Jobs at Riverside Natural Foods Ltd.

Lead 3- to 18-month supply planning across plants, co-manufacturers, and distribution locations using SAP IBP and SAP S/4HANA. Develop feasible production, inventory, capacity, and scenario plans; manage exceptions, constraints, master data, and supply risks; and lead S&OP/IBP reviews. Partner with manufacturing, procurement, logistics, finance, commercial, and IT teams, support product transitions and network changes, improve planning processes, act as an SAP planning subject matter expert, and coach junior planners.

Leads capital engineering and manufacturing improvement projects from concept through commissioning. Responsibilities include project justification, budgeting, risk analysis, vendor selection, equipment specifications, factory and site acceptance testing, plant layout, contractor management, handover, automation, continuous improvement, and OEE improvement. The role also coaches colleagues and collaborates cross-functionally to implement new manufacturing and packaging processes in a GMP-compliant plant environment.

Leads cross-functional execution of CPG product launches, renovations, transitions, and discontinuations from approval through commercialization. Maintains integrated project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables; facilitates meetings; assigns ownership; tracks risks and mitigation actions; and escalates issues affecting launch readiness, inventory, costs, service levels, and timelines. Collaborates with Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, Quality, Sales, and Finance without direct authority.

Partner with Marketing and cross-functional teams to provide financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for brand initiatives. Build financial models, business cases for product innovation, monitor marketing spend, improve forecast accuracy, and strengthen controls and reporting processes to support investment decisions and drive continuous improvement in Brand Finance.

Leads food safety and quality improvement across manufacturing operations. Responsibilities include managing incidents and complaints, conducting root cause analysis, risk assessments and CAPA, analyzing quality data, implementing corrective actions, monitoring KPIs and statistical process controls, maintaining BRC compliance, developing procedures, and training employees. The role collaborates cross-functionally with production, sanitation, maintenance, engineering, facilities, and R&D to reduce defects and improve product and process performance.

Leads Canadian sales strategy, annual planning, commercialization, forecasting, and cross-functional execution. Develops channel and go-to-market strategies, customer-ready selling materials, volume assumptions, and business plans. Partners with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Category Management to identify growth opportunities, manage risks, optimize inventory, and improve commercial processes. Requires strong commercial judgment, strategic thinking, communication, data-driven problem solving, project management, and cross-functional leadership.

Lead R&D and innovation for Private Label and Emerging Brands, driving product ideation through commercialization. Provide technical leadership in formulation, ingredient functionality, scale-up, and co-manufacturing partnerships. Build and coach a food science team, manage risk and continuous improvement, and collaborate cross-functionally to meet timelines, quality, cost, and sustainability goals.