Bilingual Food Plant Director

Our client located in the Boisbriand / Saint-Eustache area of Montreal is currently recruiting for a Bilingual Food Plant Director.

The Plant Manager provides overall direction for the facility in the areas of safety / quality / service and overall plant efficiency.

• Responsible for driving results
• Improved performance
• Customer Relationships
• Plant asset utilization
• Positive employee/labor relations
• Developing + executing the site budget
• Provide strategic direction
• Coordinate and direct plant operations in the achievement of production needs, budget, and quality + safety objectives.
• Coordinate production activities
• Ensure accurate, timely, & efficient operation of shipping/cooler.
• Coordinate with transportation, sales, and others as needed to meet needs of customer orders.
• Responsible for the development of budgets & cost controls.
• Managing all plant resources to optimize profitability to meet or exceed internal & external customer expectations.
• Facilitate the development of strategies and corrective actions to resolve quality issues as necessary.
• Insure compliance with company policies and all government regulations.
• Must insure full compliance with all quality assurance standards and compliance of SQF standards.
• Insure full compliance with company dress code policy, good hygiene, and housekeeping practices.
• Insure compliance and enforcement of all work rules and regulations to plant operations and all applicable employees.
• Communicate with supervisors, managers and Human Resource Department on needs of the facility.
• Foster active participation of the workforce to enhance awareness and cooperation.
• Provide for the personal and professional growth of subordinates through coaching, feedback and opportunity. Develop the skills and capabilities of both salaried and hourly team members.
• Ensure that the quality of products produced at the facility is consistent with intended design and desired image.
• Monitor and work with production procurement to assure quality standards are met and production shortages are avoided.
• Insure that all team members work in a safe, efficient, productive & cooperative manner.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree + minimum of 3-5 years experience managing or supervising people in a food manufacturing/production environment or 5+ years of Plant Manager experience.
• Five year of increasing responsibility in a food or beverage manufacturing and packaging environment with a high number of SKU's requiring frequent changeovers.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing.
• Supervision, coaching, managing processes, process improvement, tracking budget expenses, production planning controls and instrumentation, strategic planning, dealing with complexity, financial 
• Fully Bilingual (Italian is an asset)