Full-Time

Transportation Specialist

Riverside Natural Foods

Riverside Natural Foods

501-1,000 employees

Manufactures and markets healthy snack products

Compensation Overview

CA$72k - CA$77k/yr

North York, ON, Canada

In Person

Bachelor's

Category
Operations & Logistics (1)
Required Skills
Supply Chain Management
Tableau
Excel/Numbers/Sheets

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Requirements
  • A post-secondary degree or diploma in Supply Chain or Business is preferred.
  • Two to three years of transportation experience is required.
  • Strong analytical skills and the ability to report key performance indicators are required.
  • Experience in food manufacturing is an asset.
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel, Tableau, and SAP Transportation Management System experience are assets.
  • The ability to manage multiple shipments, priorities, and deadlines is required.
  • High attention to detail in rates, shipment data, invoices, and trade documentation is required.
  • Clear written and verbal communication with suppliers, carriers, customs partners, and internal stakeholders is required.
  • Proactive problem-solving, ownership, and sound judgment when shipments are at risk are required.
  • The ability to work calmly under tight timelines and adapt to changes in supply, demand, capacity, and requirements is required.
  • The ability to compare transportation alternatives and convert data into recommendations is required.
  • Transportation operations knowledge covering modes, routing, consolidation, carriers, and shipment execution is required.
  • An understanding of how freight choices, accessorials, and service failures affect earnings and total landed cost is required.
Responsibilities
  • Tender loads and coordinate inbound shipments of raw materials and packaging from domestic and international suppliers using truck, air freight, and ocean freight modes.
  • Support outbound shipments and other transportation activities.
  • Monitor shipment milestones, delivery appointments, and required delivery dates, and ensure compliance with transportation and customs documentation requirements, including commercial invoices and bills of lading.
  • Identify opportunities to reduce transportation costs and improve service levels.
  • Maintain transportation data and publish performance insights, including on-time performance and cost per shipment.
  • Develop and maintain productive carrier relationships and resolve issues to protect continuity of supply.
  • Work closely with Riverside sites and third-party logistics warehouses.
  • Support carrier contracts and price negotiations.
  • Analyze transportation options and compare supplier-delivered versus Riverside-managed freight solutions, providing recommendations that optimize cost, service, and supply continuity.
  • Validate and approve freight invoices, investigate variances, and support accurate transportation accruals and cost allocation.
  • Support all facets of transportation as directed.
  • Achieve transportation outcomes, consider alternatives, and maintain momentum through disruptions.
  • Publish a weekly inbound scorecard with on-time performance, cost, exceptions, and opportunities.
  • Build a supplier-delivered versus Riverside pickup report for total-cost and service comparison and identify opportunities.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in food manufacturing is an asset.
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel, Tableau, and SAP Transportation Management System experience are assets.
  • Curiosity about market practices, benchmarking services, researching options, and constructively challenging assumptions is desirable.
Riverside Natural Foods

Riverside Natural Foods

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Riverside Natural Foods makes and distributes healthier snack products under the MadeGood brand, handling research, creation, manufacturing, marketing and selling. MadeGood snacks are developed through research and produced as consumer-ready packaged snacks with healthy ingredients. The company differentiates itself with B Corporation and Zero Waste certifications and by acting as a hub for ongoing innovation in healthy snacking, linking product quality to environmental and community impact. Its goal is to provide credible, healthier snack options while leaving a positive footprint on the environment and communities.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$8.5M

Headquarters

Vaughan, Canada

Founded

2013

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What believers are saying

  • Amcor says AmFiber cuts virgin plastic 77% and adds curbside recyclability.
  • Revelio Labs counted 27 active Riverside job postings in 2026, signaling ongoing hiring.
  • MadeGood Trail Mix bars launched in Earth Month 2025, expanding beyond granola bars.

What critics are saying

  • FDA classified the December 9, 2024 MadeGood recall as Class II in February 2025.
  • Riverside traced metal contamination to an oven-conveyor brush bristle in 2024 production.
  • Another contamination event would destroy MadeGood trust and threaten Riverside’s core brand.

What makes Riverside Natural Foods unique

  • MadeGood’s certified-organic positioning still anchors Riverside’s brand in better-for-you snacks.
  • Amcor’s April 3, 2025 AmFiber launch gives MadeGood a paper-based packaging edge.
  • Riverside’s 711-employee platform supports national snack manufacturing and product development.

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Benefits

Wellness Program

Mental Health Support

Conference Attendance Budget

Professional Development Budget

RRSP matching or 401k matching

401(k) Company Match

401(k) Retirement Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Home Office Stipend

Phone/Internet Stipend

Hybrid Work Options

Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

Family Planning Benefits

Fertility Treatment Support

Stock Options

Company Equity

401(k) Retirement Plan

RRSP matching or 401k matching

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
Packaging Gateway
Apr 4th, 2025
Riverside Natural Foods selects Amcor's packaging for MadeGood Trail Mix bars

Riverside Natural Foods has collaborated with Amcor to introduce Riverside's MadeGood Trail Mix bars in Amcor's AmFiber paper-based packaging solution.

NBC Boston
Feb 15th, 2025
FDA updates MadeGood granola bar recall to Class II

Riverside Natural Foods, Inc. preemptively issued a voluntary recall of 2,408,883 cases of MadeGood granola bars on Dec. 9, 2024.

Top Class Actions
Dec 23rd, 2024
MadeGood granola bars class action claims product may contain metal

Who: A MadeGood granola bar consumer is suing Riverside Natural Foods Inc.

Boston 25 News
Dec 12th, 2024
Riverside Natural Foods Inc. issues recall for granola bar products for chance of metal in product

Riverside Natural Foods Inc. issues recall for granola bar products for chance of metal in product.

WSMV-TV
Dec 11th, 2024
Recall issued for MadeGood granola bars

On Monday, Riverside Natural Foods Inc. announced it was voluntarily recalling certain batches of its MadeGood bars for the "potential presence of a piece of metal in the product."