Manufacturing Continuous Improvement Specialist

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Manufacturing Continuous Improvement Specialist

Belleville, Ontario

Welcome to Lactalis Canada! We’re proud to be Canada’s #1 branded dairy company and to be consistently recognized as one of the country’s top employers by Forbes. Our purpose is to enrich and nurture the lives of Canadians by offering the best of dairy from Canada’s favourite dairy brands like Cracker Barrel, Black Diamond, Balderson, Astro and Lactantia. In fact, our products can be found in over 90% of Canadian refrigerators in any given time.

As part of Lactalis Group, the world’s leading dairy company, we remain focused on innovation and quality and are seeking like-minded individuals to join us as we continue our growth journey.

Through assessment of plant Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), Manufacturing Optimization, continuous improvement initiates investigations and measurements to identify opportunities to improve overall performance in the areas of Safety, Quality, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), capacity utilization, labour costs, productivity and customer satisfaction. Develop and implement corrective actions or Continuous Improvements (CI’s) and reports on results of process improvements.

• Promote a focus on excellence and remain updated on plant KPI’s to identify opportunities for improvement through use of problem analysis.
• Conduct measurements and trending analysis on manufacturing processes to determine root cause of performance loss. Identify manufacturing and maintenance bottlenecks and determine optimum performance speeds and labour crewing.
• Recommend procedural and/or process changes, while implementing same to improve overall performance e.g. SOP development and applicable training.
• Develop multi functional CI teams and liaise with other departments for the setup and execution of initiatives including improving overall crewing performance, CI trials and process improvements.
• Act as liaison between production and maintenance during implementation of changes in Project Management (PM) programs, sanitary maintenance program, or troubleshooting of equipment performance issues to ensure smooth completion.
• Liaise with internal/external resources to design and implement engineered solutions to improve line OEE.
• Carry out investigations into failures to eliminate their root causes.
• Identify and implement opportunities for improvement of Asset Health to optimize plant up time.

• Engineering degree (Preferably Industrial),
  
  B.Sc., or equivalent relevant work experience
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in production operations
• Experience in leading work teams in continuous improvement
• Experience in motivating employees and in working in a team culture to development employee involvement (preferably in a unionized environment)
• Experience in generation of specification for new equipment and commissioning of new equipment
• Knowledge of engineering and continuous improvement
• Organizational , communication and coaching skills
• Excellent team leadership skills
• Excellent problem solving and decision making skills
• Proficient with standard office computer technology such as Lotus Notes and Microsoft Office products, as well as CAD, SAP and experience with automation
• Ability to produce financial analysis reports
• Detail oriented

Lactalis Canada believes in rewarding its people with the following comprehensive benefits package and perks:

• A Performance-Based Bonus System
• 4 Weeks of Vacation
• A Pension Program with an Employer Match at 100% of up to 6%
• Tuition reimbursement plan of up to $3,000/year
• A Volunteer Day to give back to your community
• Learning and Development opportunities
• A commitment to internal career…