Cérélia Bakery

Cérélia North America is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario (Canada), which was incorporated in 1983. Cérélia’s key businesses are food manufacturing of cookies, rolled dough and pancakes/waffles for retail, food services and brands. Cerelia North America employs approximately 900 associates.

The activities of Cerelia North America are split over 3 different locations:

• Toronto, Ontario (CA): 2 factories and 1 distribution Center (cookies)
• Columbus, Ohio (USA): 1 factory (cookies & rolled dough)
• Liberty, South Carolina (USA): 1 factory (pancakes & waffles)

Cérélia Group currently operates 12 production plants globally with approximately 2,500 associates throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. Products are sold in 50 countries with current sales of ~$550 million Euros (CA$800 million). Cerelia’s business model is the combination of quality, innovation, and cost efficiency. Cerelia has invested more than CA$100M in new factories and production lines in North America.

At the core of Cérélia’s strategy, our corporate responsibility focus points include the reduction of our environmental footprint, a responsible sourcing policy, the improvement of the nutritional profile of our products, and finally the development & engagement of our associates. Visit our annual report here

Cerelia expects and supports its associates to demonstrate the following core values:

• Entrepreneurial Spirt: “Every day is an opportunity”
• Together with Cerelia: “Building our success together”
• Commitment: “Positive energy in everything we do”

Company Offering

Our ambition is to become the world leading partner for dough solutions, empowering consumers to create happy home baking moments.

Cérélia offers a wide range of baked cookies, cookie dough, pizza dough, pie crust, puff pastry, pancakes, frozen waffles and breakfast sandwiches; commercialized under our clients’ brands, both retailers, food services and industrial companies, as well as under its own brands: English Bay Bakery, JusRol, and Pop! Bakery.

Company Strategy

Cérélia North America’s strategy is articulated around 4 axes, aiming to improving its performance and seizing future growth opportunities, while embracing the company’s heritage and distinctive strengths:

• Create a solid base: doing well what we do today, increase customer satisfaction and profitability
• Drive innovation around our 3 product platforms: cookies, rolled dough and pancakes / waffles
• Enhance our capabilities & talent: implementing new systems, developing a broader industrial footprint, and investing in our talent
• Accelerate growth, through organic growth, strategic partnerships, and acquisitions

In 2020, we reset and refocused the business around the Toronto facilities for cookies, while adding rolled dough products with an excellent reputation and distribution across the US retailers, to our portfolio.

In March 2021, US Waffle, leader in pancakes & waffles joined the Cerelia family; in June 2021, we opened a new, state-of-the art, 150,000 sqft factory in Columbus, Ohio.

Cérélia continues to strengthen the relationship with its strategic customers across multiple distribution channels: food service, in store bakeries, retailers, clubs, convenience stores, and industrial partners.

Overall responsibility includes:

• Process bi-weekly payroll for salaried and hourly employees using ADP Workforce Now ensuing accuracy.
• Process payroll year end run and issue T4s and T2200s.
• Reconcile and submit annual reconciliations for WCB and EHT.
• Set up new hires, update employee profile changes and process terminations.

• Administer employee group benefits including employee benefits enrolment, salary and benefits changes update and terminations.
• Reconcile and process monthly benefits billing and allocate benefits cost department wise.
• Assist employees with online group RRSP enrolment and maintain records.

• Prepare ROEs.
• Responsible for processing garnishments.
• Process special payroll related calculations such as retroactive payments and time off accruals.

• Responsible for tracking accurate vacation time off.
• Prepare GL summary report for each payroll and send it to Finance department.
• Responsible for providing information related to payroll inquiries from Service Canada and CRA.
• Serves as main payroll contact to submit new service requests to ADP.
• Prepare headcount and overtime dashboards.

• Provide high-end customer service to managers and employees regarding their pay and benefits queries.
• Maintain employee confidence and protect payroll operations by keeping information confidential.
• Prepare ad-hoc reports for all internal stakeholders.
• Review existing payroll processes and systems, recommending updates and improvements as required.
• Maintain agency employee database.
• Provide training to agency co-coordinators and supervisors.
• Additional job responsibilities as assigned.

Entrance Qualifications

Desired

• A minimum of 3-5 years’ payroll processing and benefit administration experience.
• PCP or equivalent Payroll designations is an asset.
• Exhibits a high level of professionalism (tact, diplomacy, maintain confidentiality) and excellent interpersonal and analytical skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
• Strong knowledge of Canadian payroll and reporting. Ability to research and keep up to date with changes.
• Intermediate to expert knowledge of processing payroll using ADP Workforce Now.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (including Word, Advanced Excel and Outlook).
• Superior analytical skills with the ability to provide accurate forecasts and business insights and drive solutions to improve.
• Ability to collaborate with other departments and build strong working relationships, combined with an approachable disposition.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Enthusiastic learner and proactive individual with the ability to effectively manage various projects concurrently.
• Strong time management and organizational skills. A results-oriented individual with excellent problem solving and organizational skills and the ability to multi-task and deliver high-quality results within specified time frames.
• Attention to detail, ability to prioritize and make judgments, and a sense of urgency will be important to the candidate’s success.
• Must be comfortable working in an entrepreneurial spirited, fast-paced and changing workplace environment with a desire to make a strong impact on the business.
• Must have excellent initiative, be a self-starter with a keen attention to details.
• Must have the ability to work in a team environment as well as independently.

Core Competencies for Payroll/Benefits Specialist

• Initiative: Initiates courses of action that will lead to improved performance/effectiveness of the Business Unit Team. Sees a need and takes action to address; questions the way things are done and initiates changes where necessary; sticks with an issue until it is resolved.
• Information Seeking: Investigates and researches information, digs to resolve discrepancies; obtains information or opinions internally and externally to gain insight or expertise – makes well informed decisions.
• Listening, Understanding & Responding: Demonstrates the ability to interact effectively with staff, other team members, customers, and external contacts. Defers judgment on what someone is saying until they have thoroughly investigated; creates opportunities for meaningful discussion; builds rapport, trust, and strong working relationships up, down and across org.
• Flexibility: Demonstrates the ability to adapt and work within a variety of situations, and with various groups and individuals; adapting one’s approach as the requirements of a situation.
• Self-confidence: Willing to take on a new challenge or assignment displaying confidence and enthusiasm; emphasizes the positive and upside aspects of difficult situations – every situation provides an opportunity for learning.
• Results Orientation: Strives to beat or meet project deadlines; sets own high standards for quality of work; seeks ways to use time and resources more cost effectively; highly organized with the ability to set priorities and multi-task.
• Teamwork: Works cooperatively with others promoting team participation to generate more ideas, greater consensus & engagement, and a higher level of commitment to delivering results.

What you will receive in return:

• Competitive annual pay
• Fully Employer Paid Medical Insurance includes Dental & Vision.
• Life Insurance
• 3 Weeks Paid Vacation.
• RRSP
• Clean and safe production facility.

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