The Business Unit Leader is responsible for overseeing end to end business activities at Avery Dennison’s Toronto facility. This person will also be responsible for ensuring the long-term success, profitability, and strategic alignment of the site. The Business Unit Leader acts as a primary decision-maker, coordinating across all functional areas—including operations, finance, commercial, and human resources—to meet and exceed organizational performance goals. Reporting to the Vice President and General Manager, Americas, this position is essentially the "CEO" of the site, translating regional and site-level strategy into daily execution.

Key Responsibilities

Site Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as a lead member of the Toronto Site Leadership Team, contributing to site strategy, performance, and culture.

• Facilitate collaboration across commercial, Operations, Finance, and HR.

• Present business updates and recommendations in leadership forums

• Champion cross-functional alignment to ensure objectives are met, principally between Commercial and Operational 

Strategy & Continuous Improvement

• Owns the development and implementation of a site level strategy, working closely with leadership and cross-functional teams

• Lead or sponsor site-level strategic projects impacting capacity, process improvement, or system implementation.

• Identify opportunities to improve planning accuracy, operational efficiency, or cross-functional collaboration.

• Act as a change agent to embed best practices across the site.

• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, aligned with business priorities and escalates when issues are foreseen.

Demand & Supply Integration

• Collect, validate, and consolidate demand forecasts from Commercial and Marketing teams.

• Translate Commercial forecasts into operationally feasible demand plans.

• Reconcile demand with production schedules, supply chain capabilities, and inventory levels.

• Maintain oversight of site capacity and operational constraints to ensure realistic planning.

Commercial Interface

• Act as the primary interface with Commercial teams 

• Maintain consistent communication with key Commercial Leaders to align on priorities, pipeline, and customer commitments.

• Provide visibility to Commercial Leaders on capacity constraints, risks, and mitigation options.

• Leads key client visits and connects the various functions when the business is audited.

S&OP / Integrated Business Planning

• Facilitate the S&OP / IBP cycle for the Toronto site, ensuring alignment across Commercial, Operations and Finance.

• Drive consensus and resolve conflicts between commercial priorities and operational constraints.

• Track and report on S&OP maturity, adherence, and results.

• Provide actionable insights to the Site Leadership Team regarding demand-supply alignment, risks, and opportunities.

Reporting & Analytics

• Maintain dashboards linking pipeline, demand forecast, capacity, and operational readiness.

• Provide actionable insights on risks, opportunities, and emerging trends to leadership.

• Track KPIs such as forecast accuracy, bottleneck prevention, capacity utilization, on-time delivery, and project performance.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, or related field (Master’s or MBA preferred).

• 7+ years of experience in business management, commercial, operations, and/or supply chain 

• Proven experience in cross-functional leadership roles integrating Commercial and Operations across multiple business units.

• Demonstrated success in peak production planning, capacity management, and bottleneck prevention.

• Experience leading strategic, multi-business projects (systems, processes, capacity expansion).

• Ability to partner with and influence senior Commercial Leaders.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in forecasting and demand planning tools 

• Familiarity with CRM and Commercial pipeline tools .

• Advanced Excel / data modeling and analytics skills.

• ERP/MRP systems knowledge and production planning familiarity.

• Project management expertise (PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or Agile methodologies preferred).

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Proactive, solution-oriented mindset; anticipates and mitigates operational and commercial risks.

• Excellent communicator and facilitator across multiple business units.

• Strong business acumen; understands revenue drivers, operational constraints, and trade-offs.

• Collaborative and influential; trusted by Commercial and Operations teams.

• Resilient and adaptable in a fast-paced, peak-cycle environment.

• Executive presence; able to present recommendations, trade-offs, and risks confidently to Site Leadership.

KPIs / Success Metrics

• Bottleneck prevention and smooth peak production execution.

• Capacity utilization, Flexibility, Reliability.

• Successful delivery of strategic projects.

• S&OP/IBP maturity and cross-functional alignment.

• Effective interface with Commercial Leaders (timely and actionable communication).

• Contribution to Toronto Site Leadership Team goals (growth, efficiency, culture)

Team Leadership and Talent Development

• People Management: Lead, mentor, and supervise department heads and managers, providing guidance and clear direction.

• Talent Strategy: Oversee the site's HR functions, including recruitment, hiring, onboarding, training, performance evaluation, and succession planning.Culture: Foster a positive, collaborative, and high-performing work environment and ensure a healthy organizational culture.

• Conflict Resolution: Efficiently and effectively resolve complex employee, customer, or operational conflicts.

The salary range for this position is CAD $129,975 - $180,000 /year.

The hiring base salary range above represents what Avery Dennison reasonably expects to pay for this position as of the date of this posting. Actual salaries will vary within the range, and in some circumstances may be above or below the range, based on various factors including but not limited to a candidate’s relevant skills, experience, education and training, and location, as well as the job scope and complexity, responsibilities, and regular and/or necessary travel required for the position, which may change depending on the candidate pool. Experienced Avery Dennison employees who are interested in this position and have questions regarding how the hiring range listed above may apply to them should contact their HR representative.  Avery Dennison reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.  

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected status. EEOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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