Supply Chain Analyst

**Join the Johnvince Foods team**

Johnvince Foods is a family owned and operated Canadian business, with more than 45 years of experience processing, manufacturing and distributing bulk and packaged products across North America. Our nut products, confections and other food products include many of the most recognizable brands enjoyed in households every day, including Planters Peanuts. Our proud team is 800+ strong and growing every day.

Johnvince Foods is proud to be recognized as a Platinum member of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies for over 10 years.

We are currently seeking an energetic self-starter to join our team as a full-time **Supply Chain Analyst.**

**Our offices are currently open and measures are in place to protect the health and safety of our employees, customers and community against COVID-19. This position is located at our head office in Downsview, Ontario.**

**About this opportunity**:
The Supply Chain Analyst is responsible for monitoring and managing of inventories. They will use forecasts, planning parameters and production plans to drive the correct levels of inventory across the supply network. This includes tracking inventory delivery performance and response time, as well as handling capacity planning and other logistics projects. The role of Supply Chain Analyst is critically important to the successful operation of an organization by meeting customer demand, increasing efficiency, decreasing waste, and lowering costs.

The person in this role is the primary point of contact and works closely with the production, sales, and logistics colleagues as well as with the purchasing department and suppliers in order to ensure that plans are aligned with demand and supply.

Responsibilities of the role include resolving inventory in-stock issues such as the depth, timing, and efficient flow of inventory that support service level and financial objectives. Additionally, supply chain planning includes managing the purchasing process, creating/managing inventory budgets, ensuring that inventory levels meet demand, and gathering data to prepare trends and forecasting reports for colleagues, management, and other stakeholders.

**Your responsibilities**:

- Plan both short and long-term to align supply and demand to support inventory needs, by projecting forward-looking inventory positions and financial implications.
- Facilitate collaboration meetings with stakeholders and vendors to review purchase forecasts, proposed orders, and other operational issues.
- Monitor weekly and monthly production plans, prioritizing work order monitoring movement of materials through purchasing storage, production and distribution to set preferred stock levels and prevent excess inventory.
- Review supplies to ensure quality, monitor stock levels and maintain accessibility to information.
- Build relationships with transportation, warehouse supervisors, and co-workers to achieve higher performance.
- Use scheduling software to coordinate deliveries and administer Enterprise Resource Planning data for manufacturing.
- Develop and monitor internal and external key performance indicators including forecast accuracy and vendor scorecard metrics. Make recommendations on flow considerations, and design and create new tools to help improve the planning functions of supple chain.
- Prepare detailed reports relating to MRP, back orders, and schedules.
- Engage in continuous improvement as it relates to processes and material availability.
- Manage relationships with key suppliers to maintain quality of goods, timely delivery, and compliance to terms of contracts.
- Serve as a mentor for other individual contributors on the team, and perform other duties as assigned.

**Your qualifications**:

- Completion of post-secondary education preferred
- Excellent proficiency in MS Office is a must with a focus on Excel
- 3-4 years relevant work experience
- Good team player with strong interpersonal skills
- Strong customer service skills
- Strong organizational, problem solving, decision making and multi-tasking skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

**We offer**:

- Competitive Salary
- Health and Dental Benefits
- Internal Promotional Opportunities
- Free Parking
- Discounts at our onsite Johnvince Foods Store and Restaurant
- Full Time Hours

If you are looking for an opportunity in a fast paced, team-oriented environment, please submit your resume electronically.

Work might involve exposure to nuts and/or nut-based products.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

Work Location: One location