Hunter Amenities is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of Guest Amenities with over 40 years of experience in the global market. Hunter Amenities’ global headquarters is located in Burlington, Ontario where we manufacture one of the richest portfolios of licensed amenity brands for our 5- and 6-star global hotels, boutique hotels, spas, cruise lines and retail clients.

Hunter has built a broad retail portfolio, creating both private label and branded beauty products of the highest quality. Hunter is a highly entrepreneurial, professional and driven organization that believes in its teams, professional ethics and outstanding service.

We are recognized for our brand, our service and our dedication to being the best. Hunter is also proud to be a Platinum member of the “Best Managed Companies” program in Canada.

We are looking for a Plant Manager to oversee the Operations of our Burlington manufacturing plant. This includes managing day-to-day operations, maintaining plant equipment, and developing strategies to create optimal plant performance. The Plant Manager is also responsible for ensuring our operations meet the standards of Hunter’s quality system in accordance with customer and company requirements and maintain our competitive advantage by maximizing manufacturing efficiencies and effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the direct supervision of supervisors, team leaders, and the activities of production teams; including all manufacturing processes and procedures as well as the maintenance of equipment, buildings, and property.
• Encourage a culture of quality, foster a learning culture that encourages employees to continuously improve processes, productivity, and throughput.
• Maintains a regular presence on the production floor and works to maintain high levels of communication with supervisors and production team members.
• Maintains a high level of communication with the sales and engineering teams, giving regular updates on capacity levels and/or constraints.
• Monitors and adjusts plant capacities as required to provide best possible service levels.
• Guide and assist team in solving production problems and ensure high standards are adhered to for GMP, safety, and preventative maintenance.
• Maintains equipment and facilities by developing, auditing, and evaluating maintenance systems, policies, procedures, and controls.
• Develop and maintain a work environment that ensures positive employee relations, flexibility, and quick response to issues.
• Working with our CI Team, develop and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Achieves financial objectives by establishing KPI’s; developing budgets; controlling costs; maximizing use of assets.
• Complies with legal requirements by enforcing company policies and procedures, and regulatory requirements.

Preferred Experience

• 5-10 years’ experience in a high-performance manufacturing environment (packaging preferred).
• Proven experience in a high-performance manufacturing environment utilizing lean/Six Sigma tools.
• Experience as an engaging and collaborative leader.
• Excellent communication and written skills.
• Problem solving skills to assist in sorting through complex issues.
• Thinks globally, takes a broad view of the business and its opportunities. Develops long-term strategies for growth.
• Demonstrated experience with process reengineering techniques/tools such as process flowcharts, cause-and-effect diagrams, and control charts.

We offer

• We offer a competitive compensation package
• An excellent company-paid benefit package including health, dental, life, a matching group RRSP, skills development and training reimbursement
• Fast paced, never boring, never dull work environment. Our culture is demanding, supportive and fun loving, we believe in our people and our people believe in Hunter
• The opportunity to be part of a fast-growing, dynamic and successful global team

More About The Company

Hunter Amenities International Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. Hunter does not discriminate on the basis of race/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/sexual orientation/gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by current law. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates with disabilities taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process.

Based on our profile and needs we will only contact those candidates selected for interviews. Thanks for applying!