Join our team that shares your Passion & Heart for Canadian agriculture! Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited (P&H) has an opportunity for a motivated, forward-thinking, and dedicated individual as a Production Coordinator for our Milling division based in Cambridge, ON.
Please note this is a 1 Year Contract Position
P&H Milling
P&H is the largest Canadian-owned milling company. The P&H Milling Group sources wheat from Western Canada, Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada to produce quality flour and cereal products. The lineup includes hard red spring wheat flour for breads and other bakery products, soft winter wheat flour for cakes and cookies, as well as semolina flour for pasta, organic flour, and atta flour for chappati. In our specialty milling operation in Saskatoon, we also mill pea fractions.
From its mills in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Acton, Hanover, Hamilton, and Cambridge, Ontario; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; and Lethbridge, Alberta, the P&H Milling Group supplies flour to customers throughout Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Iceland, and Pacific Rim countries.
Your Role
We are seeking a Procurement Coordinator to efficiently manage the procurement of grains, additives, packaging, and related materials. This role is essential in maintaining a balanced supply chain, managing vendor relationships, analyzing market trends, and ensuring cost-effective procurement. The coordinator will collaborate with internal teams like Sales, Finance, and Operations to optimize costs, ensure timely delivery, and contribute to procurement improvements.
Day to Day
Grain Procurement:
Procure various wheat classes to maintain supply balance
Provide timely quotes to Sales based on live commodity markets
Maintain accurate grain contract records
Reconcile futures accounts daily
Additives & Packaging:
Communicate supply issues impacting operations
Analyze costs and identify cost reduction opportunities
Monitor inventory, raise purchase orders, and evaluate supplier performance
Resolve pricing, quality, and delivery issues with suppliers
Administration:
Maintain grain contracts, process receipts, and handle related invoices
Support mill receivers and troubleshoot receiving issues
Manage sales contracts and assist with month-end reporting
Provide support to Commodity and Material Coordinators
Assist with other procurement-related tasks and projects
Required Qualifications
Post-Secondary degree in Business or Supply Chain Management
Able to build and maintain effective and productive relationships with staff, stakeholders and suppliers
Good communication, negotiation, interpersonal and influencing skills
Analytical, numerically astute with strong demonstrated problem-solving abilities
Able to manage time effectively, prioritize tasks and achieve set targets
Keen attention to detail and accuracy
An extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel
Work and grow with a family-owned company.
Join our team with Purpose & History! P&H’s roots go back over 110 years. We have always been a Canadian, family-owned and managed agri-business that understands the qualities and conditions needed for meaningful growth. Our corporate culture values are family values; honesty and integrity with a focus on listening and continuous learning. Like family, we support our staff to always do better.
With over 70 locations spanning from coast to coast, and trade links around the globe, P&H is growth-oriented, diversified and vertically integrated with operations spanning across grain merchandising, flour milling, crop input distribution and animal feed production.
We thank all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
P&H is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that is reflective of Canadian society. As a result, Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is in compliance with the Employment Equity Act. P&H welcomes and encourages applications from women, aboriginal people, people with disabilities and members of visible minorities. Accommodations in relation to the job selection process are available upon request for both internal and external candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment process.
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