Careers

General Purpose

Essential Functions:

• Upholsters parts and/or products according to standardized work.
• Upholsters any and all of the products in the Borgo catalogue.
• Inspect parts during the upholstery process to assure compliance to established quality criteria.
• Provides feedback when applicable, to other departments and management on improvements to the process.
• Understands and practices quality requirements according to specified quality criteria.
• Maintains a clean, safe working environment according to 5s and department safety guidelines.
• Maintains flexibility to meet team, department, and plant goals.
• Knows and practices corporate, plant, and department safety guidelines.
• Completes required paperwork correctly to ensure record accuracy.
• Commits to meeting overtime requirements.
• Performs additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.

Job Responsibilities:

• Competent in basic math skills, such as adding and subtracting.
• Ability to read, understand, communicate, and interpret written and verbal instructions, work documentation, policies and practices, etc., which are written in the English language.
• Ability to bend, twist, and stand for periods of up to 8 hours.
• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds.
• Ability to work cooperatively within the team as well as with members of other teams to meet goals.
• Demonstrated willingness to adapt to a continually changing environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to team success through reliable attendance.
• Flexibility to work assignments and possible hours as business needs require.
• Must be able to perform all essential functions with or without accommodations.

Seamstress/Seamster

Job Responsibilities:

• Using the sewing machines necessary to sew fabric as per the design of the products.
• To ensure BORGO’s standards are met in both quality and consistency for all products.
• Assisting in the smooth work flow of the factory.
• Ensuring that all equipment is in proper and safe working order.
• Work collaboratively with others in mutual support, helping to create a positive working environment.
• Accomplish any additional tasks that may be required in support of the company.
• Ensures that BORGO’s IQEMS policies and procedures are adhered to at all times.
• Ensure a system for tracking environmental costs of operations.

Qualifications:

• Safely operate industrial sewing machines.
• An experienced Seamstress/Seamster.
• High attention to detail.
• Strong organization and time management skills.
• Strong work ethic.

Upholsterer

Job Responsibilities:

• Using scissors, staple guns, hammers, and the other necessary tools needed to assemble and upholster furniture.
• Ensuring that all components and materials are assembled to BORGO’s quality standards.
• Assisting in the smooth work flow of the factory.
• Ensuring that all equipment is in proper and safe working order.

Qualifications:

• Safely operate industrial machinery and equipment.
• An experienced Upholsterer.
• High attention to detail.
• Strong organization and time management skills.
• Strong work ethic.

CNC (Computer Numerically Controlled) Machine Tool Operator

Job Responsibilities:

• Set up, program and operate one or more computer numerically controlled (CNC) or manual textile and woodworking machines such as saws, pressing machines, shapers, drills and sanders to fabricate or repair wooden parts for furniture, fixtures and other wood products.
• Operate gluing machines to glue pieces of wood together or press and affix wood veneer to wood surfaces.
• Operate preset special-purpose woodworking machines to fabricate wood products such as coat hangers, mop handles, clothes pins and other products.
• Read and interpret specifications or follow verbal instructions
• May clean and lubricate equipment, and replace parts as necessary.

Purchasing Manger

Job Responsibilities:

• Communicates closely with customer Service and Production Manager to determine production schedule working with all procedures as outlined in Policy No. 5 – Scheduling of Production Run Bill of Material Journal on Tuesday and Friday mornings to determine what stock items need to be ordered.
• Manages inventory levels based on agreed financial value
• Daily runs Outstanding Order Report on all new orders to determine which non-stock items needs to be ordered
• Works with Production personnel for all non-stock, non-inventoried items to ensure available levels coincide with demand
• When ordering fabric, secures requirements from Cutter to determine yardage required on all COMs and COLs
• Prepares Purchase Orders through Business Vision (BV) :
  • Include requested delivery date on each Purchase Order
  • Conform with supplier that required delivery date can be adhered to
• Uses best purchasing practices in preparing Purchase Orders to ensure volume discounts
• Contacts suppliers one (1) week prior to confirmed delivery date to ensure the schedule will still be met and hold supplier to all commitments
• Looks at reports list what need to come in that day and follow up all suppliers
• Do yearend inventory
• Addresses any issue with suppliers
• Arranges for the delivery or pick-up of the components as they are available (Groups all available orders for one shipment to minimize delivery costs)
• Negotiates all costing with the suppliers ensuring best possible price
• Uses best practices in securing the best supplier for all given components
• Source new suppliers as required due to cost, quality, availability, service, etc.
• Uses every opportunity to consolidate requirements to maximize purchasing power
• Monitors the quality of the components being received by BORGO
• Verifies good received against Packing Slips and against Purchase Orders
• Clarifies any discrepancy with the supplier and seek resolution
• Verifies pricing on the Invoice with that quoted by the supplier
• Once verified and correct, attaches Purchase Orders and Packing Slips to Invoices prior to passing through to Accounting (this will denote your approval of the Invoice)
• Reviews all damaged, broken or non-conforming parts with the supplier (Seek repair, replacement, or financial restitution)
• Works closely with the Production Manager and suppliers on custom orders
• Seeks to improve production costs through monitoring Costs of Goods and making suggestions on how to improve costs by sourcing new suppliers or when to make a change
• Helps with clearing and tidying up of parts as required
• French Customer Service as required
• Ensures a system in procurement that includes screening of suppliers and material composition of components.

Bookkeeper

Job Responsibilities:

• Accounts Payable
  • Verify all invoices to back-up documents of purchase orders and packing slips checking extensions, addition, taxes and other details
  • Purchasing will attach all purchase orders and packing slips to invoices prior to passing them to Accounting
  • Determine payment schedule
  • Post invoice to transaction journal
  • Print a weekly detailed aged accounts payable report for the President
  • Present cash flow summary and suggested payments
  • Highlight suppliers offering discounts for fast payments
  • Highlight suppliers that have called for payment
  • Pull invoices to be paid as agreed with the President
  • Tally by supplier
  • Provide totals for those in Canadian funds and for those in US funds
  • Prepare the cheques
  • Prepare the Disbursement Journal Report
  • Provide tallies, cheques for signing, and invoices to the President
  • Once signed and returned ensure they are mailed as per the rep agreements
• Payroll
  • Prepare the timecards for the employees in the plant
  • Prepare the weekly and bi-weekly payroll for all company employees
  • Present to the President for signature
  • Add transactions to the disbursement journal
  • Once signed distribute to all employees
  • Maintain employee files
  • Prepare T4 slips for all employees at the conclusion of each calendar year
  • Process new hires/terminations and “set up” new employees in the system
  • Prepare all separation documentation
  • Manage all Worker’s Compensation matters
  • Manage the benefit programs of employees
• Accounts Receivables
  • Conduct credit reviews on new and delinquent customers
  • Post cash receipts each day there is a bank deposit
  • Research items brought forward by Customer Service requesting credit
  • Issue requested credit invoice based on corporate policies
  • Perform collections under guidelines of the President
  • Keep detailed records of these interactions
  • Report problem accounts to the President and Vice President as required
• Administration
  • Produce reports from the computers as required for the financial statements and/or as required by the President
  • Disbursement Journals
  • Detailed Aged Accounts Payable
  • Detailed Aged Accounts Receivable
  • General Ledger
  • Trial Balance
  • Transaction Journal
  • Month-end report for President
  • Year-end report for Accounting Statement
  • Reconcile books monthly
  • Prepare and remit to the government
  • HST
  • Worker’s Compensation
  • Employee Health Tax Reports
  • Support the preparation of annual budgets
  • Compile budget data
  • Update active budget monthly
  • Maintain lease and rental agreements
  • Collect inventory data