Responsibilities:
- Facilitate the building of strategic partnerships with top customers by identifying shared supply chain efficiencies and aligning with customer initiatives.
- Engage customers in operational process improvement initiatives to deliver mutual efficiencies and increase volume/revenue.
- Support continuous improvements and process innovation pertaining to direct shipment, load optimization, and order management to reduce cost to serve.
- Collaborate and plan jointly with sales and customers to optimize sales while maintaining customers' targeted key performance indicators (OTIF, In Stock, Fill Rate, and desired inventory level).
- Identify and address systemic service issues through collaboration with the North America Operating Unit and customers.
- Communicate internally about customer initiatives and requirements, along with their anticipated impact.
- Facilitate the implementation of electronic order-to-cash capabilities and support business processes (e.g., CAO, EDI invoicing, payments) to streamline transactions.
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Qualifications & Requirements:
- Term: 12 months
- Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Supply Chain or a related area of study.
- 0-3+ years of experience in a fast-moving consumer goods company, with the ability to leverage technical knowledge to provide a competitive advantage.
- Ability to triage problems, prioritize accordingly, and propose resolutions.
- Capability to work independently, raise issues, and take corrective action.
- Detail-oriented, analytical, and creative thinker with a passion for quality processes.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills.
- Aptitude for refining solutions and managing internal and external partners' expectations against technical and business success criteria with limited available resources.
- Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
This is a paid co-op position in our Toronto, Canada office.
Skills:
Communication; Influencing; Interpersonal Communication; Solution-Oriented; Process Improvements