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Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

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Why work for Dawn Foods?

PEOPLE.    PRODUCTS.   CUSTOMERS.

Why should you apply? We invest in you!

• Industry-leading health insurance and well-being coverage from Day 1
• Competitive Pay
• Generous company retirement benefit contributions
• 3 Weeks of Vacation to Start
• Professional training
• professional growth through tuition assistance and educational programs
• An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce
• Family-owned business over 100 years in service

Job Purpose and Overview

The Operations Specialist provides critical cross‑functional support within the food manufacturing facility. This role serves as the primary backup for Purchasing, Scheduling, and Production Supervision maintaining continuity during planned absences, when not covering these functions, the Operations Specialist leads the facility’s Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives, driving efficiency, accuracy, and process optimization across all operational areas.

Shift Schedule: Tuesday- Saturday 7:00 am - 3:00 pm (until finished)

This will be an on-site role at our Burlington Plant – 4370 Harvester Road, Burlington

What will you do as an Operations Specialist at Dawn Foods? 

• Support Purchasing by managing raw material/packaging orders, monitoring inventory, and resolving supplier issues.
• Scheduling by creating and adjusting production schedules based on demand, materials, labor, and capacity.
• Support Production Supervision by overseeing shift operations, ensuring safety/quality standards, leading meetings, and addressing issues.
• Support the warehouse when required.
• Lead CI projects focused on throughput improvement, waste reduction, cost savings, and process standardization.
• Facilitate Kaizen events, root cause analysis (RCA), and process mapping activities.
• Gather and analyze operational data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and implement 5S and Lean Manufacturing best practices.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to execute improvement initiatives and track results.
• Participate in plant safety initiatives and ensure adherence to food safety and regulatory requirements.
• Support training and onboarding of staff in operational processes.
• Assist with special projects and maintain competency across supported roles.

What Does It Take to be an Operations Specialist at Dawn Foods?

Below are the minimum qualifications to be a fit for this job.  

• A minimum of a High School Diploma or GED is required. Bachelors preferred.
• 5 years of experience in manufacturing operations; preferably within food manufacturing.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities with the capacity to address operational issues effectively.
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, or other CI tools. Certification preferred.
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to lead teams, influence change, and drive results across the facility.
• Experience in purchasing, scheduling, production supervision, or CI methodologies preferred.
• Forklift experience preferred.

Physical Demands & Work Environment 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Required to use motor coordination with arm, hand, finger, and leg dexterity.
• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects more than 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.
• Ability to stand and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Ability to withstand cool and/or cold temperatures.
• Normal setting for this job is manufacturing environment and office.
• Will be exposed to a physical environment, which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes, or similar elements most of the workday. 

Note: The level of physical effort may vary from site to site and in some cases be greater or lesser than documented here. 

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply.” 

About Our Benefits 
Dawn is proud to employ the top talent in the baking industry, and we reward our people with comprehensive health and well-being coverage, competitive compensation packages, and award-winning benefit offerings. Dawn encourages professional growth through tuition assistance and educational programs, and we are always searching for ways to improve our industry-leading services and benefits. We also help protect our Team Members’ future financial health with a generous RRSP matching program that provide additional retirement funds and many tools and resources on financial wellness. The contributions start as early as one month from employment 

Compensation Range: 

SG7 ($71,550 - $89,440 - $107,330) with a 5% target bonus opportunity. 

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An Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.

Requisition ID: 37915