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!

COMPENSATION: $20.00 - $30.00/hr DOE

DUTIES AND 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.
• Meet department goals and objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3-5 years of minimum experience within CPG Customer Service, Supply planning or Logistics. Trade Spend experiences are a plus.
• Associate’s Degree preferred.
• Experience working with Buyers, Distributors and/or Brokers in the Retail, Food Service, Convenience Store sectors.
• 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.