Director, Digital Excellence

Maple Leaf Foods Inc.; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Pension plan with company matching

Learning & development opportunities

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is seeking a Director, Digital Excellence to lead the global digital and operational improvement agenda from Mississauga. You will establish governance, prioritize initiatives, and realize benefits by linking digital investments to enterprise priorities.

In this role, you will build capabilities in data-driven decision making, drive process digitalization, and lead organizational change across multiple functions to deliver sustained performance gains and value realization.

Qualifications

• Experience leading enterprise-wide digital and business improvement programs.
• Establishing governance and portfolio management processes.
• Driving process automation, standardization, and digital adoption.
• Delivering measurable operational and financial improvements.
• Leading organizational change across multiple functions.
• Building high-performing teams and organizational capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the Digital Excellence strategy aligned with enterprise goals.
• Establish governance and portfolio management processes for digital initiatives.
• Drive benefits realization with defined performance measures.
• Partner with leaders to digitalize and standardize business processes.
• Develop organizational capabilities in digital adoption and change management.
• Lead adoption of new technologies and ways of working across the organization.

Skills

Enterprise-wide digital programs

Governance & portfolio management

Process automation & standardization

Operational & financial improvements

Change management across functions

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

The Opportunity:
The Director, Digital Excellence is responsible for establishing and leading the Digital Excellence function at Maple Leaf Foods. This role enables the successful execution of Operational Excellence and digital initiatives through effective governance, portfolio management, capability development, benefits realization, and organizational adoption.
Working across business functions, the Director develops the frameworks, standards, and capabilities required to accelerate process digitalization, strengthen data-driven decision making, and improve business performance. The role ensures investments in digital and operational improvement initiatives are aligned to enterprise priorities, executed consistently, and deliver measurable value.
Reason for vacancy: Existing Headcount

Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life:

Digital Excellence Strategy
Develop and execute the Digital Excellence strategy, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities and Operational Excellence objectives.
Governance & Portfolio Management
Establish and lead governance processes for digital and business improvement initiatives, ensuring effective prioritization, decision-making, risk management, and resource alignment.
Benefits Realization
Drive accountability for business outcomes by establishing performance measures and ensuring initiatives deliver expected operational, financial, and strategic benefits.
Process Digitalization
Partner with business leaders to identify, prioritize, and scale opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and digitize business processes.
Capability Development
Build organizational capabilities in digital adoption, change management, innovation, and data-driven decision-making to support sustainable business improvement.
Change & Adoption
Lead the adoption of new technologies, processes, and ways of working by embedding effective change management practices across the organization.
Continuous Improvement & Innovation
Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation by establishing frameworks that identify, evaluate, and scale opportunities to improve business performance.

Qualifications

What You’ll Bring:

• Leading enterprise-wide digital and business improvement programs
• Establishing governance and portfolio management processes
• Driving process automation, standardization, and digital adoption
• Delivering measurable operational and financial improvements
• Leading organizational change across multiple functions
• Building high-performing teams and organizational capabilities
• Bachelor’s Degree any discipline

Additional Information

What We Offer at Maple Leaf Foods:

• Being part of a high-performance, people-focused company that has an inspiring and unique vision to become the most sustainable protein company on earth, and a deep commitment to sustainable protein across North America.
• An inclusive company culture and a work environment that keeps our people safe, rewards excellence, and empowers everyone to learn and contribute their best.
• Competitive Health and Wellness benefits that offer flexibility to meet your individual or family needs, including programs focused on improving mental health and wellbeing. These benefits start on your first day of employment.
• Defined Contribution Pension Plan with company matching that starts on your first day of employment.
• Learning and development opportunities, including workshops, 'speaker series' events