Customer Supply Management Specialist

Ruiz Foods has been family owned since 1964, is one of the largest
 Hispanic-owned companies in the country and is the proud maker of two #1 brands:
 El Monterey frozen Mexican food and Tornados roller grill taquitos in grocery
 stores and convenience stores across the US and Canada.

 Are you looking for career development opportunities in an exciting company that
 cares about its team members and consumers alike? Come join our team and help us
 continue our industry-leading track record of growth, quality, and delicious
 food!

The main responsibility of the Order Management Specialist is to ensure a high
 level of Professional Customer Service to Ruiz Foods customers, brokers, and
 internal team members.  Facilitation of customer requests and orders via EDI
 following established SOP protocols.  Build relationships with a depth of
 understanding Customer expectations ensuring timely execution of the order
 fulfillment functions for assigned Customers and Sales regions.  Participate in
 continuous process improvement initiatives to bring solutions to Customers
 including internal processes.  Escalate customer issues appropriately within the
 organization for a timely satisfactory resolution.  Collaborate closely with
 cross functional teams to ensure flawless Customer Supply Chain Logistics
 execution.

 COMPENSATION: $27-32/Hour DOE

 RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Daily communication with Customers, Sales, Transportation, Warehouse and
    Supply Chain.
  
* Accountable for the day-to-day timely execution of customer orders, track and
    trace, securing proof of delivery as necessary, coordination of customer
    returns, shortages, damages and deductions as well as ensuring that the
    customer receives an accurate invoice.
  
* Sales Territory collaboration including customer SLA, (service level
    agreement) execution.
  
* Creates a positive experience for the Customer by consistently providing
    superior service and exceeding expectations. This includes areas such as
    transportation, fulfilment, forecasting procedures such as identifying
    emerging regional trends, forecast business impact or demand requirements.
  
* Process and maintain orders for terms and conditions compliance including
    invoicing.
  
* Utilize system reports to perform various job functions managing sales order
    compliance.
  
* Facilitate price discrepancies, customer deductions and process check
    requests as applicable including the validation of supporting documents in
    accordance to department standard operating procedures.
  
* Effectively and completely handle all customer inquiries timely, manage
    customer invoicing, including investigation of invalid deduction trends.
  
* Manage across all BU’s, critical metrics to include response time to
    customers, case fill and on time delivery.
  
* Support the implementation of strategies and programs to improve service or
    cost to serve.
  
* Cross functional team responsibilities for the day-to-day priorities.
  
* Generate Customer Supply Chain reports with a regular review of account
    status and other duties as assigned by the Team Supervisor.
  
* Assists in dispatch of shipments to Customers in a cost efficient and timely
    manner. This process requires effective decision making, problem solving and
    teamwork with Supply Planning, DC's and Transportation partners.
  
* Exceed Team goals and objectives.

 REQUIREMENTS:

* 3-7 years of minimum experience within Customer Service, Supply planning
    and/or Logistics.

 CPG, ERP and Trade Spend experiences are a plus.

* B.A. or B.S Degree preferred, not required.
  
* Experience working with Retail, Food Service, Convenience Store Buyers,
    Distributors and/or Brokers preferred.
  
* Requires ability to navigate computerized systems for tracking, identifying
    order exceptions, analysis, and/or troubleshooting in accordance to
    protocols.
  
* Experience working with Order Management/ERP systems, 3PL shipping locations,
    EDI (electronic data interchange), on-line vendor portals, databases,
    software systems and Microsoft Office Suites, particularly Microsoft Excel.
  
* Excellent communication skills, verbal & written.
  
* Excellent organizational and time management skills.
  
* Infor M3 Cloud experience a plus.
  
* Excellent multi-tasking skills in a fast-paced environment.