Canadian pork and poultry processor Olymel is eliminating 177 management positions in an effort to eliminate duplicate tasks and ultimately lead to savings and efficiency gains to meet market conditions that require greater agility in achieving strategic business objectives, the company said in a release on Tuesday.
The job cuts primarily will affect administrative positions, the company said. Of the 177 positions, 120 became open in recent months whereas 57 current employees are affected by this decision.
“The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and a historic labor shortage at our facilities, market and supply chain disruptions, raw material price inflation and an uncertain global economic landscape are all factors that make a case for optimized company business models. Olymel is no exception,” the company said in a release.
Olymel hopes this decision better positions the company for the future and plans to do “everything possible to ensure that these employees are supported as they continue their careers.”
The company employs more than 14,000 people at its facilities in the Canadian provinces of Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick.
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