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GreenFirst Forest Products
Toronto
- Toronto
- Posted on April 29, 2024
The activity of GreenFirst Forest Products is rooted in the forest! For us, well-managed forests really make sense for our business, our communities, and the environment. We have a deep connection to Canada’s forest lands and sustainability. If this commitment to the environment and Canada’s forests resonates with you, come join our team.
Position: Logistics Manager
Location: Toronto, ON
Commitment:
- Live up to Kap Paper Inc.’s values, principles, and guidelines.
- Bring an open and cooperative attitude to your job, contributing to our positive work environment.
- Comply with all health, safety, and environmental standards, as well as applicable regulations and laws.
Responsibilities:
- Negotiate rail contracts.
- Negotiate freight rates and warehousing rates with partner carriers and warehouses.
- Negotiate and set operational and capacity levels for partner carriers and warehouses.
- Develop new carriers for both Kapuskasing and distribution sites.
- Strategize and oversee implementation of logistic goals for Kap Paper.
- Review carrier performance levels and reports and implement required corrective action plans to remedy any service failure shortfalls of pre-set service agreements.
- Intervene when required to ensure carriers meet customer delivery requirements when necessary and possible.
- Establishing of rate guides (by destination) from the RFQ results for Kapuskasing and distribution sites.
- Development of procedures for the smooth and efficient logistics operations of partner carriers at Kapuskasing and distribution sites.
- Negotiate shunting arrangements for Kapuskasing Yearly
- Maintain and update of rate guides with minimum 5 carrier selection per destination for Kapuskasing and distribution sites.
- Negotiate over the road freight costs to new potential markets for sales and implement same as required.
- Verify and assist in maintaining carrier equipment at Kapuskasing.
- Ensure that tenders are responded to in accordance with capacity commitments.
- Intervene to ensure that capacity is secured for weekly truckload requirements.
- Verify weekly truck requirements based on production forecasts vs tenders.
- Ensure we maintain minimum truck volumes based on production forecasts. Weekly based on reports
- Ensure that carriers maintain weekly switching schedules.
- Intervene with carriers re customer delivery schedules when required.
- Resolve customer operational logistics issues for customers. (delivery issues, customs issues, unloading issues, delivery apt time scheduling issues.)
- Deal with any carrier claims and follow-up.
- Help reduce missed deliveries to customers.
- Ability to prepare freight claims for damage, loss or over payment of invoices and provide responses and follow-up on customer complaints relating to traffic issues – Corporate Logistics
- Ensures the supply of adequate truck equipment to cover shipments of finished product, when regular truck carriers are unable to supply equipment, the most economical alternative must be implemented.
- Communicates any potential loading delays to assigned carrier and Customer Service Representative, bills out loads upon completion.
- Prepares customs documents for import of cores and coordinates carrier backhaul
- Expedites railcar loading for on time shipping with Finishing Room Supervisor and bills out cars within Elixir system.
- Ensure that tenders are responded to in accordance with capacity commitments.
- Ensure mill maintains minimum truck volumes based on production forecasts.
- Intervene with carriers re customer delivery schedules when required.
Requirements :
- Post-Secondary education in a related field.
- Minimum 5+ years previous Logistics/Supply Chain Management experience.
- Professional Certification in Logistics or Supply Chain Management – Required
- Excellent interpersonal communication/negotiation skills
- Excellent computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
▶️ Logistics Manager / Gestionnaire de la logistique
🖊️ GreenFirst Forest Products
📍 Toronto