Purchasing Assistant

Company Profile -Cérélia Bakery

Cérélia North America is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario (Canada), which was incorporated in 1983. Cérélia’s key businesses are food manufacturing of cookies, rolled dough and pancakes/waffles for retail, food services and brands. Cerelia North America employs approximately 900 associates.

The activities of Cerelia North America are split over 3 different locations:
**Toronto, Ontario (CA)**: 2 factories and 1 distribution Center (cookies)

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

**Liberty, South Carolina (USA)**: 1 factory (pancakes & waffles)

Cérélia Group currently operates 12 production plants globally with approximately 2,500 associates throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. Products are sold in 50 countries with current sales of ~$550 million Euros (CA$800 million). Cerelia’s business model is the combination of quality, innovation, and cost efficiency. Cerelia has invested more than CA$100M in new factories and production lines in North America.

At the core of Cérélia’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

Cerelia expects and supports its associates to demonstrate 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.

Cérélia 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, JusRol, and Pop Bakery.

Company Strategy

Cérélia 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 rolled dough products 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 opened a new, state-of-the art, 150,000 sqft factory in Columbus, Ohio.

Cérélia 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.

**Title**:
Purchasing Assistant

**Title**:
**Department**:
Procurement

**Department**:
**Reports to**:
Procurement & Planning Manager

**Report to**:
**Responsible For**:
N/A

**Responsible For**:
**Summary**:
The Procurement Assistant will be responsible for the co-ordination of procurement activities and processing of administrative functions of all facilities in Canada. This role supports the daily processing activities which support the teams strategic and tactical growth targets.

Job Duties and Responsibilities (including but not limited to):
Create Purchase orders, and keep it updated with the required information.
Review and manage order confirmations, pricing updates on Purchase orders.
Follow up on purchase orders and lead times.
Compare product deliveries with issued purchase orders to ensure there are no discrepancies.
Coordinate with third-party shipping companies for pickups.
Follow up with vendors and investigate any problems or discrepancies.
Close purchase orders.
Evaluate offers from the vendors.
Update Stock keeping units.
Address unforeseen and urgent requirements quickly, escalate it to the purchasing manager.
Process purchase returns and follow up to ensure credits are received.
Complete additional duties as assigned by the purchasing manager.
Assist with any projects as needed.
Maintain strong relationships and communication with suppliers.
Communicate with planning, production, and QC department.
Review invoices with accounts payable in case of discrepancies.
Other related duties and assigned.

**Key Behavioural Competencies**:
Communication
Influencing individuals
Team Work
Analyti