Pay or shift range: $90,000 CAD to $100,000 CAD The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

Travel Required : Yes

Description 1. Production planning and scheduling (Toronto)

Own the master production schedule and publish a weekly plan and daily run sequence.

Sequence production to minimize changeovers.

Maintain a rolling capacity outlook and flag constraints early enough for Operations to act.

Define and enforce a frozen schedule window and a transparent protocol for schedule changes and expedites.

Track schedule adherence and bring root causes to the daily production meeting.

Build planned maintenance windows into the schedule with Maintenance.

Own work order accuracy and timely closure in Epicor (Upcoming – Future state)

- Materials planning and inventory (Toronto)

Ensure material availability for every scheduled run and publish a regular shortage/at-risk report.

Own MRP (Material Requirements Planning) parameters in Epicor and review them against actual performance.

Set and manage inventory targets by category.

Run a regular review of slow-moving and obsolete stock with the disposition plan.

Coordinate inbound receiving and material staging with the warehouse.

Keep planning assumptions (yields, scrap, run rates) aligned with actuals.

Support inventory accuracy through the cycle count program.

- Procurement (Toronto + Markleville)

Develop and maintain category strategies for direct materials, including approved and alternate suppliers.

Consolidate volume across sites to maximize leverage and standardize the supplier base.

Manage pricing mechanisms and give Finance visibility of cost movements ahead of standard cost updates.

Manage supplier performance with scorecards and corrective action.

Identify supply risks (single-source, long-lead) and hold mitigation plans.

Manage cross-border logistics,



duty/tariff exposure, and trade compliance for both sites.

Support Maintenance on MRO and critical spares within procurement controls.

Support CAPEX projects with sourcing, vendor comparison, and delivery timing tied to the production schedule.

Maintain a tracked cost savings pipeline validated by Finance.

Own supplier onboarding, master data, and payment-term alignment with AP.

- Epicor ownership (Upcoming – Future State)

Act as functional owner for the planning and purchasing modules through implementation: process design, configuration, testing, data migration, and training.

Govern planning and purchasing master data post go-live.

Deliver standard reporting on planning, inventory, and supplier performance.

- Inter-site coordination - (Toronto + Markleville)

Manage inter-company transfers of material and finished goods between sites.

Drive standardized specs and item codes across sites.

Hold a regular touchpoint with Markleville on shared suppliers and constraints.

- S&OP; (Sales and Operations Planning) and demand interface - (Toronto + Markleville)

Own or co-own a monthly S&OP; cycle connecting Sales demand, Operations capacity, and executive decisions.

Track forecast accuracy with Sales and translate forecast into the planning signal in Epicor.

Provide realistic order promise dates based on actual capacity and material.

- Continuous improvement (Toronto + Markleville)

Lead planning- and procurement-driven improvement initiatives: changeover reduction, inventory and lead-time reduction, SKU rationalization, supplier cost-outs.

Report results with clean cost/quality/productivity attribution.

- KPIs (Toronto + Markleville)

Owns: schedule adherence, material-driven downtime, raw material inventory levels, obsolete inventory, supplier OTIF, purchase price variance, open PO aging, savings delivered.

Shared: customer OTIF, changeover hours, forecast accuracy, inventory accuracy.

Travel Required Yes . Possible quarterly travel to Markleville, Indiana

📌 Procurement Supervisor (Winnipeg)
🏢 Balcan Innovations
📍 Winnipeg