Position Summary Position Title:VP, HR SnackingPosition Type:Regular - Full-TimeGrade:Grade 08Requisition ID:41851Opportunity, Scope & Impact The Vice President, Human Resources – Global Snacking will lead and evolve the people and culture agenda for McCain’s Global Snacking business. As a key member of the Snacking Leadership Team, you will shape and execute a forward‑looking talent and organization agenda that enables business growth, strengthens capability and fosters a high‑performance, inclusive culture.Key Responsibilities Strategic Leadership & Business PartnershipServe as a trusted advisor to the President, Global Snacking and Snacking Leadership Team, shaping the people and culture agenda to enable business strategy and growth.Act as the primary HR partner to Snacking Operations, supporting a network of 11 manufacturing sites and driving safety culture, frontline engagement and workforce performance.Align HR strategy with commercial priorities, ensuring people and organization decisions directly enable growth, performance and value creation.Provide strategic HR counsel and leadership coaching to senior leaders, driving effectiveness and alignment at the top of the organization.Translate data, insights and emerging trends into clear, forward‑looking people decisions.Drive enterprise‑level thinking across the Snacking business, ensuring talent and organizational decisions are made with a global, long‑term lens.Organizational Design & EffectivenessShape and evolve the Global Snacking organizational structure to enable speed, accountability and delivery against growth ambitions.Define clear roles, spans and layers to optimise decision‑making, accountability and performance.Partner with Regional and Global HR to ensure alignment with enterprise frameworks, policies and labour standards.Bring a strong understanding of manufacturing and operational environments to shape structures, roles and workforce models that enable safe, efficient, high‑performing plant operations.Talent Strategy & Workforce PlanningDefine and execute the Global Snacking talent strategy, ensuring the organization has the talent, capabilities and leadership required to deliver on current and future business priorities.Lead workforce planning and organisational effectiveness initiatives,



aligning talent supply with business demand and investment priorities.Partner closely with Finance to connect talent planning to growth, productivity and financial targets.Leadership, Capability & SuccessionStrengthen leadership pipelines through targeted development, succession planning and career pathing across critical roles.Build a strong and sustainable leadership bench, ensuring depth across key roles and readiness to scale with business growth.Anticipate future capability needs and ensure the organization is equipped to deliver against evolving business priorities.Champion learning and development initiatives that build high‑performance, future‑ready teams.Culture, Engagement & Change LeadershipFoster an inclusive, high‑performance culture that drives accountability, engagement and sustained business performance.Lead engagement strategies that promote recognition, accountability and two‑way communication across the organization.Leverage engagement insights to identify trends, address challenges and drive continuous improvement.Integration & Global AlignmentSupport the integration of Global Snacking HR priorities within broader McCain initiatives, ensuring alignment on commercial and cultural goals.Lead deployment of global HR processes within Snacking, adapting where necessary while maintaining consistency with enterprise standards.Partner with Global Communications and HR stakeholders to deliver transparent, aligned messaging and drive effective change management.Leadership ProfileStrategic Partner: Shapes and influences business strategy through a strong people and culture lens.Culture Champion: Embodies McCain’s values and builds an inclusive, high‑performance environment.Talent Builder: Develops leadership pipelines and builds future‑ready capabilities.Influential Communicator: Translates complex strategies into clear, compelling messaging that drives alignment and engagement.Collaborative Leader: Builds solid cross‑functional partnerships and fosters shared accountability across a matrixed organization.Learning Agility & Judgment:



Brings strong intellectual agility and judgment to translate data, insights and emerging trends into clear, forward‑looking people decisions.Qualifications & ExperienceSignificant experience in senior HR leadership roles within complex, global, matrixed organisations.Proven ability to shape and execute people strategies that enable business growth and transformation.Deep expertise across organisational design, talent strategy, workforce planning and capability development.Strong business acumen with the ability to connect talent decisions to commercial outcomes.Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead through complexity and change.Experience partnering with manufacturing or operational environments, with demonstrated impact on safety culture, frontline engagement and workforce productivity.Compensation PackageToronto: $280,000 – $315,000 CAD annually + bonus eligibility + Long‑Term Incentive eligibility. (Compensation may vary based on experience and background.)Equal Opportunity & Accessibility McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family‑owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognise that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.Privacy By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here.Job Family:Human ResourcesDivision:Global SnackingDepartment:Global Snacking HRLocation(s):CA - Canada : Ontario : TorontoCompany:McCain Foods (Canada)#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Vp, Hr Snacking - C$280,000 - C$299,999 A Year (Toronto)
🏢 McCain Foods
📍 Toronto