Manager - production control manager
NestléCo-Manufacturing Manager While Nestlé is known for KitKat®, Gerber®, Nescafe®, and Maggi®. Co-Manufacturing Manager While Nestlé is known for KitKat®, Gerber®, Nescafe®, and Maggi®. There are 3,400+ members of Nestlé Canada celebrated for taking action using agility, courage, and trust to find solutions that benefit the business or greater good.
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Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. The primary purpose of this role is to manage business relationship and serve as the main point of contact for Co-Manufacturing sites including all technical, operational, commercial and financial aspects of a group of contract manufacturers, while also recognizing and driving opportunity for growth through innovation and renovation project ideation and execution.
This role requires an entrepreneurial mindset with an ability to work collaboratively with the commercial/marketing side of the business in an ambiguous space; thinking creatively to explore new product portfolios and processes, discover new manufacturing capability and technology, and work in an accelerated manner that allows the company to continuously win with the consumer. Responsible for business relationship and main point of contact for Co-Man sites (technical, operational, commercial and financial). Responsible for ensuring site adherence/compliance to all Contracts, Agreements and Co-Manufacturing Standard.
Manage all operational and technical aspects at a group of Contract manufacturing sites, including ensuring supply (planning through invoice), compliance with Nestlé Quality policies and procedures (example QA HACCP and GMP's), management of Nestlé product specific information (product specifications, material specifications, certifications, etc.), maintenance of SOP's and training. Provide strong onsite support for managing operations as the main point of contact working directly with site leadership and Nestlé cross functional teams. Ensure that a continuous improvement plan is in place to provide the lowest total delivered costs within the agreed to quality parameters.
Ensure proper startup of new products at facilities including all required production related documentation being complete and available to co-manufacturer, achieving agreed upon timelines and compliance with Nestlé requirements. Ensure performance targets for assigned sites are being adhered to – including attainment, budgeting, costs (e.g. usage, PPV, tolling), savings targets, monthly variance reconciliation, consumer complaint reduction and first time right. Serve as the primary point of contact and liaison between the co-manufacturer and key internal interfaces to drive innovation & renovation concepts and project execution.
Provide project leadership to coordinate cross-functional activities at contract manufacturer to ensure project is executed against timelines and budgets (PRO) Have a professional curiosity and entrepreneurial mindset to drive innovation throughout product portfolios and manufacturing processes in contract manufacturing sites Have a broad technical skillset and end-to-end understanding of manufacturing processes along with strong cross-functional relationships to leverage through project execution and outline business practices Ensure all co-manufacturers are fully compliant with Nestlé requirements and contract manufacturing agreements Foster relationships with existing contract manufacturers and be able to establish new working relationships when new contract manufacturers are brought into the network. SPOC inter