Buyer / Replenishment Coordinator - Richmond Hill, Canada - La Rocca Creative Cakes Inc.

La Rocca Creative Cakes Inc.

Verified Company

Richmond Hill, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

LOVE FOOD AND HAVE A PASSION FOR CAKE

We are passionate about making simply the best cakes Our roots go back to 1960s Naples, Italy where our family's passion for the art of baking and enjoying great food inspired us to create the bakery we have today.

In 1986, La Rocca Bakery opened its doors in a suburb of Toronto, Canada.

Today, the tradition of offering classic, memorable recipes lives on as we continue to innovate with new and exciting flavours.

Our cakes are now available in thousands of grocery, food service, and fine food distributors across North America.

REPLENISHMENT COORDINATOR - FOOD MANUFACTURING

The Replenishment Coordinator ensures the continuity of material supply for seamless daily production through replenishment buying and accurate inventory management of all raw materials, packaging, and consumables.

The Replenishment Coordinator understands the impact of this position to other business functions that depend on the accuracy and efficiency of their tasks.

Purchasing & Sourcing (90%):

Replenish inventory by reviewing Inventory Status and production plan and place POs with vendors.
Handle ordering parameters and accurate supplier and item information.
Closely coordinate with warehouse team to prioritize and enable scheduling inbound orders, resolve any receiving discrepancies, returns and assist supplier recalls and streamline warehouse operations
Run daily "Purchase order status" to view expected receipts. At the end of the day any missing deliveries from vendors must be followed up with suppliers and communicated to the Supply Chain Manager.
Arranges for supplier pickups as needed
Facilitates in arranging samples from new suppliers and supports in their proper onboarding
Plays a crucial role in reviewing and highlighting the inventory accuracy of all raw materials & packaging and assists the warehouse team for appropriate corrective actions
Liaise between internal departments (planning, production, QC/QA) and communicate effectively regarding the material availability issue, quality issue, shortfall, etc
Always works toward optimizing the On-Hand inventory of materials to enable continuous support for production runs at mínimal storage costs.
Assist Supply Chain Manager with sourcing exercises and contracts with vendors
Prepare SOPs for all procurement activities for standardization of processes

**Backup to other positions: Production Planner/Scheduler, Cheps, Consumption

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Behave Ethically: Understand ethical behaviour and business practices and ensure your own behaviour is consistent with these standards and align with the values of the Company.
Build Relationships: Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others both internally and externally to achieve the goals of the organization.
Communicate Effectively: Speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques
Foster Teamwork: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance the company's effectiveness.
Make Decisions: Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the company.
Organization: Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details/data/information/activities.
Plan: Determine strategies to move the organization forward, set goals, create and implement actions plans, and evaluate the process and results.
Solve Problems: Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem.

KNOWLEDGE ,SKILLS & ABILITIES

Post secondary education in a relatable field (ie. Project Management, Planning & Scheduling, etc.)
Minimum
23 years of experience in Purchasing. Also and added experience in a production and/or warehouse facility in a similar role is an asset
High attention to detail and accuracy with the ability to prioritize; able to work in a time sensitive, fast paced, deadline driven environment.
Experience with
Google G Suite,
MS Office, with advanced Excel skills

Strong ability to work within
ERP platform (BC, Power BI); able to use system tools to analyze and be proficient with numbers to analyze data.

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Strong written and verbal communication skills and
superior organizational skills. Above all, you will thrive in a collaborative environment and have superior interpersonal skills and bring a positive can-do approach to everything you do