At Niche Bakers we are passionate about baking and providing our customers the best products at an affordable price! We believe in using wholesome ingredients to create fantastic and tasty desserts, snacks and confectionary sweet goods. If you are as passionate and hard-working as we are, join our team!
Description: We are looking for a qualified Production Planner or Scheduler to organize production according to demand and quality standards across all of our production facilities. You will be the one to ensure our goods are produced on time for distribution in a profitable manner. An excellent production planner is well-versed in production procedures and ways to optimize them. They are organized and results-driven with great analytical & problem-solving skills. Advanced communication and advance excel skills are very useful for the role.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Proven experience as a production planner.
• Excellent knowledge of production planning and quality control principles.
• Working knowledge of MS Office, QuickBooks and ERP systems.
• Good at math and statistics.
• Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication abilities.
  Niche Bakers Corp. embraces diversity in the workplace and is committed to achieving employment equity. Our goal is to attract, develop and retain exceptionally talented employees from diverse backgrounds, allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives. We ensure that our recruitment practices are supportive of this commitment and do not infringe on any characteristics protected by law.
  In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Niche Bakers Corp. will provide accommodation throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.
  Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• On-site parking
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 2025-07-3

• Prepare production schedule based on inventory/customer requirements, raw material availability and production capacity.
• Set production priorities based on direct customer demand and product development projects.
• Support the Procurement Team by providing production plans and forecasts.
• Analyze data and reports using statistical techniques.
• Contribute to supply chain improvement projects as assigned.
• Obtain output information (number of finished products, percentage of defectives etc.).
• Prepare and submit status and performance reports.
• Optimize decisions and/or recommendations having substantial impact on day-to-day plant operations and performance.
• Ensure the production is in conformance with production/shipping capabilities and constraints.
• Be a liaison between Sales, Production and other departments.
• Conduct long-term production planning to identify risk areas related to production capacity. Communicate risks to management.
• Meet and liaise with the Production Team Leaders and Production Manager regularly to discuss shared resources, bottlenecks and capacities
• Lead day-to-day communication with team and develop harmonious relationships.
• Ability to identify new and improved ways of completing tasks.
• Willingness to try new things and assume additional responsibilities.
• Other duties as required.