Coordinator, Category Support

Gordon Food Service • Ajax, ON

1d • CA$58,000 - CA$68,000

About The Position

Provides various category and merchandising product support functions including executing and delivering vendor/material set up and management, standardized data reporting, and marketing communication/administrative tasks. Support product lifecycle management from introduction to discontinuance. Responsible for all category new vendor and item set up. Supports the execution and communication of product information related to portfolio management activities.

Requirements

• Bilingual with French and English
• Strong written and presentation development skills
• Time management skills
• Organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Must be results oriented and have excellent team skills
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, resource and time management skills
• Must be able to read, interpret, and execute plans and instructions
• Must be able to work collaboratively with a variety of teams and individuals
• Prioritize, schedule and handle multiple tasks simultaneously

Responsibilities

• New vendor set up
• New material setup/notification and discontinuation
• Existing material DC activation/notification
• Product attribute maintenance (eCommerce information/image collection)
• Price Equivalent data entry
• Material source changes
• Running and formatting standardized reporting
• Competitive Market Review Pre-deck data
• Vendor Business Reviews (VBR)
• IFDA Partners Conference
• Sales Kick-Off meetings (SKO)
• Divisional Supplier Engagement (DSE)
• Weekly/Monthly financial dashboards (connectivity to financial services)
• Joint Business planning (JBP) monthly reporting and chart development for internal data
• Customer Velocity Requests (customer/division/supplier)
• Promotional rebate processing
• Long term out of stock management
• Communication of network cuts
• Taxonomy maintenance
• Brand material initiations in Workfront
• Quality Credit Claims Processing
• Works with vendors to recover costs as appropriate for these quality credits.
• Works with Inventory Control / Quality Assurance to manage activity around returned products and ‘inspected’ products.
• Collaborates with warehouse, transportation, and sales to facilitate best practices training on quality credits.
• Prepares monthly and billing reports by collaborating and coordinating with the Home Office Finance team.
• Maintain accurate records - scorecarding and results reporting.
• Identifies opportunities to improve process, reporting, metrics and effectiveness of product quality (credits).
• Adheres to the mission and cornerstone values and applicable practices of the organization.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug, and EFAP Benefits after 30 days of employment
• FULL flex benefits program
• Company matching RRSP
• Family culture
• Advancement opportunities
• Profit Sharing

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed