Director of Advanced Analytics-MDIxAI
McCain Foods
- Toronto, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of digital manufacturing solutions leveraging IoT devices, advanced data analytics, AI to optimize production processes, improve equipment reliability, control quality, and drive operational efficiencies.
- Collaborate with global and regional cross-functional teams including engineering, operations, tech services, supply chain, to define data platform requirements, and develop machine learning models and analytics solutions that deliver business outcomes.
- Create and maintain a comprehensive data analytics roadmap aligned to global and regional digital manufacturing goals and industry best practices.
- Drive the collection, analysis, validation, classification, projection of manufacturing data to identify trends, patterns and insights that enable proactive maintenance.
- Implement advanced analytics and machine learning algorithms to develop predictive models for process optimization, quality control and resource optimization.
- Lead the integration of digital manufacturing technologies with in-house and 3rd party software, ensuring seamless interoperability and data flow across the enterprise data platform.
- Stay current with emerging technologies, data security, and best practices in digital manufacturing.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, data science, or related field; Master’s / PhD degree preferred.
- Proven experience in digital manufacturing, advanced analytics and AI, with deep understanding of manufacturing data and AI to maximize equipment availability, optimize performance, and ensure high-quality output to enhance overall production efficiency.
- Strong technical expertise in IoT technologies, sensor networks, data acquisition systems, and industrial automation platforms.
- Experience with machine learning algorithms, and statistical analysis techniques.
- Experience implementing advanced analytics solutions in manufacturing including descriptive analytics, diagnostic analytics, prescriptive analytics, predictive quality control, energy management, predictive maintenance, process optimization, asset performance management,
- Excellent program execution and change management skills with the ability to lead cross-functional teams to drive global initiatives from ideation to implementation using Agile methodology.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively convey technical concepts to business stakeholders.
- Strategic thinker and thought leader with a passion for innovation and continuous improvement in manufacturing processes.
- Experience with both edge computing and cloud computing, and event-driven architecture.
- Experience of working effectively in a culturally diverse organization within the FMCG/CPG industry.
- Strong product management experience with experience supporting data-products P&Ls.
- Passion for innovation, continuous learning and ability to work in a global, matrix organization.
Division: Global Technology
Department: Software Engineering
Location(s): CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-BristolCompany: McCain Foods (Canada)