08 Oct
Maersk
Mississauga
We offer
We offer you an exciting global career at the forefront of world trade.
Working with the best people in a global team culture with future growth opportunities in an industry that has a significant impact on the world economy.
We’re proud of our people who define our company’s industry leadership, global team culture and customer-centric focus every day.
When you join our team you join a truly diverse, global organization in a fast-moving, values-based, work environment where you can grow on the job, create and shape our digital solutions, tap into industry-leading talent development initiatives, enjoy working with your colleagues and broaden your world view through our international job postings.
We offer competitive compensation and benefits for full-time employees including health, dental and vision insurance, a 401k savings plan with an employer match and paid time-off – and our parental leave policy is recognized world-wide as one of the best in the industry.
The Canada Procurement Manager, Trucking will coordinate efforts to secure capacity at competitive rates to enable profitable growth in the Canadian market.
He/she will develop a category strategy to achieve cost leadership and best-in-class service levels by collaborating with other Procurement managers (Category Leads) as well Product (Solutions Design/Pricing), Delivery (Operations).
This high impact role will act as change agent (orchestrator) and catalyst for growth. Building a strong operating system to facilitate internal collaboration and developing a strong Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) program for Canada will be critical success factors.
This role will support First Mile,
Ground Freight and Last Mile Trucking in Canada.
Key Responsibilities
- Strong background in LTL/Drayage in the Canadian market
- Coordinate procurement efforts with category managers (Truck, Rail, Etc.)
- Support Product in developing competitive supply chain solutions in Canada
- Develop and maintain a category strategy for Canada to enable exponential, profitable growth
- Develop a Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) program to ensure access to capacity at best-of-market rates
- Provide spend visibility and market intelligence to drive our procurement efforts and go-to-market strategy
- Coordinate Request for Quotation (RFQ) events in conjunction with other category managers and the Strategic Sourcing team in Center
- Build sophisticated Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
models to benchmark solutions and suppliers across different modes of transport
- Help build strategic supplier relations and loyalty
- Collaborate with Delivery (Operations) and Maersk Brokerage to ensure service delivery and customer satisfaction
- Other projects as directed by senior leadership.
Required qualification, experience & skills
- Bachelor Degree with graduate studies (preferred)
- At least 5 years of experience in transportation or supply chain
- Prior experience in procurement or vendor management is a plus
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to collaborate and drive business outcomes in a matrix organization
- Strategic mindset and data savvy
- Customer centricity.
Notice to applicants applying to positions in Canada
You must be legally authorized to work in Canada.
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▶️ Procurement Manager, Canada
🖊️ Maersk
📍 Mississauga