Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 9th Apr 2021
As a long-established leader and advocate for the small-scale Victorian food sector, Melbourne Farmers Markets (MFM) seeks to provide an additional short supply-chain service for its large community of growers and artisan food producers. This will be designed to provide tailored and cost-effective logistics solutions that will lead to additional sales channels, ultimately enhancing business to business opportunities in Melbourne.This project includes a significant investment into depot and distribution facilities at its Alphington site, enabled through Working for Victoria, and will capitalise on, and strengthen, existing relationships with organisations such as Open Food Network and regional Victorian Food hubs.
The E-commerce and Distribution Coordinator will create a sustainable business unit, encompassing:
The role will represent the broader MFM business in a variety of stakeholder settings, and will include:
In line with the social purpose of MFM, the Alphington Distribution Centre will include cool and dry storage that will be made available for our partner organisations such as Moving Feast Victoria, DIVRS and other local food relief organisations.
There’s also an opportunity to further engage with restaurants, bakers, grocers, caterers and others within food services that require short supply chain services such as seasonal sourcing, storage and delivery.