WHAT YOU’LL DO
This position is responsible for managing national Supply Chain standards for AVI-SPL including carrier selections/relationships, shipping methods, carrier scorecards, and national logistics contracts/lane negotiations in order to enhance margin as it relates to logistics. There is a preference for this role to be based out of Toronto.
Day-To-Day Responsibilities:
- Analyze and evaluate company's procedures and policies as it pertains to inbound and outbound shipments.
- Manage team of Logistics Coordinators and/or Warehouse personnel to ensure outbound shipments from office locations are efficiently scheduled and consolidated when possible.
- Perform national bid process or lane negotiations with carriers as appropriate.
- Track and maintain acceptable levels of DIFOT and internal customer service metrics.
- Maintain carrier scorecards and conduct quarterly reviews with carriers on agreed upon SLA’s.
- Work with Procurement to optimize inbound shipments from vendors and negotiate price breaks on equipment due to optimized shipments.
- Assist local offices with analysis and strategy for last-mile delivery to customer sites.
- Provide Sales team with accurate estimates for projects involving complex supply chain challenges.
- Work with local offices to establish best practices for implementation of countermeasures.
- Track compliance with countermeasures and follow up to ensure compliance.
- Analyze and interpretate shipping data from multiple carriers.
- Recommend and document changes and follow up with appropriate areas to ensure required changes are implemented.
- Create and provide reports as needed.
- Other duties assigned as needed.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
Must-Haves:
- Ability to balance multiple tasks with changing priorities.
- Ability to work and think independently and ensure to meet deadlines.
- Must have clear and professional communication skills (written and oral) both internally and externally.
- Effective communication and interaction with employees, clients, and colleagues and the ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization.
- Excellent data entry and organizational skills
- Basic PC skills and working knowledge of Office Suite (Excel, Word)
- Demonstrated customer service focus and client communication skills.
Nice to haves:
- Minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- Minimum 5 years of related work experience in Logistics or Supply Chain
- Minimum 1 year of experience in Inventory Management
- Minimum 1 year of experience in managing a team.
- Demonstrated working experience using data and analytics to formulate countermeasures.
- Experience implementing countermeasures across multiple locations.
WHY YOU’LL LIKE WORKING HERE
- Robust onboarding plan including job shadowing
- Training and professional development opportunities
- On-site training and other learning opportunities
- Paid holidays, stat days, and flex days
- Competitive wages
- Medical benefits, including vision, health, dental and RRSP matching
- World class tools to help you succeed
- Enjoyable and dynamic company culture
MORE ABOUT US
At AVI-SPL Canada Ltd., we proudly boast our core values - build connections, be trailblazers, own it, do the right thing, thrive together. We rely on each other to deliver the best solution for our customers. We love what we do, and every member of our team is essential to our success.
We strive to create a work environment in which all individuals are treated fairly and with respect and have equal access to opportunities and resources.
