Production Coordinator: Ontario Plants Propagation Ltd

Job title: Production Coordinator: Ontario Plants Propagation Ltd

Company:

Job description: Reports to: Inside Sales Manager

Job Description/Responsibilities:

• Enter Sales and Production information into ERP (Agriware – MS Dynamics NAV.)
• Provide support to Inside Sales Manager for various aspects of plant order creation, including but not limited to: scheduling adjustments, forecast planning, material order changes, ensuring timely arrival of inputs, customer follow-up, and preparation for production.
• Generate work orders and assign production inventory for workforce planning team.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to ensure situational order adjustments are implemented.
• Handle inquiries from a large client base at different points in their assigned production cycle.
• Assist with integration of Excel forecast plan into ERP (Agriware – MS Dynamics NAV.)
• Collaborate with Inside Sale Manager and VP of Sales: Customer Success to deliver an exceptional customer experience.
• Develop CRM tools in ERP (Agriware – MS Dynamics NAV.)
• General customer service duties: responding to inquiries via phone or email regarding inventory, planting dates, or material changes.
• Trusted Propagator Program: Work with quality control to assess additional seed requirements, maintain seed vault inventory-in-trust, and reconcile usage.
• General seed inventory management: conduct tests on older stock, advise customers of existing inventory, operate a FIFO usage system.
• Provide Food Safety Letter of Assurance and Organic Certificate to customers for yearly audits.
• Ensure Greenhouse is functioning within standards of the CFIA GCP (Greenhouse Certification Program) for audits, maintaining proper documentation for export purposes and inspections.
• Cross trained to provide support in the absence of the administrative assistant: supply orders, customer inquiries, extensive production data entry.
• Other sales, customer relations and administrative duties as required.

Physical Location/Work Environment:

The successful candidate will be an integral part of a core sales and administrative-focused team that acts as a first point of contact for our customer base. Our Administrative, Finance, HR and Management teams all function in an open plan office – the Production Coordinator will be an integral part in a small core team of professionals that foster an innovative, interdisciplinary, and collaborative culture, always striving to outperform. This position entails minimal time spent in the greenhouse (approximately 10-15 minutes a day,) as required.

Minimum Requirements

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Intermediary experience with Microsoft Office suite.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics NAV is an asset.
• Commercial Horticultural experience not required, but an asset.
• Demonstrated experience with scheduling in a production environment.
• Must have reliable transportation.

Wage:

• $23 per hour, 40 hours per week in coordination with supervisor. Additional hours may be required to provide coverage during vacation absences and would be discussed on an asneeded basis.
• This role is classified as an agriculture employee/farm employee. See the following link for more details about this classification from ESA.

How to apply:

Submit your resume:

Mail: 38024 John Wise Line, St. Thomas, Ontario N5P 3T2
Email:
Subject title: Production Coordinator
Fax:

Ontario Plants Propagation Ltd provides accommodations for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations, please contact Human Resources via the methods above or at .
We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those meeting the requirements will be considered.

Expected salary: $23 per hour

Location: Saint Thomas, ON

Job date: Fri, 04 Jun 2021 01:39:57 GMT