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Since 1937, this privately owned family company based in Ontario, Canada, has built itself into a global food expert, providing exceptional service and innovative solutions to its industry partners. The company’s success is driven by its dedicated employees' professionalism and entrepreneurial spirit. Our Head office is located in Brampton, Ontario.\nRole Summary\nReporting to the Director of Sales and Operational Excellence, the Business Operations Analyst will serve as a key financial and analytical partner to the Canadian Foodservice Division, providing financial insight, analysis and tools required to support profitable growth and informed commercial decision making. The role will have a strong focus on customer pricing, profitability, category insights, financial modeling, forecasting, inventory optimization and P&L performance. Working closely with sales, procurement, finance, marketing, and operations, this role develops and maintains customer price lists, analyzes customer and product margins, conducts category analysis, evaluates pricing and cost changes, supports customers RFP’s and new business opportunities, evaluates and recommends regional inventory positions, warehouse transfer efficiency and incoming load efficiencies. The Commercial Financial Analyst combines strong financial and analytical skills with practical commercial acumen and understands how pricing, volume product mix, freight, inventory, rebates, and customer programs impact the profitability of the Foodservice marketplace.\nResponsibilities\nServe as the financial business partner to the Foodservice Sales and Marketing leadership team.\nDevelop, maintain, and analyze customer price lists and pricing structures across the Foodservice Division.\nBuild pricing and profitability models incorporating product cost, freight, duties, currency, inventory, working capital, rebates, billbacks and other customer-specific costs.\nEvaluate the profitability and financial return of new contracts and RFPs on contract renewals, extensions and new business opportunities.\nPartner with Sales and Marketing to assess volume, pricing and margin scenarios before commercial commitments are made.\nDevelop dashboards and reporting metrics on customer, product, category and sales performance.\nAnalyze customer and product profitability and identify opportunities to improve gross margin and contribution.\nAnalyze price, volume and mix changes and their impact on Foodservice profitability.\nAnalyze sales trends, seasonality, and customer patterns to improve demand forecasts.\nReview volume trends to plan and identify root causes of forecast variances.\nDevelop reporting on forecast performance at customer, category, SKU and regional levels.\nIdentify trends early to prevent shortages or excess inventory.\nServe as primary inventory liaison for the senior sales team, coordinating inventory requirements and availability with Demand Planning and Supply Chain, monitoring purchase orders and inbound supply, and proactively identifying and addressing inventory gaps to optimize stock and service levels.\nMonitor inbound container activity, truckload and import schedules to optimize inventory placement.\nReview transfer activity between warehouses and identify opportunities to improve efficiency.\nRecommend product allocation strategies that minimize transfers, freight expense and out-of-stock issues.\nMonitor safety stock requirements and recommend adjustments based on demand patterns.\nOther duties as assigned.\nQualifications/Skills\nBachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Supply Chain or a related discipline.\nExperience within Foodservice, CPG, food manufacturing, distribution, wholesale, or other high volume commercial environment is strongly preferred.\nDemonstrated experience working cross functionally with Sales, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain and Procurement teams.\nStrong understanding of revenue, COGS, gross profit, gross margin, contribution margin and operating expenses.\nAbility to perform detailed price, volume and mix analysis.\nStrong understanding of pricing structures within a Foodservice/Distribution environment.\nExperience in evaluating pricing proposals, RFP’s and tenders.\nAdvanced Microsoft Excel skills, PivotTables and financial modeling.\nExperience with Power BI or other business intelligence/dashboarding platforms.\nUnderstanding of demand planning, forecasting and inventory management.\nStrong analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial data and market insights to drive business decisions.\nThis position is based in a professional office setting, with work primarily performed at a desk using a computer, phone, and other standard office equipment.\nBenefits\nHybrid - 1 day work from home per week\nSummer hours\nCompetitive vacation and Personal day policy\nEmployee Discounts on consumables\nEmployee Assistance Program\nCompany Paid Benefits\nRRSP Match Program\nThe annual base salary for this role is expected to fall between $90,000 and $115,000.\nThis is an existing vacancy.\nExport Packers is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting diversity of thought, ideas, perspective and people. We create an inclusive environment that attracts, retains and values people of all backgrounds by treating all people in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence through inclusion, integration and equal opportunity. We are committed to meeting the needs of those who interact with Export Packers in accordance with Federal and provincial laws. \nIn accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, Export Packers has an Accommodation Policy as part of our hiring process. Should you require accommodation, please advise the People & Culture Department.\nPlease note: A criminal background check is required for all candidates and will be conducted in the final stages of the hiring process. 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