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Location: Bothwell (Manitoba)
Status: Full-time

Job Scope:
The scope of this position involves scheduling the production and packaging lines to fulfill customer orders and maintaining correct inventory levels.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with management, customer service, distribution and manufacturing to ensure accurate production planning
• Ensure accuracy of inventory data related to production
• Food Safety & Quality responsibility as outlined in SOPs & other training materials provided and accurate record keeping
• Attend prescribed courses/training
• Other duties as assigned by Management
• Communicate DFM with milk receiving to schedule incoming milk deliveries
• Schedule a weekly production and packaging schedules.
• Work with CI to find efficiencies in scheduling
• Coordinate projected cream volumes with our butter facility.
• Keep track of bulk product inventory and adjust production based on levels.
• Review bulk orders and customer demands and ensure we are producing the correct product.
• Assist in selecting cheese by lot and spec
• Input production runs for process, and packaging into our inventory system.
• Communicate any data errors with the appropriate area supervisor.
• Adjust inventory for packaging materials as required.
• Enter in results, allocations as needed
• Provide update KPI on bulk inventory

Qualifications:

• SCMP or APICS required
• Manufacturing experience is an asset
• Post-Secondary Education and minimum 2 years of related experience
• Familiar with total quality management and continuous improvement processes
• Customer focused with good decision-making & problem-solving capabilities
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills, including written and verbal
• Proficient computer abilities using Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel

Gay Lea Foods is a proud Canadian-owned dairy food and beverage company with a robust portfolio that includes 8 established brands such as Gay Lea Butter, Nordica Cottage Cheese, Ivanhoe Cheese, Salerno Cheese, Hewitt’s Dairy and Bothwell Cheese. Our wide range of products are sold in Retail, Foodservice, Industrial, Co-pack, and Export markets, developed and produced out of our 13 manufacturing facilities in Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and BC.
Delivering high-quality and innovative products - from the consumer favourite Spreadables and North America’s first Smooth™ Cottage Cheese, to Nothing But Cheese™, an innovative snack made with 100% cheese, is what makes us market leaders in our categories. Our grassroots approach to business is what guides our direction and differentiates us from our competitors.

Our employees inspire our culture of excellence and entrepreneurship. We hire innovative and passionate professionals who know that greatness is achieved through people, partnerships, and acting with a business owner mindset.
For more about us visit: http://www.gaylea.com
Gay Lea Foods is an equal-opportunity employer and values diversity in our workplace.
Reasonable accommodation is available upon request throughout our recruitment and selection process.

Thank you for your interest in Gay Lea Foods.