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About the Role
Ingredion is seeking a results-driven Process Lead, Wet Mill to support and oversee Wet Mill and Starch House operations at their London manufacturing facility. This role drives operational excellence by promoting safety, ensuring food safety and quality compliance, and leading initiatives to improve productivity, efficiency, and profitability. The Process Lead provides day-to-day leadership, partners with cross-functional teams to optimize plant performance, and supports continuous improvement efforts, serving as backup for the Operations Lead when needed.
Responsibilities
- Lead daily operations within the Wet Mill department while ensuring compliance with all safety, health, environmental, food safety, and quality standards.
- Facilitate daily operational meetings to review safety performance, production targets, quality metrics, and operational priorities.
- Ensure thorough Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations are completed for safety and quality incidents and communicate findings, corrective actions, and lessons learned across the site.
- Oversee execution of Master Cleaning Schedule (MCS) activities and inspections to maintain sanitation and compliance standards.
- Provide operational leadership and coverage during Operations Lead absences.
- Monitor process performance and implement controls to minimize product losses and reduce wastewater discharge.
- Collaborate with Maintenance and Engineering teams to improve equipment reliability, prioritize repairs, and drive corrective actions.
- Lead cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives focused on operational efficiency, cost reduction, process optimization, and performance enhancement.
- Deliver production, yield, and operational targets in alignment with the annual operating plan and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) requirements.
- Develop, monitor, and report departmental Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and standardized work processes.
- Foster a positive, accountable, and team-oriented work environment that promotes employee engagement and high performance.
- Support performance management activities, employee development, coaching, and disciplinary processes in alignment with company policies.
- Champion implementation and sustainability of the Ingredion Performance System (IPS) within the Wet Mill operation.
Requirements
- Post-secondary education in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, or related discipline) or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Previous manufacturing leadership or supervisory experience in a processing or industrial environment.
- Knowledge of corn refining operations and manufacturing processes is preferred.
- Strong decision-making, organizational, planning, and time-management skills.
- Ability to manage priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Experience collaborating effectively across multiple functions and organizational levels.
- Demonstrated ability to train, coach, and develop team members.
- Strong relationship-building and consensus-driving capabilities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Skills
- Safety culture
- Food safety compliance
- Quality compliance
- Productivity improvement
- Efficiency improvement
- Profitability improvement
- Operational excellence
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Master Cleaning Schedule (MCS)
- Process performance monitoring
- Wastewater discharge reduction
- Equipment reliability
- Continuous improvement
- Cost reduction
- Process optimization
- Performance enhancement
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Standardized work processes
- Employee engagement
- High performance
- Performance management
- Employee development
- Coaching
- Disciplinary processes
- Ingredion Performance System (IPS)
- Decision-making
- Organizational skills
- Planning skills
- Time-management skills
- Collaboration
- Relationship-building
- Consensus-driving
- Verbal communication
- Written communication
- Analytical skills
- Critical thinking skills
Location
- London, Ontario
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Manufacturing leadership or supervisory experience
Education Level
- Post-secondary education in Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, or related discipline)
Salary/Compensations
- $88,800.00-$118,400.00 Annual
Benefits
- Competitive salary and performance-based pay
- Health benefits
- Long-term savings
- Resources for physical, mental, and emotional well-being
- Learning, training, and development opportunities
- Employee Recognition Program
- Employee Referral Program
- Extended Health Care Spending Account
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Employer funded health spending account
- Multiple retirement savings products
About the Company
- Join Ingredion, where innovation impacts lives worldwide!
- As a global powerhouse across more than 60 industries, Ingredion harnesses the potential of natural ingredients to transform lives.
- Ingredion values a wide range of perspectives and is committed to shaping a better world with every product created.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
- Ingredion seeks to provide a work environment that is free from harassment and discrimination.
- We will not tolerate any form of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, handicap or disability—mental or physical—marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability resulting from military service, or any other classification protected by law (“protected classifications”).
- We are committed to establishing and maintaining a work environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
- Ingredion provides accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process.
- If a job applicant requires an accommodation during the application process or through the selection process, we will work with the applicant to meet the job applicant's accommodation needs.