Position Snapshot

Business area: Nestlé Canada

Location: London, ON located at 980 Wilton Grove Rd, London, ON N6N 1C7

In-person: Working onsite at the London Factory

A little bit about us

While Nestlé is known for KitKat, Gerber, Nescafe, and Häagen-Dazs, our recipe for success comes down to one thing: our people.

We strive to lead a people-focused culture that empowers employees to bring their authentic selves to work each day. There are 3,000+ members of Nestlé Canada celebrated for taking action using agility, courage, and trust to find solutions that benefit the business or greater good. We’re a team of changemakers, who are curious and challenge the status quo, that take risks that will help drive us forward.

Our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you. We know that empowerment leads to strong employee engagement, a great work culture, and motivated employees.

What to Expect:

Your role will involve leading, developing, and aligning the detailed production scheduling, material requirements planning, logistics, and manufacturing excellence teams to effectively apply best practices, processes, and tools. You will have full accountability to ensure that finished goods are produced and made available according to requested dates and quantities, in the appropriate locations, and at optimized costs. While doing this you will proactively collaborate with production, demand & supply planning, third-party suppliers/service providers, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to visibly impact and guide the Value Chain in defining and delivering business priorities and effectively managing the bottom line.

A day in the life:

• Collaborate across teams to ensure a strong customer focus while developing and implementing strategies to optimize all supply chain functions: procurement, production planning, labour planning, inventory management, and logistics

• Monitor and analyze supply chain performance metrics e.g. on-time delivery, inventory turnover, and cost of goods sold, and develop and implement processes and procedures to ensure efficient and effective supply chain operations

• Lead and develop a team of supply chain professionals, providing guidance, coaching, and training to enhance their skills and capabilities.

• Implement inventory management systems and processes to optimize inventory levels and minimize carrying costs, in coordination with the production manager to ensure accurate and achievable production schedules.

• Oversee logistics operations, including transportation, warehousing, and distribution, to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of raw, in-process and finished goods.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry best practices in all supply chain activities. Regularly review and update standard operating procedures and work instructions to ensure compliance and continuous improvement

• Prepare and present supply chain performance reports to senior management, highlighting achievements, challenges, and improvement opportunities.

Role Requirements

• 4+ years’ experience at market, business, factory level is required, direct experience working in Operations, Supply Chain and or Inventory functions within Food or Beverage manufacturing industry.

• Experience in material planning and procurement, inventory control and management, production planning, setting production requirements and managing execution, material movement, and supplier negotiations

• Knowledge of SAP and MS Office, Power BI in Supply Chain through formal training and experience an asset

• Demonstrated leadership capabilities with a focus on team development and talent management supervisory/managerial

Preferred Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across functions and levels of the organization

• Demonstrates exceptional skills in analytical problem-solving, organization, and negotiation

• Flexible and adaptable in coping with pressures, deadlines, and rapidly changing situations

Benefits

• Comprehensive total rewards benefits package including Health and Dental benefits that start on day one of employment

• Company matched pension plan

• Four weeks of Vacation and four personal days (Personal Paid Holidays)

• Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company

• Access to Educational Assistance & Tuition Reimbursement

• Bonus eligibility

• Gender affirmation benefits to ensure access to necessary care, resources, and coverage for gender-affirming procedures

• Fertility Services and Surrogacy Medical Coverage to support the pursuit of a path to parenthood regardless of medical conditions, gender or sexual orientation

• Adoption benefits to remove some of the financial barriers associated with adoption

• Access to the Discount Company store with Nestlé, Nespresso, and Purina products (Located across various Nestle offices/sites)

What you need to know

We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

Nestlé Canada is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome qualified applicants to bring their diverse and unique experiences as a result of their education, perspectives, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. Nestlé will work with you to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.

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