Who We Are

Who You Are

• Collaborative Team Player. You are motivated by collaborative team task achievement and driving a results-oriented culture.
• Strong communicator: Your verbal and written communication skills allow you to get results across easily and quickly, in a friendly and professional manner.
• Adaptable. You thrive in a changing environment and are able to pivot direction easily.
• Open. You are open to constructive feedback, but aren’t afraid to let your opinions be known. You approach the problem at hand from a strategic and empathetic point of view.

What You'll Be Doing

• Work as part of a team to ensure the Production Facilities have the Right Product, in the Right Quantity, at the Right Time.

• Create purchase orders using best practices to support the weekly and daily production plans
• Communicate internally and externally with stakeholders, and ensure inventory availability for JIT production
• Act as first point of contact for suppliers and internal warehouse and provide resolution for inventory and delivery issues
• Support product lifecycle of promotional and stocked goods, ingredients and packaging materials from launch to ramp down ensuring availability and minimizing financial liability to the organization
• Identify and escalate risk (inventory availability, supplier capacity etc.) to team leader and support with analysis, recommendation and execution of solution
• Identify appropriate SKU substitutions and provide all necessary documentation to support the cross functional approval process: Culinary, QA, operations, Finance while meeting all inventory delivery deadlines
• Foster positive and effective working relationships with supplier network and internal teams
• Support and Maintain Fresh Prep Quality Standards and escalate risk and non-compliance appropriately
• Support root cause analysis and issue resolution for weekly KPI reporting: vendor invoices, credits, inventory discrepancies, stock write off etc.
• Actively support development and implementation of internal continuous improvement projects, individually and as part of a working team: cost savings, avoidance, supply chain efficiency etc.
• Maintain systems data accuracy and efficiently, and support with new systems implementation
• Support training and onboarding of new team members

• Other duties as assigned

What We Are Looking For

• 1-3 years of Planning, Buying, Inventory Management experience with a preference for grocery, foodservice, or related industry

• Certificate or Diploma in Supply Chain or a related field a benefit
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to perform effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated track record of effective problem solving and decision making
• Effective attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy
• Sound analytical thinking, planning, prioritization, and execution skills

• Able to build and maintain collaborative and effective relationships with peers, cross-functional teams and suppliers

• An inclusive, fun workplace filled with fantastic colleagues. We’re a certified B-Corporation and our team is passionate about making a positive difference (and also about food!)

• The ability to work from home or from our HQ located in beautiful East Vancouver
• Competitive pay and bonuses, as well as the opportunity to participate in our Employee Stock Option Plan.
• Comprehensive health benefits (including medical, dental, vision and life-insurance) after 90 days of successful employment.

• Free food! A Fresh Prep meal plan for 2 meals per week and sample meals from our test kitchen at our HQ!