This role is a rare opportunity to lead one of Maple Leaf Foods' most exciting growth businesses. Our Kits & Snacking portfolio has strong momentum today as we lean into that opportunity, with ambitious plans to build upon and accelerate the performance of this business. Achieving our ambition will require bold thinking, deep consumer understanding and exceptional commercial leadership.

As Marketing

Director, you'll operate as the General Manager of a growing business - shaping long-term strategy, identifying new sources of consumer demand, building a breakthrough innovation pipeline and making investment decisions that will define the next chapter of growth. You'll partner across Brand, Revenue Growth Management, Sales, Supply Chain and Operations to unlock new opportunities and build a category that is redefining how Canadians snack and eat. Lead the future of one of Maple Leaf's fastest-growing businesses as we build on robust momentum and pursue an ambitious long-term growth agenda.

Develop and execute breakthrough innovation in one of the most dynamic food categories. Develop a deep understanding of evolving consumer behaviours, customer needs and emerging food occasions to identify new sources of growth and build a bold multi-year innovation pipeline. Own the portfolio's performance across Retail and Foodservice in Canada and the U.delivering market share, volume, profitability and long-term business growth.

Lead the annual business planning process, balancing consumer opportunity, customer priorities, pricing, supply, investment decisions and P&L; performance to maximize growth, profitability, and strengthen competitive advantage. Collaborate with Sales and key customers to translate consumer insight into winning category strategies that drive mutual growth. Partner across Brand, Product Development, Revenue Growth Management, Operations,



Supply Chain and Finance to bring breakthrough products to market and execute with excellence.

Align senior leaders behind a shared growth agenda, influencing key decisions that accelerate business performance. Lead with agility in a rapidly evolving category, making bold, fact-based decisions that position the business for long-term success. This role is about building a business - not simply managing a portfolio.

You'll be curious about consumers, energized by ambiguity and confident making difficult trade-offs that balance long-term brand building with short-term commercial performance. You're equally comfortable influencing senior leaders, coaching high-performing teams and making data-driven decisions that create lasting business impact. 10+ years of progressive marketing leadership experience within CPG, food, retail or adjacent consumer industries, with increasing responsibility for brand, category or business leadership. ~ Demonstrated experience managing a P&L; and making commercial investment decisions. ~ Strong cross-functional leadership with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across the organization. ~ What We Offer at Maple Leaf Foods: Being part of a high-performance, people-focused company that has an inspiring and unique vision to become the most sustainable protein company on earth, and a deep commitment to sustainable protein across North America.

Defined Contribution Pension

Plan with company matching that starts on your first day of employment. Learning and development opportunities, including workshops, ‘speaker series’ events,



and resources that allow you to develop your skills and progress your career. Supporting our deep commitment to community impact, we offer up to two paid days annually to volunteer at a cause of your choice.

We’re a carbon neutral food company on a purposeful journey to Raise the Good in Food through better nutrition, safer food and workplaces, more humane animal care, and environmental sustainability efforts that protect our planet. We care about our communities and commit to reducing food insecurity in Canada. We’re passionate about food.

For more than 100 years, we’ve made delicious, healthy protein that Canadians love under iconic national and regional brands, like Maple Leaf®, Schneiders®, and Greenfield Natural Meat Co.® We are one of the only food companies in Canada to set science-based targets. We’re a global food company with approximately 10,000 team members. We operate sites in 20+ locations across Canada.

Championing diversity and inclusion is a critical component to advancing our collective purpose and vision, living the Maple Leaf Leadership Values, and delivering winning results. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired; They guide the decisions we make for all our stakeholders: our consumers, our customers, our people, our communities, our shareholders, and the environment.

High Performance

We thank all applicants for their interest in exploring employment opportunities with Maple Leaf Foods; Championing diversity and inclusion is a critical component to advancing our collective purpose and vision, living the Maple Leaf Leadership Values, and delivering winning results. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired;

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