Distribution Trainer - Contract

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This Distribution Trainer contract role at Lush in Toronto is a hands on, people focused position within Goods In and Distro, responsible for welcoming and developing new hires, delivering SOP based training, upholding quality and safety standards, and supporting production targets across three Etobicoke locations. The role pays $23.40 per hour, requires you to be a current Lush employee, and demands availability for mornings and afternoons with occasional overtime, holidays, and weekends, plus the ability to perform physical tasks including lifting up to 50 pounds. Apply via the Colleague Center Internal Job Board by 12 00 pm EST on June 29, 2026, and email Monica Pinzon with questions. Tips to apply: highlight coaching and leadership experience, demonstrate a proven track record of developing others, emphasize strong communication and problem solving, and show you can train to SOP while maintaining a welcoming, inclusive culture.

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Job Title:

Distribution Trainer

Department:

Goods-In, Distro

Terms of employment:

Contract, Hourly

Reports to:

Jill Campbell, Distribution Manager 

Rate:

$23.40/hour 

Location(s):

35 Jutland Rd, Etobicoke, ON
450 Evans Ave., Etobicoke, ON
70 The East Mall, Etobicoke, ON

Apply by:

12:00 pm EST on Monday, June 29th, 2026

 

The Role: Distribution Associate Trainer - Contract

Availability: Full-time with an ability to work mornings, afternoons, and occasional overtime, holidays, and weekends.

Reporting to Room Management, the Distribution Associate Trainer plays an essential role in developing talent within our business by collaborating and sharing best practices within their department. You help to quickly and efficiently promote the importance of quality for new hires in your room, all while making them feel welcome and supported. Through your hands-on approach to training, you support new hires to achieve their goals and targets and contribute to the success of the room. As a Distribution Trainer, you bring Lush’s Leadership Practices into all elements of your business: Be Real, Be Curious, Lead Fearlessly, Adapt and Evolve, Grow Talent, and Live with Purpose.

 

What do you do (Responsibilities):

• Formally welcome and orient new hires to your room, ensuring their comfort and familiarity with the space, the team, the brand, Health & Safety practices, and the product lines.
• Execute hands-on training with all new hires, ensuring their confidence, competence, and comfort with production. Follow in-room training and onboarding plans to ensure consistency, equity, and success for new hires.
• Introduce employees to quality standards and room expectations while creating a fail-safe environment for practice and learning during their onboarding period. Lead by example by demonstrating quality, cleanliness, and safety standards at all times.
• Motivate and engage new employees, encouraging and promoting their success through check-ins, in-the-moment support, hands-on collaboration, and sharing of best practices. Create an engaging work culture with a kind, welcoming, and supportive attitude and by setting clear expectations.
• Train-on and support proper training methods as per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
• Ensure all quality measures are explained, followed, and prioritized.
• Collaborate frequently with room leadership to support new hires and trainees, ensuring that everyone has the tools and resources needed to succeed. Also, ensure that any performance concerns are elevated early to support learners appropriately
• Perform Distribution Associate duties in the room as needed, including but not limited to:
  
  
• Assist in picking/packing high-quality Lush products
• Pick and pack products and correctly label packages
• Keep up with room demands and productivity targets
• Perform physically laborious tasks, including but not limited to: loading/pulling skids, pushing racks, carts/dollies, carrying bins of product
  
  

Who you are (qualifications):

Required:

• Current Lush employee
• Excels in Distribution Associate duties
• Consistently produces excellent quality products and meets or exceeds targets
• Optimistic, patient, and reassuring when working with others
• Exhibits outstanding communication skills (verbal /written) and demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with leaders, peers, and support teams
• Excellent coaching and feedback skills 
• Comfortable providing and receiving feedback
• Ability to multitask, meet deadlines, and manage priorities 
• Demonstrates curiosity with excellent listening and problem-solving skills 
• An accomplished trainer with a track record for supporting others to achieve success
• Demonstrated commitment to health and safety standards
• Demonstrated commitment to good manufacturing practices
• Able to do physical work for 8-hour shifts, on your feet, and lift 50 pounds
• Capable of physical activities such as standing for long durations, bending, pulling, and pushing
• Confident with basic mathematics, ability to count, including addition and subtraction
• Reliable, consistent attendance, punctual, and dependable
• Comfortable with reading, writing, and speaking English in order to communicate with colleagues on all platforms (i.e., in person, via email, via Google Chat)

Preferred:

• Experience as a Team Leader (seasonally) 
• Experience as a Distribution Trainer (seasonally)
• Formal training or coaching experience
• Formal leadership experience
• Accustomed to meeting goals and deadlines in a seasonal and fast-paced environment
• Ability to navigate email and Google apps (i.e., Sheets, Docs, Chat, and Meet)
• Ability to work occasional overtime, weekends, and holidays based on the needs of the business
• Ability to adapt production and quality expertise to other production rooms/departments

 

How to Apply: Submit the application found on the Colleague Center Internal Job Board

Questions? Email [email protected] 

 

Only select applicants will be considered for this opportunity based on our selection criteria

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees with this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

At Lush, we believe when we continue to foster a culture of inclusion and respect within a diverse workforce, we are doing our part in building a world where there is equal opportunity for all. We recruit from a variety of employment agencies, community groups, non-profits, and online social and job sites, and in our business practices, strive to leverage the gift that diversity brings. We welcome diverse candidates to our recruitment process.  Lush is committed to providing accessible employment practices. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants are asked to please make their needs/requirements known.

Lush North America unequivocally supports equal opportunity employment for all applicants regardless of religion, race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ancestry, differently abled, adverse mental health, and other characteristics both defined, protected and enforced by the law under federal or provincial/state jurisdiction.