Grand River Foods is a leading food solutions company serving customers in the North American grocery and food service industry. As a member of the Sunrise Farm family, we remain as dedicated as ever to both providing a quality work environment for our employees, as well as producing only the highest quality products for our customers. We are known for the great care we take with clients and employees alike.
Position Summary: The ideal candidate will have Supply Chain Management, Inventory Control, Full Cycle Planning and Forecasting experience to manage and support retail, foodservice, and industrial sales in further processed food manufacturing facility involving meat, dairy, and plant-based proteins. This individual is analytically minded with a knack for streamlining processes and can manage staff, vendor/material requirements, accountability, and performance within a cross functional, multi-plant environment.
PRIORITY: Leading, developing, implementing, and managing plant supply chain activities to maximize the service fill performance to our customers, with an ongoing requirement to maximize the productivity of our plant. Promote a healthy work culture ensuring solutions-based thinking and a cross functional ‘all for one’ team environment.
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Responsibilities:
Demand Planning in a high volume environment with frequent changes in customer requirements
Forecasting with older system tools and cross-functional collaboration
Real-time data analysis to anticipate and mitigate gaps or surpluses
Production planning and scheduling across multiple lines and facilities, balancing constraints such as labor, equipment uptime, and material availability, often making fast adjustments due to unforeseen disruptions
Manage supplier sourcing, negotiation, and purchasing to ensure fast, cost-effective procurement under tight deadlines
Oversee all shipping, receiving, and consumables inventory (on-site and off-site) to maintain constant supply flow in a high-pressure environment
Inventory management of raw ingredients and finished goods, using a hands on approach to reconcile discrepancies and prioritize urgent issues that impact production
Delivers concise, actionable reports and insights to leadership, often under time pressure, to support rapid operational and strategic decisions
Leads structured but fast-paced meetings with internal teams and stakeholders to review backorders, aging reports, purchase orders, production schedules, and delivery ETAs, ensuring alignment and swift resolution of outstanding issues
Requirements:
Preferably 5 years of progressive experience; desirable to have touchpoints in multiple, if not all, functional areas of Supply Chain management
Ability to perform rudimentary sales forecast to planning analysis: demand trends, inventory usage, seasonal putdown strategies for market advantage/capacity utilization development plans
Degree/Diploma in Supply Chain Management or industry related (Purchasing, Procurement, Logistics)
MRP/ERP system experience
Previous experience managing a team of direct reports and ability to assess required labour increases/reductions
Collecting relevant data on productivity and customer demand to improve, identify changes and improve supply chain processes
Competencies and Attributes:
Strong critical thinking and communication skills (written and verbal) to share ideas and influence others, including senior management team.
Ability to implement new business strategies with strong change leadership skills.
Ability to achieve successful strategic change and innovation.
Coach, mentor, and train all Supply Chain team members to enhance performance and to develop and retain high-potential employees of the future.
Evaluate business risk, and work with executive committees.
Create a high performing team with clear direction and realistic but challenging goals.
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$110,000 - $135,000 a year
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At Sunrise Farms we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or any other identifying characteristic are encouraged to apply.
Please note that the expected new hire salary range provided is derived from a group of like roles within Sunrise Farms. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on geographical region, applicable experience, and skillset of the candidate.
