Food manufacturer scaling production with industrial automation and continuous improvement
Leclerc Foods operates a 1,000+ person food manufacturing business running on Rockwell Automation PLC systems (Allen-Bradley RSLogix, FactoryTalk View) paired with SAP for operations and Azure/AWS for cloud infrastructure. The hiring mix is heavily skewed toward manufacturing (43 roles) and operations (18), with only 5 engineering positions — typical for a capital-intensive food production environment. Active projects center on preventive maintenance, product development, and 6S continuous improvement, while pain points cluster around downtime reduction, equipment reliability, and tight production schedules.
Notable leadership hires: Maintenance director, Process Director, Marketing Director, Production Team Lead, Production Director
Leclerc Foods is a family-owned food manufacturer based in Quebec, Canada, producing cookies, snack bars, and crackers since 1905. The company operates at scale across production, operations, logistics, and finance functions, with 96 open roles indicating active capacity expansion. Their technology footprint reflects a traditional manufacturing operation: on-premises industrial control systems (Rockwell Automation suite), enterprise resource planning via SAP, payroll via Dayforce, and emerging cloud adoption through Azure and AWS. The organization is pursuing preventive maintenance programs, new product development initiatives, and compliance-driven projects (security audits, risk assessments) alongside standard continuous improvement methodologies.
Rockwell Automation (Allen-Bradley PLC controllers and FactoryTalk View HMI software), paired with SAP for enterprise resource planning and Azure/AWS for cloud services.
Reducing production downtime, ensuring equipment reliability, managing tight production schedules, and integrating fragmented data systems — common friction points in multi-site food manufacturing.
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