About PBF Pita Bread Factory
Our variety of baked goods are created with authenticity and high-quality standards. We are in the heart of Burnaby and proudly present ourselves as a company which values diversity and growth.
PBF Pita Bread Factory has gained trust and loyalty form its customers since 1984. As a division of Rise Baking Company located in the United States, we supply our premium baked products all over Canada, United States, and Hong Kong.
Our mission is to manufacture and deliver high quality baked goods that exceed the expectations of our customers in terms of delivery, specification, and price. We accomplish this by cultivating a caring environment where our dedicated and passionate team relentlessly serve our customers.
Job Purpose
Direct plant operations with overall responsibility for production, maintenance, quality, safety, warehousing, sanitation, and other production-related activities. Provide overall leadership for the production facility in accordance with company’s mission and core values. Develops and manages production schedules to meet internal volume, cost, and quality goals.
Essential Functions
- Implement, lead, and manage effective controls that ensure employee and consumer safety, eliminate the variability that affects desired product quality, guarantee assets are maintained at base condition, and sustain 100% customer focus
- Utilize zero loss mindset to understand opportunities and prioritize resources accordingly
- Establish clear, visual goals and accountabilities and set the strategic direction for the facility aligned with company’s mission and core values; build and maintain a multi-year plan
- Analyze production reports including: production results, downtime, yields, and labor/overtime to develop improvement plans; ensure effective plans and processes to support those plans are in place and appropriate actions taken to continuously improve performance
- Develop a capital plan and appropriate justification for the facility to improve safety, quality, costs, productivity, and delivery as well as support company growth initiatives
- Set high objectives and standards of performance for direct reports and ensure the same for every employee in the facility to meet and exceed goals
- Apply TPM and Lean manufacturing principles to improve operational systems, processes, and policies in support of exceeding organizational and departmental goals
- Implement effective systems and processes by working with all departments and areas to align resources that deliver against business requirements in the areas of cost, financial controls, quality, safety, and business initiatives
- Communicate in a timely manner all situations that may adversely impact the quality and efficiencies tied to product, operations, and the business
- Foster a sense of teamwork; harness resultant energy, enthusiasm, and excitement of others to achieve organizational goals; display enthusiastic drive to encourage better business performance
- Establish an employee and consumer safety-first culture and support all guidelines of GMPs, HACCP, CFIA, CEPA and WorkSafeBC standards to ensure plant compliance
- Support food safety program, quality standards, and legality of manufactured products
- Utilize operational metrics to analyze productivity, identify issues, and set performance targets to achieve production goals
- Oversees staffing and development of all managers, supervisors and staff and facilitate labor relations
- Develop and manage production schedules to meet internal volume, cost, and quality goals
- Implement plant safety and security inspections, auditing, and training procedures to meet WorkSafeBC and other required regulations
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned
Qualifications (Education, Experience, Competencies)
- Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree preferred
- 10-15 years of progressive and demonstrated management experience with a minimum of 5 years of successful plant management experience in a food production facility
- Proficient knowledge of regulatory disciplines (CEPA, WorkSafeBC, CIFA, AAFC)
- Proven fiscal responsibility (financial planning, budgeting, financial analysis, variance reporting, etc.)
- Familiarity with creating visual plant metrics
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and ERP system(s)
- Demonstrated cultural integration leader and change agent with proven ability to drive results
- Demonstrated ability to create/manage systems and processes necessary to achieve zero accidents, zero defects, and zero unplanned downtime
- Outstanding employee relations skills
- Highly detail oriented with excellent organizational and project management skills
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Job Types: Permanent, Full-time
Pay: $170,000.00-$200,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- RRSP match
- Store discount
- Vision care
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)
Experience:
- Management: 10 years (preferred)
Work Location: In person
