Posted 19 days ago
Manager of Planning & Administration
@ Sollio Agriculture
Moncton, New Brunswick
Overview
Sollio Agriculture is hiring a Manager of Planning & Administration in Moncton, NB, to oversee centralized order desk operations across three regional feed mills. The role manages up to four order desk and customer service staff, leads demand forecasting and volume tracking, and requires monthly travel to sites. The posting states a permanent, full-time Monday-to-Friday schedule with group insurance, a defined contribution pension plan and covered corporate travel.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee centralized order desk and end-to-end order management across three feed mills
- Manage, mentor and evaluate a team of up to four order desk staff
- Lead demand forecasting and volume tracking for mill production
- Analyze pricing, margins and demand patterns to optimize order intake
- Prepare KPIs, forecasting reports and capacity recommendations for senior management
Requirements summary:
- Business acumen in order desk operations, forecasting and pricing
- Proven people management experience
- Analytical mindset for root-cause analysis and reporting
- Critical thinking and decision-making under ambiguity
- Collaborative communicator able to travel 1 to 2 times a month
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Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · teamtailor
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-20
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-20
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-06
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Job details
| Seniority | Manager |
| Department | Business operations |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | day |
| Travel | air: minimal · ground: moderate |
| Work setting | Office, Client sites |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Perks mentioned | Flexible hours, Retirement plan, Paid training |
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Sollio Agriculture
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Full company description
Sollio Agriculture, the Agri-business Division of Sollio Cooperative Group, is a Canadian leader in the agriculture industry.It specializes in the merchandising of farm inputs and value-added agronomic services.It benefits from a synergy between two sectors: livestock production & crop production. Present in almost every part of Canada, it has close to 1,100 employees and made $2.125 billion in sales in 2018 in Canada and abroad. For more information about Sollio Agriculture, visit sollio.ag.
- LinkedIn followers
- 15,625
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 470
- Reported office locations
- 9001 Boulevard de l'Acadie, 200, Montréal, Québec H4N 3H7, CA
- Business categories
- Farming
- Agriculture
- Livestock
- AgTech
- Other recorded names
- Sollio Agriculture
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- Reported total investment
- 0
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Sollio Agriculture, the Agri-business Division of Sollio Cooperative Group, is a Canadian leader in the agriculture industry.It specializes in the merchandising of farm inputs and value-added agronomic services.It benefits from a synergy between two sectors: livestock production & crop production. Present in almost every part of Canada, it has close to 1,100 employees and made $2.125 billion in sales in 2018 in…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Farming |
| Company size | 1,001-5,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Montréal, Québec |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 49 |
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Status: Permanent, Full time
Work schedule: Monday to Friday
Job location: Moncton, NB
Travel requirements: Monthly travel to sites (as needed)
WHY SOLLIO AGRICULTURE?
You will be part of Canada's largest agricultural network, created by and for producers over 100 years ago. In this way, you will help our farmers grow, progress and prosper. Like them, we are passionate and forward-looking. Agriculture is quite a challenge. This is why we are moving forward together, in the right direction.
CHALLENGES WE OFFER
Oversee the centralized order desk operations and end-to-end order management lifecycle across 3 regional feed mills.
Manage, mentor, and evaluate a dedicated team of up to 4 order desk and customer service employees to maximize performance.
Lead demand forecasting and volume tracking initiatives to predict upcoming mill production and raw material requirements.
Maintain a deep understanding of downstream supply chain logistics, transport turnaround times, and delivery delays to accurately manage customer expectations.
Analyze product pricing structures, margins, and customer demand patterns to optimize order intake strategies.
Isolate systemic order processing bottlenecks or communication gaps, diagnose root causes, and implement evidence-based corrective workflows.
Collaborate closely with the Regional Operations Manager, and cross-functional logistics teams across Canada to align order flows with production capacities.
Navigate highly ambiguous demand fluctuations and inventory constraints, making critical, high-stakes decisions under operational pressure.
Lead and participate in high-impact special projects to modernize order intake systems and improve data visibility across feed mills.
Generate formal order desk KPIs, forecasting reports, and strategic capacity recommendations for senior management.
YOUR ADVANTAGES
Executive-level flexible group insurance plan and defined contribution pension plan.
Professional development and leadership training adapted to your career goals.
Fully covered corporate travel expenses and modern mobile office technology.
Performance-driven work environment backed by a stable, 100-year-old industry leader.
YOU FIT THE FOLLOWING PROFILE
You possess business acumen with a deep understanding of centralized order desk operations, demand forecasting, volume tracking, and market pricing structures.
You are a proven people manager capable of leading and driving workflow accountability and building a customer-centric culture.
You have an analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data, isolate systemic order processing bottlenecks, perform root-cause analysis, and deliver strategic diagnostic reporting.
You excel in ambiguity, possessing the critical thinking skills and decision-making confidence to adjust forecasting models and order allocations when logistics delays occur.
You are a highly collaborative communicator who can easily adapt to diverse cross-functional teams across Canada, build alignment with regional mill managers, and travel 1 to 2 times a month to regional locations.
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