PPF Growth & People Solutions Full Time GPS Client Location $70,000 - $80,000 CAD per year
Our client is looking for a Logistics Manager. The Logistics Manager is responsible for maintaining the flow of both raw and finished products from order to delivery or receiving, performs cycle counting and assists with annual inventory counts and works directly with the Order desk to develop routes that capitalize on fuel economy and driver efficiency. The Logistics Manager will also work closely with the Operations Manager, Fabrication Manager and Production Manager to ensure plant inventories and efficiencies are maintained or improved to achieve optimal levels.
Specific Accountabilities:
- Set weekly schedules for ALL Shipping and Driving staff
- With assistance from leadership, promote, hire, fire, and discipline the shipping and driving staff as needed. This includes ensuring employees follow Company protocol and that corrective actions are put into place
- Follow and train all staff on GMP’s and SOP’s
- Organize logistics of ALL weekly orders and delegates daily picking tasks
- Organize daily routes and pickups for each driver
- Works with Drivers to change routes based on seasonal changes
- Organize daily wrapping and movement of product in freezer, to ensure freezer warehouse is well organized so that while picking FIFO is performed to minimize aging product
- Ensure daily production records are correct, and investigate inventory discrepancies ensure a highly accurate inventory is maintained at all times
- Ensure all required daily and weekly paperwork is completed; forklift checks, daily driver sheets, incoming and outgoing details, reconciliation, relabeling tracking, cycle counting
- Track ALL relabeling, damages, and aging/high-stock inventory, and report to Senior Management weekly or monthly as needed
- Oversee the receiving of raw ingredients and approve all goods are received to standard
- Oversee the loading of trucks and that orders are properly scanned and shipped out of the building
- Oversee daily and weekly cleaning of the loading docks, cool room, freezer warehouse, and equipment, as well as include deep cleans every three months
- Organize regular maintenance on lift equipment and trucks as required, and arrange repairs and alternative options based on urgent issues that arise
- Coordinate return of damaged product and ensure timely review from Quality Manager
- Work with Fabrication Manager and Planning Team to ensure production plans fit our freezer space, and work with Logistics Supervisor to make changes to space as needed
- Oversee waste management tote pump out, organize cleaning totes with QC
- Assist when needed in the staging of materials, picking orders, or loading trucks
- Maintain cost efficient budgets for shipping and distribution
- Investigate and implement cost saving tactics
- Other duties as required.
Health and Safety Accountabilities:
- Must follow the health and safety guidelines established
- Acts as the Fire Marshall for the Logistics Team, takes attendance daily and is aware of who is in attendance
Skill and Attributes:
- Computer knowledge in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Mathematical knowledge
- Organized and can see the big picture
- Coaching and Leadership
- Willingness to offer opinions and seek new ways of doing things
- Excellent ability to express the company vision
- Coach and guide people to be better employees
- Listen and hear what people are saying and be able to do something with the information
- Contribute to monthly newsletter
- Follow through with behavior corrections as required
- Good Communication abilities
- Mid to high level knowledge of computer skills
- Excellent organizational skills
Qualifications, Education, Experience:
- Lift Truck certification
- University level education, with previous Management experience as asset
- General knowledge of logistics and operations
Working Conditions:
Physical Effort: Work activities require intermediate periods of moderate physical effort such as standing or sitting in one place or in a constrained physical position. Activities typically require a variety of muscle movements with frequent requirement for speed and coordination with medium weightlifting.
Physical Environment: Work environment has only occasional exposure to mild unpleasant or disagreeable conditions with remote possibility of accident or health hazards.
Sensory Attention: Work activities involve frequent need to concentrate for lengthy durations and require diligence and attention to interpret information effectively. The need for detailed or precise work is high.
Mental Stress: Occasional exposure to one or more mental pressures, though the mental stress would not be noticeably disruptive. Work is repetitious and related unpleasant stress reaction is not typically strong.
Please note: The above statement reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified and shall not be considered as a conclusive description of all work required in the position. This job description may be subject to change in order to meet organizational, client or operational requirements.
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