Lean Improvement Lead

You cant make the perfect apple pie without the right mix of ingredients and you cant make a great company without the right mix of people. For more than 50 years Chudleighs has been an important part of peoples lives. Our success hinges on the innovative dedicated and inspiring individuals who make up our team and who pride themselves on making every Chudleighs experience we do our baking in a modern 110000 square foot bakery five minutes down the road from our family farm. With 200 dedicated full-time employees we make delicious desserts for customers across North America and beyond!Come join our sweet team as a Lean Improvement Lead!Why Youll Love Working Here:Competitive Health Dental & Vision Benefits (100% employer paid)RRSP Matching Program3 Weeks Annual VacationAnniversary Paid Day OffPersonal Development/Education FundFitness ReimbursementSafety Shoe ReimbursementEmployee Referral BonusEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)Employee Rewards and Recognition Programs:Programs that recognize and reward employee achievements and Engagement:Opportunities to participate in community service and corporate social responsibility Workplace:An inclusive and diverse workplace where all employees are valued and Commitment:Work for a company committed to sustainability and making a positive impact on the Type:Permanent Full-timeWork Location:Onsite (Milton ON) with flexibility to work remote up to 1 day/ Range: $78000 - $83000What Youll Be Doing:Launch Timeline & Execution ManagementLead and manage cross-functional launch timelines from concept to commercialization ensuring alignment across PD QA Operations Supply Chain and critical paths milestones and dependencies while maintaining optimized project schedules that provide clear visibility into progress and on-time execution by proactively managing risks resolving bottlenecks and coordinating stakeholders as the central point of executive-level reporting and continuously improve launch processes to enhance efficiency accountability and overall Lifecycle & Governance Define and manage end-to-end PLM frameworks aligned with business and operational goals ensuring structured processes from ideation through and enforce governance within D365 covering product creation changes version control and discontinuation while standardizing data structures naming conventions and hierarchies to ensure consistency and workflows and approval processes for NPI and lifecycle changes ensuring control compliance and audit product master data quality through validation monitoring and continuous improvement practices while enabling visibility through reporting and dashboards to support portfolio and decision enhance lifecycle processes and governance by leveraging system capabilities and best practices to improve efficiency compliance and speed-to-market.D365 Ownership (PLM & Master Data) Serve as the functional lead and SME for product-related modules in D365 ensuring effective configuration governance and alignment with business and optimize key modules including PIM BOMs and inventory configurations ensuring accurate product structures data integrity and support for manufacturing and supply chain execution. Drive system alignment and adoption across cross-functional teams partnering with IT and vendors to ensure integration EDI compatibility and minimal enhance D365 capabilities through process improvements automation and reporting to improve efficiency visibility and Data Management & IntegrityOversee product master data integrity across systems ensuring accuracy completeness and compliance with internal and regulatory and enforce data governance policies including ownership validation processes and standardized data structures (e.g. attributes naming classifications) to ensure consistency and with IT and cross-functional teams to enhance data management capabilities including automation validation and system improve data governance frameworks through audits monitoring and process enhancements to reduce risk and support scalable -Functional Collaboration Collaborate with CommercializationFoster strong cross-functional collaboration with Commercialization Supply Chain Operations Finance and Product Development (PD) teams to ensure seamless execution of product lifecycle processes from ideation through launch and ongoing alignment on priorities timelines and deliverables across functions proactively identifying gaps and ensuring all stakeholders are working toward common -Launch Debrief ManagementLead and standardize the post-launch debrief process facilitating cross-functional reviews to assess performance against objectives timelines and accountability for deliverables conduct root cause analysis on variances and ensure clear documentation of insights and action plans to support continuous & CommunicationDevelop clear post-launch reports executive summaries and dashboards to communicate performance risks and findings and recommendations to leadership enabling data driven decisions on portfolio optimization investments and process ImprovementEstablish a closed-loop feedback process to incorporate post-launch learnings into future and drive process improvements across the commercialization lifecycle while advancing standardized launch excellence frameworks to improve efficiency consistency and DutiesOther tasks as Were Looking For:Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt or TPM degree in Business Supply Chain Engineering Information Systems or related field.7-10 years in Product Lifecycle Management Product Data Management or Supply Chain.3-5 years of experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations problem solving skills and demonstrates creative & Inventory of BOMs routings and product Change Management leadership and stakeholder communication and cross-functional -driven decision Points If You Have:Waste Reduction with KANBAN and ANDON for Desserts and Baked Manufacturing Facility or Bakery BRC (or similar GFSI) knowledge or compliance with Bill 190 we confirm that this job posting is for a new vacancy within our part of our recruitment process we may use artificial intelligence tools to help review applications. These tools are intended to support efficiency and consistency but final hiring decisions are always made by our hiring Ltd. is committed to maintaining a diverse and fair applicants with a disability who require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can contact our People & Culture Team ().Thank you for your interest in Chudleighs Bakery.