• Learning and growth; we are working to create an environment where sharing new ideas , experimenting and learning from each other is strongly encouraged.

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Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply directly. Give and Go is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees regardless of race, ancestry, place of origin, color, ethnic or national origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences (for which a pardon has been granted), disability, marital or family status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require an accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at [e-mail], citing "AODA" in the subject line, along with your request and contact information. While we appreciate all resume submissions, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.