Job Description

A Sustainable, Forward Thinking Protein Company

Maple Leaf Foods is a leading meat and plant-based protein company, employing over 11,500 people and publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. We are proud of our roots, which trace back well over 100 years, but our vision and purpose are decidedly forward looking. As we pursue our vision to become the most sustainable protein company on earth, we are committed to creating shared value – creative business value through addressing some of the world’s most critical social and environmental challenges. Our goal is to build a more sustainable food system, which provides nutritious affordable food, operates within planetary limits, cares for animals responsibly, and meaningfully engages with our communities to advance a more just society. We are advancing bold changes within Maple Leaf and more broadly within society to pursue our vision. We deeply believe this is the sustainable path to growth

Our job is to make great food

Maple Leaf Foods embraces a strong values-based culture, where our people are deeply engaged in work that is purposeful, fast-paced and challenging. We cultivate an open, non-bureaucratic and inclusive workplace that fosters safety and transparency, along with individual leadership and accountability. Each Maple Leaf team member has a voice and plays an active role in helping all of us achieve our goals with passion and discipline. We support one another to grow professionally, to learn new skills and to take on challenging experiences in the spirit of continuous improvement

Raise the Good in Food

We have united behind a shared purpose – to Raise the Good in Food. This spans a dramatic transformation of our flagship Maple Leaf brand, replacing anything artificial with simple, natural ingredients; investments and process changes to reduce our environmental footprint by 50% by 2025; building a diverse and inclusive culture where all talent thrives; becoming a leader in animal care; and advancing food security through our charitable foundation, the Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security.

Our Leadership Values

Eight core values guide us in everything that we do.

• Do What’s Right
• Shared Value
• High Performance
• Diverse and Inclusive Teams
• Disciplined Decision Making
• Our Accountability
• Intense Curiosity
• Transparency and Humility

The Opportunity

The Cost Analyst (CA) provides support to the Brandon operations team. The CA is responsible for operations performance measurement and plays a key role in supporting manufacturing initiatives. As a member of the Finance team, the CA will take part in overhead management, weekly and period end reporting and play a key role in providing the right information to plant management in order for the best decisions to be made.

A snapshot of some of the exciting things you will lead and do:

• Provide detailed yield/manufacturing analytics to management for decision making purposes.
• Ensure all information is correctly reported and provide a daily yield report to manufacturing.
• Investigate and correct if necessary, any yield discrepancies, carryover and production changes.
• Ensure controls are in place to correctly report manufacturing performance.
• Populate front-end transaction template, and input transactions into SAP
• Transact purchased kill credits into SAP.
• Investigate front end hog weight/quantity in discrepancies.
• Be a yield subject matter expert and assist manufacturing foreman in their understanding of yield reporting. Spend time on the floor with supervisors and develop a close working relationship.
• Provide support and assistance with Bill of Material changes.
• Provide financial analysis on Bill of Material change requests.
• Assist with and input yearly labour, yield, packaging standards
• Work with manufacturing/engineering/finance to put in place more efficient and accurate procedures.
• Be familiar with new SKU process and assist in ensuring all new sku’s are setup correctly.
• As part of Finance team participate in “finance buddy” program as well as assist in period end duties where required.
• Be active and participate in Six Sigma projects. Strive to Six sigmatize your function.
• Inventory recs (WIP) Carlisle to SAP reconciliation

What we have to offer you:

• Be part of a company with an inspiring and unique vision, with a deep commitment to sustainability and expanding its leadership in sustainable protein across North America
• Professional and career development opportunities
• Competitive Health and Wellness benefits that start on your first day of employment
• Defined Contribution Pension Plan
• Commitment to Learning – courses, resources and tools provided to all employees
• Employee Assistance Program

What you will bring:

• Post-secondary education in an Accounting program
• Proficiency with MS Office, especially Excel and Access
• Knowledge of SAP or an ERP environment is an asset
• The ability to work cross-functionally
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong leadership and team building skills
• The working language of this position is English

Maple Leaf Foods is committed to ensuring the health and safety of all our employees. As part of this commitment, we have adopted a number of COVID-19 safety measures, including a requirement for all employees to be fully vaccinated by March 31, 2022 and to show proof of vaccination. In keeping with this policy, successful candidates will need to provide proof of vaccination by March 31, 2022 (or prior to their first day of work if the start date is after March 31, 2022). We will of course consider accommodations for anyone unable to be vaccinated following human rights and other applicable laws
We thank all applicants for their interest in exploring employment opportunities with Maple Leaf Foods; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Applicants may be subject to a background check and must meet the security criteria designated for the position.
Championing diversity and inclusion is a critical component to advancing our collective purpose and vision, living the Maple Leaf Leadership Values, and delivering winning results. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired; please contact our Talent Attraction Team at accommodations@mapleleaf.com.