Production Planning Manager (20 Months Contract)

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HelloFresh is seeking a Production Planning Manager for a 20-month contract in Mississauga to lead planning, capacity strategy and execution for the Factor business, driving cost efficiency, waste reduction and menu innovation. You will build and coach a team of planners, align across sites, and partner with Production, Demand Planning, Procurement, Operations and Logistics to translate forecasts into plans, manage holiday capacity, lead S&OP updates, and push process standardization. To apply, highlight 5+ years in manufacturing planning, analytics and advanced Excel or planning tools, and a proven ability to drive cross-functional decisions; quantify outcomes like capacity gains and KPI delivery, and show you thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments. Onsite in Mississauga; CAD 85,000 to 95,000 plus benefits.

About the Role

The Production Planning Manager is responsible for leading end-to-end production planning, capacity strategy and execution for the Factor business. This role is critical to delivering fresh, high-quality meals to customers while improving our costs, production efficiencies, minimizing waste, and supporting rapid growth and menu innovation, helping us deliver the best possible value to our customers.

You will lead and develop a team of production planners, ensuring alignment across sites and consistency in planning standards, tools, and decision making. You will partner closely with Production, Demand Planning, Procurement, Operations and Logistics to align production plans with route capacity and outbound execution.

What you will be doing:

Own short term and long term capacity planning, including holiday and seasonality planning, translating demand forecasts into executable production plans

• Own capacity readiness across labor, equipment, and production days, and play a critical role in balancing operational constraints with customer delivery commitments
• Present production planning overviews in monthly S&OP meeting, providing clear visibility into risks, capacity constraints, trade-offs and areas of opportunity
• Lead labor planning in partnership with Operations, ensuring workforce plans align with production demand and capacity assumptions
• Partner closely with Logistics to align production plans with route capacity and delivery execution
• Work closely with Culinary, Product, Menu Planning and Demand Planning to support menu changes and new launches
• Improve and standardize production planning process and tool enhancements to improve scalability, efficiency, and execution across Factor ON and Factor AB
• Leverage planning systems and analytics to drive data-based decisions
• Achieve production planning target KPI’s
• Lead, coach and develop and lead a team of high performers to support increasing business scale and complexity
• All other duties, as assigned.

At a minimum, you have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, supply chain, or a similarly quantitative discipline
• 5+ years of experience working in production planning, supply chain planning, or a related role in a manufacturing environment
• Detailed knowledge of and interest in supply chain management best practice
• Advanced mathematical and analytical skills
• Advanced Excel and/or Planning tool experience
• Outstanding and highly structured communication skills, with the ability to build and effectively communicate a strategic plan to stakeholders at all levels within an organization
• A love for solving complex, ambiguous problems in a fast-paced environment with constant change and limited direction
• Experience managing and leading a team of direct and indirect reports

What you’ll get in return:

• Competitive salary and health benefits
• 75% discount on HelloFresh or Chefs Plate weekly box subscription
• High impact work to help feed thousands of families in Canada
• Opportunity to learn and grow
• Work with a hard-working and supportive team

Working Conditions:

It’s no surprise that as a food company, we use many ingredients that may be considered common allergens (i.e. peanuts, tree nuts, milk, etc.). Whether this role is based out of our headquarters or one of our distribution centers, it is possible that you may be exposed to such allergens in this role. If you have any concerns with being exposed to any particular food ingredients, including meat, please disclose this during the hiring process.

If this sounds like you, please click the "Apply Now" button. If this role doesn't quite match what you're looking for, but you'd like to know more about joining the HelloFresh team, please visit our Jobs page to view our other vacancies. We'd love to hear from you!

HelloFresh Canada uses AI-integrated technology to help us process and evaluate applications more efficiently. This includes tools that screen and assess candidate qualifications based on the requirements for this role. While these tools assist our workflow, all final selection decisions are made by our hiring team.

This is a posting for an existing vacancy. We are actively seeking to fill this position.

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