Job Description

THE COMPANY

COMPANY Cérélia North America (US / Canada)

OWNERSHIP Cérélia Group, Paris, France (Europe)

ASSOCIATES 700 in North America / 2,000 worldwide

YEAR FOUNDED 1974

COMPANY LOCATIONS Headquarters: Toronto, Canada

Toronto (Canada); Columbus, OH, Atlanta, GA & Greenville, SC (USA)

WEBSITE www.Cérélia.com

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Cérélia North America is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario (Canada), which was incorporated in 1991. Cérélia’s key businesses are food manufacturing of cookies, rolled dough and pancakes/waffles for retail, food services and national brands. Cérélia North America employs approximately 700 associates.

The activities of Cérélia North America are split over 4 different locations:

• Toronto, Ontario (CA): 2 factories and 1 distribution Center (cookies)
• Columbus, Ohio (USA): 1 factory (cookies & rolled dough)
• Atlanta, Georgia (USA): 1 distribution center (rolled dough & pancakes)
• Greenville, South Carolina (USA): 1 factory (pancakes & waffles)

Cérélia Group currently operates 12 production plants globally with approximately 2,000 associates throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. Products are sold in 22 countries with current sales of ~$550 million Euros (CA$800 million). Cérélia’s business model is the combination of quality, innovation, and cost efficiency. In 2020, Cérélia invested more than CA$60M in new factories and production lines in North America.

At the core of Cérélia’s strategy, our corporate responsibility focus points include the reduction of our environmental footprint, a responsible sourcing policy, the improvement of the nutritional profile of our products, and finally the development & engagement of our associates. Visit our annual report here

Cérélia’s associates demonstrate every day the following core values:

• Entrepreneurial Spirit: “Every day is an opportunity”
• Together with Cérélia: “Building our success together”
• Commitment: “Positive energy in everything we do”

COMPANY OFFERING

Our ambition is to become the world leading partner for dough solutions, empowering consumers to create happy home-baking moments.

Cérélia offers a wide range of baked cookies, cookie dough, pizza dough, pie crust, puff pastry, pancakes, frozen waffles and breakfast sandwiches; commercialized under our clients’ brands, both retailers, food services and industrial companies, as well as under its own brands: English Bay Bakery, Wewalka, and Pop! Bakery.

COMPANY STRATEGY

Cérélia North America’s strategy is articulated around 4 axles, aiming to improving its performance and seizing future growth opportunities, while embracing the company’s heritage and distinctive strengths:

• Create a solid base: doing well what we do today, increase customer satisfaction and profitability
• Drive innovation around our 3 product platforms: cookies, rolled dough and pancakes / waffles
• Enhance our capabilities & talent: implementing new systems, developing a broader industrial footprint, and investing in our talent
• Accelerate growth, through organic growth, strategic partnerships, and acquisitions

In 2020, we reset and refocused the business around the Toronto facilities for cookies, while adding Wewalka US, a rolled dough company with an excellent reputation and distribution across the US retailers, to our portfolio.

In March 2021, US Waffle, leader in pancakes & waffles joined the Cérélia family; in June 2021, we will open a new, state-of-the art, 150,000 sq.ft. factory in Columbus, Ohio.

Cérélia continues to strengthen the relationship with its strategic customers across multiple distribution channels: food service, in store bakeries, retailers, clubs, convenience stores, and industrial partners.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for a Health and Safety Advisor to Lead and facilitate the integration of EHS processes, standard operating procedures & policies, assists in administering programs and training in compliance with Federal and State regulations and standards. Counsel and support operations management and employees in activities to achieve a safe and healthy working environment. Benchmark best-practices to achieve top standard EHS performance results. This is a hands-on role with significant time spent in all parts of the operation, observing, monitoring, training and coaching employees towards EHS goals and initiatives.

This role will report directly to our Director of Operations will work out of our brand new state of the art manufacturing facility in Columbus (Whitehall) Ohio.

RESPONSIBILITIES

EHS PROGRAM & KPI

• DRIVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EHS PROGRAMS TO ACHIEVE EHS EXCELLENCE. THIS WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALL ENVIRONMENTAL EXPECTATIONS, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENTS (SRA’S) AND EHS PROCEDURES, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, ERGONOMICS, CONTRACTOR SAFETY, EHS CULTURE, ETC.
• DRIVE IMPROVEMENT AND TRACK GOAL(S) ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH COLLECTION, ANALYSIS AND COMMUNICATION OF EHS AND KPI DATA (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROGRAMS EVALUATION, WORKPLACE AUDITS, TRAINING COMPLETION, INJURIES AND ILLNESSES AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN AN EHS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
• DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT APPROPRIATE CORRECTIVE PREVENTIVE ACTIONS / CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
• DRIVE EHS COMPLIANCE TO ENSURE COMPLETION AND ACCURATE RECORDING OF EHS METRICS, INCLUDING TRAINING, AUDIT FINDINGS, INSPECTIONS, ETC.
• MONITOR AND RECOMMEND BEST PRACTICES, AND DEVELOP POLICIES, PROCEDURES RELATED TO ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH & SAFETY.
• PARTICIPATE IN THE DESIGN PHASE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, OPERATION, AND CAPEX PROJECTS.

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

• ENSURE ONGOING COMPLIANCE AND INTERPRETATION TO INTERNAL PROCEDURES AND OSHA REGULATIONS.
• LEAD EHS PERMITTING PROCESSES, BEING A CLOSE LIAISON WITH LOCAL REGULATORY AUTHORITIES TO ENSURE OPERATIONS/ACTIVITIES ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.
• GIVE INPUT TO LEADERSHIP TEAM ON VARIOUS COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS AND DRIVE COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE PROGRAM IN OPERATION TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE WITH INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, ERGONOMICS, CHEMICAL SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS.
• MAINTAIN IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF APPLICABLE BUSINESS AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.
• MAINTAIN AND SUBMIT NECESSARY RECORDS TO REPORTING BODIES, SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITING TO OSHA.
• MAINTAIN SDS DATABASE AND RECORDS.

SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM & SAFETY CULTURE

• TRAIN EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS ON BEST PRACTICES THAT WILL ENSURE SAFETY WHILE OPERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT. (I.E.: FORKLIFT, EWP (ELEVATED WORK PLATFORMS) SCISSOR, ARTICULATING AND TELESCOPIC BOOM LIFTS, MOL HEIGHTS/FALL ARREST (HOISTING), N95 FIT TESTING, LOCKOUT LOTO (MACHINE GUARDING), LADDER AND CONFINED SPACE).
• DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN EMPLOYEE SAFETY TRAINING INITIATIVES AND RECORDS.
• CONDUCT EHS TRAINING COURSES AND FACILITATE SAFETY COMMUNICATION IN THE PLANT.
• PARTICIPATE ON THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, LEAD QUARTERLY DRILLS AND EXERCISES.
• ENSURE OPERATIONAL EXECUTION OF THE EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY/FIRE SAFETY PLAN.
• ENSURE THIRD PARTY SAFETY COMPLIANCE (CONTRACTORS, DRIVERS, ETC.)
• LEAD AND DIRECT TEAM MEMBER SAFETY COMMITTEE.

RISK MANAGEMENT & OPERATION

• PERFORM RISK ASSESSMENT OF NEW AND CURRENT EQUIPMENT AND PROCESSES.

• PROVIDE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO SUPERVISORS AND EMPLOYEE SAFETY TEAMS, ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATORY AND EHS PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

• EVALUATE FACILITY EHS CONDITIONS, ASSESS RISKS, ANALYZE TRENDS AND PERFORMANCE.

• CONDUCTING INJURY / ACCIDENT / INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS AND REPORT FINDINGS AND CORRECTIVE PREVENTIVE ACTIONS.

• FOLLOW-UP ON SAFETY CONCERNS AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE.

• CONDUCT REGULAR SITE INSPECTIONS AND PROGRAM AUDITS.

• ANALYZE INCIDENT AND ACCIDENT STATISTICS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PREVENT A REOCCURRENCE.

QUALITY ASSURANCE

• FOLLOW ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES TO PRODUCE SAFE, QUALITY FOODS THAT MEET SQF, REGULATORY, COMPANY, AND CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS.

REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION AND/ OR EXPERIENCE:

• CERTIFIED REGISTERED SAFETY PROFESSIONAL AND/OR MINIMUM OF 5+ YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE WORKING IN A SIMILAR ROLE, PREFERABLY WITHIN A MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT.
• MUST HAVE A SOLID UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETATION OF VARIOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATIONS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, SPECIFICALLY OSHA.
• EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING AND LEADING EMERGENCY/CRISIS PLANS (IE; COVID-19, ETC.)
• MUST BE EXPERIENCED IN DEVELOPING AND CONDUCTING TRAINING AND OVERSEEING ONGOING INITIATIVES.
• EXPERIENCE IN CONDUCTING SAFETY INSPECTIONS AND AUDITS, CONDUCTING INCIDENT, ACCIDENT AND NEAR MISS INVESTIGATIONS.

COMMUNICATION AND ANALYTICAL SKILLS:

• STRONG VERBAL/ WRITTEN COMMUNICATION AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS WITH THE ABILITY TO POSITIVELY INFLUENCE MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT TEAM AND LEAD HSE INITIATIVES.
• STRONG ANALYTICAL SKILLS WITH ABILITY TO IDENTIFY ISSUES, TRENDS AND DRIVE SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE H&S.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• MUST BE COMFORTABLE WORKING IN AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRITED, FAST-PACED AND CHANGING WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT WITH A DESIRE TO MAKE A STRONG IMPACT ON THE BUSINESS.
• MUST HAVE A STRONG PASSION AND DESIRE FOR THE WELLBEING AND SAFETY OF EMPLOYEES
• MUST HAVE EXCELLENT INITIATIVE AND BE A SELF-STARTER WITH A KEEN ATTENTION TO DETAILS.
• MUST HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK IN A TEAM ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS INDEPENDENTLY.

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