Manager, Production (Chemical Manufacturing)

Location: Scarborough, Ontario, Canada; production-floor presence is required across early mornings, nights, weekends, and other off-shift periods as needed.

Compensation: $114,000–$143,000 CAD annually, based on candidate experience.

Company

hirify.global applies advanced science to enable technologies that transform the world and provides opportunities for employee development and internal growth.

What you will do

• Lead, coach, and develop Production Supervisors, Team Leads, and production employees across all shifts.
• Build leadership capability through hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance reviews, and documented corrective action plans.
• Champion safety programs, Safety Leadership Team initiatives, 5S activities, and a strong safety culture.
• Oversee production quality, audits, work practices, work orders, inventory records, and compliance with established standards.
• Partner with Scheduling and manufacturing functions to resolve production issues, manage schedule disruptions, and support on-time shipping.
• Own operating-area cost performance, analyze KPIs, and drive improvements in labor efficiency, yield, scrap, rework, downtime, and equipment uptime.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Industrial Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; an advanced degree is preferred.
• At least 10 years of manufacturing experience, including at least 4 years leading and developing people and teams; chemical manufacturing experience is strongly preferred.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, collaboration, problem-solving, customer-focus, and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, standard manufacturing tools, and Microsoft Office 365.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including early mornings, nights, weekends, and other off-shift support.
• Lean Sigma Champion training or certification is required, or must be completed after hire.

Nice to have

• Experience applying Lean, Six Sigma, and Kaizen methodologies.
• Success improving yield, material usage variance, rework, scrap, and equipment uptime.
• Experience in regulated or high-risk process manufacturing environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Values-driven culture centered on People, Accountability, Creativity, and Excellence.
• RRSP plan with an employer match.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance packages.
• Vacation policy and education assistance.
• Opportunities to build relationships across the organization, grow internally, and receive recognition for demonstrated success.