Production Manager

Agropur; Plessisville; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Agropur seeks a Production Manager in Plessisville to lead a team of 100 employees in producing high-quality dairy products. This role involves workforce planning, coaching, and ensuring food safety standards while supporting the local economy. The ideal candidate holds a relevant bachelor's degree and has 5 to 7 years of industry experience.

Benefits

Flexible group insurance including telemedicine services

Employee assistance program

Opportunities for career development

Retirement plan with company contributions

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years of experience as a Production Director in the food or manufacturing sector.
• Fluent in French and English for collaboration.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for workforce planning, training, and coaching supervisors.
• Optimize production processes and ensure safety standards.
• Track performance indicators and lead improvement initiatives.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Problem Solving

Coaching

Process Optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in industrial, mechanical, operations management, or food engineering

Job description

Job Type: Regular

Invest in you, Join Agropur. We dairy you!

Join the Agropur Plessisville team as Production Manager, leading a team of 100 employees dedicated to producing high-quality products for our customers nationwide. Our team proudly manufactures butter and powdered milk, supporting the local economy. Play a key role in our continued success by leading and developing our workforce with excellence.

How Agropur invests in YOU:

• Recognition of years of service for vacation calculation

• Flexible group insurance, including telemedicine services

• Employee assistance program

• Opportunities for career development

• Retirement plan with company contributions

• Salary scale 006: $95,900 to $119,900 (Base salary will be determined based on your academic background, experience, training, and skills related to the position.)

What’s involved in this role:

As Production Manager of the Plessisville plant, you will be responsible for workforce planning, monitoring, training, and coaching in collaboration with supervisors. You'll work closely with continuous improvement teams to integrate the DMS within your sector. More specifically, your responsibilities include:

• Coaching supervisors in technical and human aspects: disciplinary meetings, setting expectations, observing safety behaviors, labor relations, problem-solving, etc.

• Assessing workforce needs and overseeing training with supervisors and trainers

• Tracking performance indicators and leading progress initiatives

• Optimizing processes in collaboration with continuous improvement teams through production indicators, ensuring mastery by production teams

• Developing processes and proposing investment projects

• Reviewing results with improvement teams monthly and actively participating in continuous improvement tool implementation

• Managing daily communications to align team priorities

• Maintaining food quality and safety standards

• Implementing and promoting Health & Safety policies

What you need to join our team:

Our Production Manager for the Plessisville plant should have:

• A bachelor's degree in industrial, mechanical, operations management, food engineering, or another relevant field

• 5 to 7 years of experience as a Production Director in the food or manufacturing sector

• Excellent oral and written communication skills in French and English (English is required to collaborate with colleagues from other Canadian provinces)

We dairy you! JOIN AGROPUR.

Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec.

In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.