Project Manager, Strategy & Technology

🌱 Grow With Us – Join the Nature Fresh Farms Team!

Imagine breaking from tradition to ensure a brighter future for generations to come. At Nature Fresh Farms®, we’re committed to nourishing people and the planet through greenhouse farming.

Since 1999, our family-owned company has pursued a simple yet profound goal: to cultivate a kinder, healthier future. Today, we’re proud to be one of North America’s largest vertically integrated leaders in greenhouse-grown produce. While we are growers, we are also greenhouse builders, plant nurturers, and collaborative partners united by shared values and vision.

Our journey is far from over. As we look to the future, we remain committed to:

• Innovation and conservation
• Reducing waste and promoting biodiversity
• Creating a more sustainable, inclusive, and friendlier world for all

🌟 We’re Hiring!

We are currently looking to fill a full-time, permanent position for a Project Manager, Strategy & Technology in our Administration Department at our Leamington office.

What You'll Do:

ReFRESH & Enterprise Project Governance

• Support the ongoing maintenance of ReFRESH trackers, status updates, action logs, and related reporting tools.
• Collect and organize updates from initiative owners and team members to support regular ReFRESH reporting.
• Follow up with responsible individuals on missing, incomplete, or unclear information required for reporting and
• tracking.
• Prepare draft ReFRESH status materials for review by the VP, Strategy & Corporate Affairs.
• Help maintain visibility of initiative status, key milestones, action items, and follow-up requirements.
• Support the coordination of ReFRESH-related meetings, including agendas, notes, action items, and follow-up
• tracking.
• Maintain organized records of ReFRESH documentation, meeting materials, and supporting files.
• Identify project delays, gaps, conflicts, and risks early and escalate items requiring leadership attention

AI, Technology & Transformation Initiatives

• Support the execution of AI, technology, and business transformation initiatives introduced through ReFRESH or other approved business priorities.
• Help translate business needs into structured project requirements, implementation plans, and stakeholder action items.
• Coordinate between business users and IT to ensure project goals, timing, testing needs, training requirements, and adoption plans are clear.
• Support pilots, phased rollouts, user feedback, training coordination, and implementation follow-up activities.
• Help ensure technology-enabled projects remain connected to business value, adoption, and operational readiness.

Stakeholder Coordination & Follow-up

• Facilitate project working sessions, prepare agendas, document decisions, and track follow-up actions.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to gather updates, resolve open items, and support timely execution.
• Maintain clear communication with project sponsors, owners, contributors, and stakeholders.
• Follow up professionally with stakeholders to support completion of agreed-upon project actions and deadlines.
• Help ensure stakeholders remain informed, aligned, and accountable throughout the project lifecycle.

Risk, Issue & Dependency Management

• Maintain project risk, issue, and dependency logs for assigned projects.
• Identify when projects are off-track and prepare clear escalation summaries for review by the VP, Strategy & Corporate Affairs and VP, Information Technology.
• Support leadership in resolving bottlenecks, resource constraints, timing concerns, and decision delays.
• Ensure key risks and issues are visible before they become larger execution challenges.

Reporting & Executive Visibility

• Prepare clear project status updates for review by the VP, Strategy & Corporate Affairs and VP, Information Technology.
• Maintain project dashboards, trackers, and status summaries for assigned initiatives.
• Support monthly reporting on assigned projects through ReFRESH or other leadership reporting processes.
• Provide concise updates on scope, timeline, budget, risks, decisions required, and next steps.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Work collaboratively with departments across the business to support alignment between project objectives and operational execution.
• Promote accountability, organization, and disciplined follow-up across assigned projects.
• Support positive collaboration between business teams and IT while maintaining a strong focus on project outcomes.
• Assist the VP, Strategy & Corporate Affairs and VP, Information Technology with general coordination related to enterprise projects and technology-enabled initiatives

General

• Comply with all Health and Safety, Food Safety, Bio Security, and Nature Fresh Policies and Procedure
• Complete all physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation
• This job description highlights the main components but is not inclusive of other activities that may be required

What You Bring:

• Five to seven years of project management experience is preferred, ideally including business transformation, technology, systems implementation, operations, or cross-functional enterprise projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Project Management, Operations, Engineering, or related discipline is considered an asset; equivalent experience will also be considered.
• Experience managing projects with both business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong ability to develop project charters, project plans, timelines, action logs, risk logs, issue logs, and implementation plans.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, deadlines, and follow-up items.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prepare clear status updates, meeting notes, summaries, and project materials.
• Ability to operate in ambiguous environments and bring structure to unclear or developing work.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to follow up professionally across departments and levels of the organization.
• Comfortable working with Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, and Teams; experience with project management tools is considered an asset.
• Experience supporting project implementation, user adoption, training coordination, or change management activities is considered an asset.
• PMP, CAPM, Agile, Lean, Six Sigma, or change management certification is considered an asset but is not required.
• Experience in agriculture, food, manufacturing, greenhouse operations, supply chain, information technology, or technology-enabled operations is considered an asset.
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information with discretion

What To Expect:

• Office-based role with travel required when necessary to support company meetings, tours, trade shows, events, or other business requirements.
• The Enterprise Project Manager, Strategy & Technology will spend the majority of their time in an office setting with travel required when necessary.

💎 Who We're Looking For

We’re searching for passionate, purpose-driven individuals who are eager to make a difference — not just in their day-to-day work, but in the world around them. The right candidate is someone who shares our vision for a kinder, healthier future and lives out values that align with our own.

At Nature Fresh Farms,our GROWS Company Values guide everything we do — from how we collaborate as a team to how we grow as individuals and as a business:

🌱 Growing People – We cultivate greatness, every day

💚 Respect and Care – We care for our people and our communities

👥 One Team – We’re stronger as one

🎯 Win By Challenging – We reimagine what’s possible

🤝 Serve With Purpose – We make things happen

If you’re someone who believes in doing meaningful work, thrives in a collaborative environment, and is motivated by innovation and impact, you’ll feel right at home here.

🌿 Why Work With Us?

• A forward-thinking, sustainability-driven company
• Supportive, people-first workplace culture
• Opportunities for growth, learning, and development
• Competitive wages and benefits
• A chance to be part of something bigger than yourself

📩 Ready to Grow With Us?

If you're inspired to make a real impact and grow your career in an innovative, purpose-driven environment, we’d love to hear from you!

Click the “Apply” button and submit your resume to take the next step in your career with Nature Fresh Farms.

Nature Fresh Farms is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, beginning with the hiring process. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome applications from candidates, in accordance with all relevant legislation. Nature Fresh Farms provides an accessible environment in which all individuals have access in a way that respects the dignity and independence of people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.