Ready for the next step in your manufacturing career?
Are you a Production Supervisor, Team Lead, or experienced manufacturing professional who’s ready to take the next step in your career?
Do you understand how production flows, notice bottlenecks, and enjoy figuring out why something isn’t working—and finding a better way to do it? Are you someone who likes being hands-on, taking initiative, and helping people succeed?
At Botanical PaperWorks, we’re looking for our next great team member: someone with a strong manufacturing foundation and the drive to lead our production operations.
Reporting directly to the CEO, you’ll have the opportunity to make decisions, implement improvements, and tangibly see the impact of your work across the company.
About Botanical PaperWorks:
Botanical PaperWorks is a Certified B Corporation™ creating sustainable promotional products that turn corporate communications into meaningful experiences. Our signature plantable seed paper is handcrafted from 100% recycled paper and embedded with wildflower, herb, or vegetable seeds. We also offer handcrafted soaps, candles, and curated sustainable gift kits designed to help brands connect with purpose.
The Role:
As Production Manager, you’ll lead the day-to-day flow of our manufacturing operation located in Winnipeg’s Exchange District and work closely with our production supervisors and experienced production team.
You’ll be responsible for:
- Planning and coordinating production to meet customer deadlines
- Organizing workflow, priorities, capacity, labour, and production schedules
- Thinking ahead to identify bottlenecks and potential problems
- Building strong relationships with supervisors and production team members
- Coaching and developing team members
- Troubleshooting production issues and getting to their root cause
- Making timely decisions and following through to resolution
- Identifying and implementing opportunities to improve production flow, quality, and efficiency
- Piloting new processes, equipment, layouts, and ways of manufacturing
- Supporting purchasing, inventory management, and shipping
- Helping translate Botanical PaperWorks’ sustainability vision and five-year strategic plan into how we operate and manufacture
You’ll spend time on the production floor understanding what’s happening, working alongside the team, solving problems, and continuously looking for ways to make things better.
Who We’re Looking For:
We’re particularly interested in someone who is:
- A self-starter who naturally thinks ahead
- Action-oriented and comfortable making decisions
- Practical, resourceful, and hands-on
- Curious about how things work and how they could work better
- Approachable and able to build strong relationships
- Interested in coaching and developing people
- Organized and able to manage competing priorities
- A team player who is willing to pitch in where needed
- Excited about sustainability and our long-term vision
- Looking to learn and grow
Experience with Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, mechanical or technical work, and people leadership are all assets.
Benefits:
Competitive salary and benefits package, commensurate with experience
How to Apply:
Please submit your resume to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Botanical PaperWorks is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from qualified individuals of all backgrounds.
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision care
Work Location: In person
