Job Description: Operations & Finance Manager Full-time, Permanent | Toronto, ON | Hybrid About Sapsucker: The Lower Valley Beverage Company is the Canadian CPG company behind Sapsucker; a premium sparkling water sweetened with maple sap. With humble beginnings in Flesherton, ON in 2014, Sapsucker is now an established national brand carried in 4,000 retail doors across Canada. These include a wide variety of retailers such as Whole Foods, Loblaws, Sobeys, Farm Boy, Longo’s, Starbucks, Pret A Manger, supported by national distribution through UNFI, Purity Life, Sysco and GFS.The product is simple and distinctly Canadian: tapped and produced in Canada, certified organic,non-GMO, and available in seven flavours. We are entering our next phase of growth and are building the leadership team to match. What we are looking for: We are looking for an individual to lead our Operations & Finance functions through a period of high growth. This role is perfect for a hands‑on operator who can take ownership across a scaling CPG business and build disciplined, data‑driven processes. This individual will drive optimization and shape key aspects of the CPG business, including demand planning & forecasting, product management, and fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making. Collaborating with and reporting directly to the CEO, you will have the chance to shape processes and support strategies for future growth and innovation. This role is 80% operations and 20% finance. In this role, you will: Operations: Plan, organize, direct,



control and evaluate the purchasing needs of the organization Own vendor, co-packer, 3PL, and freight partner relationships Manage logistics carriers and conduct ongoing RFPs to improve cost efficiency on high volume lanes moving raw materials and finished goods Own production demand planning and forecasting Own finished goods and raw-material inventory decisions, maintaining healthy stock levels while minimizing stockouts, excess inventory, and write offs Project manage all innovation activities from product development to commercial execution Own Cin7 Core / DEAR Systems administration, data integrity, inventory accuracy, and operational workflows Manage external operations and logistics contractors and outsourced service providers Manage the 3PL relationship and oversee logistics, e-commerce shipments, and year-end inventory counts Own regulatory compliance, certifications, and renewals, including recycling, organic, non-GMO, and other applicable requirements Finance: Manage outsourced bookkeeping and accounting contractors Manage the preparation of monthly financial statements and deliver timely reporting and analysis to the CEO Own product costing across all SKUs and assess channel profitability through monthly channel P&L analysis Support Sales and Marketing teams with forecasting, projections, analysis, and insights on both a cadenced and ad hoc basis Support grant applications and SR&ED filings Own AR/AP with outsourced bookkeeping and accounting contractors, including aging, collections,

📌 Operations & Finance Manager (Toronto)
🏢 Sapsucker
📍 Toronto