Job Description

Greenhouse is seeking an Operations Assistant to work alongside our procurement, production, and demand planning team. This co-op position is a unique opportunity to work across various departments in a rapidly growing CPG start-up.
The Operations Assistant supports the procurement of all items for the production schedule, while adhering to established inventory goals. In addition, you will take initiative to improve the movement, distribution, and storage of goods, while ensuring all stakeholders are provided excellent service throughout the entire supply chain.
Candidates for this job have a strong eye for detail, can provide quick and strategic solutions, adapt to sudden changes, manage difficult and complex challenges, and work collaboratively with excellent oral and written communication skills. Candidates have a positive attitude and extreme determination to help us build inventory management systems and operational processes capable of scaling to support the fastest growing customer base
Responsibilities Include, but are not limited to:
Perform analysis on a variety of supply chain and production data sets to measure performance, identify trends, model impacts of resource changes, and discover optimization opportunities
Communicate information with vendors efficiently and convey a sense of urgency when necessary to aid the procurement or sourcing process
Provide assistance with the creation of purchase orders, the management of suppliers, and updating pricing
Enhance inventory management, manufacturing, and warehouse processes to achieve greater accuracy and efficiency.
Implement and modify systems, processes, and optimization projects in accordance with organizational goals
Conduct backed analyses to determine the feasibility of projects and develop alternative strategies
Maintain finished goods and packaging inventories by participating in inventory cycle counts
Being the primary point of contact to Retail Managers for supplies to retail stores, including addressing delivery concerns and and providing short/long term solutions
Managing inventory shortages and uploading weekly orders to the stores
Contribute to management meetings by pulling reports, gathering insights, and presenting key findings
Key Projects Include:
Category Manager with a focus on smoothie ingredients and retail supplies
Enhancing the inventory management process to maximize efficiency and minimizing disruptions to production
Optimizing warehouse layout and analyzing space planning and allocating inventory in a high-velocity manner
Supporting new packaging innovations
Skill Requirements:
Self-driven initiative to gain and implement a broad knowledge of warehousing and supply chain best practices
Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations/Supply chain, Chemical Engineering or Industrial Engineering
Excellent communication skills for establishing and maintaining relationships with Suppliers
The ability to manage time, prioritize, be proactive, look at the bigger picture, recognize issues and take initiative are all essential qualities
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
Greenhouse
The health and wellbeing of our team and customers is our top priority. Greenhouse is committed to in-store safety protocols, providing a safe working environment that aligns with PPE, screening procedures, and capacity restrictions in Ontario.
As a company, Greenhouse is committed to ensuring that all people-related processes such as recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, and so forth are administered without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, sex, or age. We value an inclusive workplace and will ensure our practices and policies uphold just this. For individuals with disabilities, accommodations are available.
We look forward to hearing from you!
The Greenhouse Team