Why Gambles?

At Gambles, produce is everything. Our business provides the widest assortment of top-quality fruits and vegetables for the wholesale, foodservice, and retail sectors. With a history dating back to the early 1900s, Gambles has grown and evolved in to one of the largest produce wholesalers in all of Canada. Our goal is to be the supplier of choice for all our customer’s needs.

Our people are the backbone of our business! We have a “hire-from-within” mentality at Gambles, which means we put extra focus on developing our people and giving them unique career advancement opportunities. Just like our products and our customer-base, we love to see our people grow!

We offer a competitive benefits package with employer covered health and dental benefits (you don’t pay the premiums!) and a company matched Pension Plan for our full-time employees.

Job Description

The Distribution Coordinator will report directly to the Distribution Manager.

This position will be responsible for monitoring and maintaining customer inventory and coordinating the movement of goods and materials from one location to another. This individual will work primarily out of the Ontario Food Terminal location but will require the ability to travel to our 302 Dwight Ave. location regularly.

Although the primary schedule for this individual is 40 hours per week, our ideal candidate can work a flexible schedule to accommodate the needs of the business which may include occasional evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Process orders and verify prices.
• Prepare and maintain service rates.
• Contact customer to confirm order details and shipping schedules.
• Coordinate with Operations and Logistics to ensure orders are fulfilled.
• Coordinate and communicate with regrade and repack facilities.
• Investigate and resolve customer complaints and inquiries.
• Review, update, and monitor inventory.
• Review sales reports, budgets, and margins.
• Ensure accuracy in customer billing.

Candidate Requirements

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated logistics and supply chain experience.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to learn quickly and utilize internal ERP software.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Personal Attributes:

• Demonstrated organization and time-management skills to navigate a fast-paced environment.
• Attention to detail skills to ensure data accuracy.
• A quick learner with the ability to adapt to a regularly changing environment.
• Team-oriented with the ability to take direction while being self-directed.
• Strong interpersonal skills for interacting with external and internal contacts.

Gambles Group of Companies is an equal opportunity employer situated in a heritage building at 165 The Queensway and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for applicants and colleagues with disabilities throughout all stages of the selection process.