ROLE SUMMARY

As Customer Service, Sales Support & Accounts Receivable Manager, you will lead the customer service, sales support, and Accounts Receivable function for our client, an established wholesale distributor of souvenir and giftware products carrying approximately 12,000 active SKUs and supplying retailers across Canada and the United States. You will be the first point of contact for customers placing and tracking orders, and the go‑to support person for our client's approximately 45 sales representatives across Canada and the U.S. You will personally own Accounts Receivable and collections, supervising one AR employee while doing hands‑on work yourself, and you will also manage front‑of‑house and office responsibilities. This is an existing role, being backfilled ahead of a long‑tenured incumbent's planned retirement. It reports directly to the CEO. The base salary is $60,000 - $70,000 CAD.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

- $60,000 - $70,000 CAD base salary, commensurate with experience
- Dental care, extended health care, life insurance, and disability insurance
- 3 weeks vacation
- 3 paid sick days
- On‑site parking
- Company events
- Business casual dress code

THE COMPANY & CULTURE

Our client was founded approximately 40 years ago and is a privately held, family‑owned business, with family members active in the business today. The company is an established, mature organization operating with stable, modest year‑over‑year growth. They are a wholesale distributor of souvenir and giftware products - including postcards, magnets, keychains, shot glasses, mugs, and snow globes - carrying approximately 12,000 active SKUs and supplying retailers of all sizes, from independent shops to national chains, across Canada and the United States. Their customers include souvenir, gift, tourist attraction, airport, hotel, and convenience retailers. The company employs approximately 130 people, including a sales team of approximately 45 representatives (30 in the U.S. and 15 in Canada). The culture is collaborative and positive, and the organization is highly systems‑driven, automating manual processes wherever possible.

OFFICE LOCATION & WORK ARRANGEMENT

- Head Office: Markham, Ontario
- Work arrangement: Office‑based, five days per week.
- This role includes visitor reception duties, serving as the professional first point of contact for the office.
- Visitor volume is light, at approximately five visitors per week.
- Overnight travel: None required
- Hours:



Standard full‑time business hours, Monday to Friday, on site

EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND & EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience; 10+ years is preferred for this senior role
- Demonstrated depth in both customer service and hands‑on Accounts Receivable - these are the two most important requirements
- Hands‑on Accounts Receivable and collections experience, including invoicing, credits, payment processing, cash application, account reconciliation, resolution of billing discrepancies, and month‑end/year‑end AR procedures
- Supervisory experience - this role manages one direct report
- Experience working directly inside a full ERP system (e.g., SAP, NetSuite, Sage, Epicor, Dynamics, Acumatica, Infor, or similar) is required; experience with the specific ERP used by our client is an asset but not required
- Robust Microsoft Excel skills and full Microsoft Office proficiency
- Order entry and order management experience in a high‑SKU distribution or wholesale environment is a strong asset
- Comfortable with basic technology troubleshooting and able to clearly communicate an issue to an internal IT team
- Industry background is not required - functional experience in customer service, AR, and office management transfers well from any industry
- Business‑related education is preferred; secondary school is the formal minimum
- Located within approximately a 30‑minute drive of Markham, Ontario, and able to commute to the office five days a week

TECHNICAL SKILLS

- ERP software - Intermediate to Advanced (proficiency working directly within a full ERP system; specific platform experience is an asset, not a requirement)
- Microsoft Excel - Advanced
- Microsoft Word and PowerPoint - Basic
- Payment processing platforms (e.g., Moneris or similar) - an asset

THE PRODUCT / SERVICE / SOLUTION

- Souvenir and giftware products, including postcards, magnets, keychains, shot glasses, mugs, and snow globes
- Approximately 12,000 active SKUs distributed to retailers across Canada and the United States

PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMERS / WHO YOU WILL SUPPORT

- External customers:



retailers ranging from independent operators to national chains, in the souvenir, gift, tourist attraction, airport, hotel, and convenience channels, across Canada and the U.S.
- Internal customers: approximately 45 sales representatives across Canada and the U.S., who rely on this role for order edits, order lookups, new customer set‑up, credit applications, and releasing orders from hold

TYPICAL DAY & DUTIES

- 30% Customer Service & Help Desk - order intake, order status inquiries, escalations, and backup support for the U.S. customer service team
- 20% Sales Support - supporting approximately 45 sales representatives with order edits, deletions, lookups, new customer set‑up, and releasing credit holds
- 30% Accounts Receivable & Collections - invoicing, credits, payment processing, cash application, reconciliation, collections calls, and month‑end/year‑end AR procedures; supervision of one AR employee
- 15% Office Management & Executive Support - visitor reception, meeting and showroom coordination, catering for customer visits, and office supplies
- 5% Process Improvement & IT Triage - identifying manual or repetitive work for automation, and first‑line IT troubleshooting

OVERNIGHT TRAVEL

- None required

SUPPORT & TRAINING

- Direct overlap and knowledge transfer from the outgoing incumbent, who has given extended notice specifically to allow for a hand‑off period, including exposure to the company's busy season
- Ongoing support from the Accounting Manager on ERP‑specific questions
- Access to an in‑house IT team for technical escalations and process automation requests

WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY

- A senior operational role reporting directly to the CEO, with genuine ownership of the Accounts Receivable function
- A real mandate to bring ideas, change process, and modernize a department - not a caretaker position
- An established, stable company with roughly 40 years in business and a collaborative, positive culture
- A destination role: the outgoing incumbent held this seat for 15 to 20 years
- A full benefits package, including dental, extended health, life, and disability coverage, plus 3 weeks of vacation from the start
- A salaried, non‑commissioned position offering income stability

Equal Opportunity Employer

Just Sales Jobs and our clients are equal opportunity employers. We do not discriminate. All candidates are evaluated solely on performance merit and organizational fit.

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📌 Customer Service, Sales Support & Accounts Receivable Manager - North American Souvenir Distributor (Markham)
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