Cerelia Bakery Canada LP Looking for Inventory Coordinator at Ontario Full Time

The Company

Company                                          Cerelia North America (US / Canada)      

Ownership                                        Cerelia Group, Paris, France (Europe)

Associates                                         700 in North America / 2,000 worldwide

Year Founded                                  1974

Company Locations                       Headquarters: Toronto, Canada

                                                            Toronto (Canada); Columbus, OH, Atlanta, GA & Greenville, SC (USA)

Website                                             www.cerelia.com

Company Overview                      

Cerelia North America is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario (Canada), which was incorporated in 1983. Celeria’s key businesses are food manufacturing of cookies, rolled dough and pancakes/waffles for retail, food services and national brands. Cerelia North America employs approximately 700 associates.

The activities of Cerelia North America are split over 4 different locations:

• Toronto, Ontario (CA): 2 factories and 1 distribution Center (cookies)

• Columbus, Ohio (USA): 1 factory (cookies & rolled dough)

• Atlanta, Georgia (USA): 1 distribution center (rolled dough & pancakes)

• Greenville, South Carolina (USA): 1 factory (pancakes & waffles)

  Cerelia Group currently operates 12 production plants globally with approximately 2,000 associates throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. Products are sold in 22 countries with current sales of $550 million Euros (CA$800 million). Cerelia’s business model is the combination of quality, innovation, and cost efficiency. In 2020, Cerelia invested more than CA$60M in new factories and production lines in North America.

  At the core of Cerelia’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 (https://www.cerelia.com/en/report-on-programme-activities-we-are-cerelia-we-care/)

  Cerelia’s associates demonstrate every day 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.

  Cerelia 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, Wewalka, and Pop! Bakery.

  Company Strategy

  Cerelia 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 Wewalka US, a rolled dough company 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 will open a new, state-of-the art, 170,000 sqft factory in Columbus, Ohio.

  Cerelia 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.

   

  POSITION TITLE: Purchasing/Inventory Coordinator

  POSITION: Salary

  LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario

  DEPARTMENT: Supply Chain

  REPORT TO: Inventory & Supply Planning Manager

  EFFECTIVE DATE: September 2021

                

  Primary Responsibilities

  The Purchasing/Inventory Coordinator prepares and maintains the daily activities of the plant operation to ensure the delivery of high quality service to Cérélia customers, sales team and plant operations.  This role also serves as a back-up to the Logistics Supervisor by assisting with inventory and purchasing duties as needed.

    Essential Job Duties:

• Assists with managing inventory, purchasing and MRP system

• Maintains daily levels and accuracy of inventory activities of raw and finished goods by analyzing, investigating and evaluating

• Prepares and assists with forecast reports and ensures that the customer order process is complete and accurate

• Maintains daily customer service support activities by analyzing, investigating and correcting order entries as needed,

• Reconcile shipping/receiving reports, data entry and maintaining spreadsheets

• Place stock and supply orders

• Problem solving customer issues

• Supports the Customer Service Department which includes general communication via phone/email/fax, as well as greeting visitors and guests in person

• Works on assignments within accepted guidelines where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of issues

• Exercises judgment to determine appropriate action within accepted procedures and practices 

• Builds productive working relationships internally and externally

• Overtime and/or weekend hours may be required based on work demand. Employee must be flexible with these hours.

• Perform other duties as assigned and/or required.

   

  Entrance Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED

• 2-5 years’ experience in purchasing and inventory management, preferably in a manufacturing environment

• MRP & ERP systems a must

• Excellent computer skills in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

• Understanding of customer services procedures

• Must have good command of the English language, both written and verbal

• Demonstrated 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.

• A results-oriented individual with excellent time management, problem solving and organizational skills with 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 Purchasing/Inventory Coordinator

• 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 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.

• Team Work: Works cooperatively with others promoting team participation as a means to generate more ideas, greater consensus & engagement and a higher level of commitment to delivering results. 

• Pay is CAD 50000 Annually 

• Medical & Dental Benefits from First Day of Employment

• RRSP Match 

• 3 Paid Weeks Vacation 

• 4 Paid Floater Days 

   

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