Manager, Global Logistics and Projects

Location

Carberry, MB | Canada

Job description

Position Title: Manager, Global Logistics and Projects

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Position Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick, Canada ; Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, US

Grade: Grade 06

Requisition ID: 24765

JOB PURPOSE:

Reporting to the Director of Global Logistics & Flow Optimization, The Global Logistics Manager is a new role at McCain with the responsibility to create a global continuous improvement framework that will be used in each region to identify and execute transportation opportunities & cost savings initiatives that enable improved service and logistics cost for the organization. This role will also lead and be a primary owner for the global transportation projects such as end-to end mappings that identify gaps and opportunities in the current flow of products, definition of global metrics (I.e. On Time In Full, Cost to Deliver), establishment of logistics sustainability measures and strategy that aligns with global sustainability strategy, and logistics network modeling projects that enable improved logistics network design that generate a more competitive landscape for McCain. Additionally, the Global Logistics Manager will establish a Centre of Excellence to provide expertise to the regions in the area of transportation, warehousing and ocean freight; support harmonization of the ways or working and sharing of best practices across all regions and create a strategy and deployment roadmap for data harmonization, and implementation of best-in-class IT systems and business analytics. This will include creating and driving Global standards and KPI's throughout the logistics community and reporting corrective actions to key stakeholders, while influencing and impacting a total of 760M CAD transportation spend globally. This role will be responsible to influence senior leaders in the regions, and in the global functions, working closely with Procurement, Sales, IT, Finance and General Management, as well as directly with our customers and external service providers.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create and lead the implementation of transportation strategies across the regions that optimize costs, improve delivery times, and ensure safety and compliance are met within defined regulations.
• Influence and enforce root cause analysis within the regional teams to understand operational failures and drive corrective actions.
• Create best practices and harmonize logistics processes in order to drive competitive advantage throughout our network, maximize service in the eyes of the Customer while optimizing costs.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external partners to continuously improve transportation operations, minimize costs and resolve any major issues that arise by developing and deploying contingency plans for all 3rd party partners.
• Develop & deploy monthly scorecards for transportation providers to ensure performance against targets such as OTIF, equipment allocation & assessorial charges. Co-own development of improvement plans and strategies.
• Lead continues improvement initiatives using transportation data, including carrier performance and freight costs, to identify areas for improvement and cost savings. Ensure accurate demand forecasts are used to create equipment requirements for all exporting movements.
• Lead transportation-related projects, such as implementing new transportation management systems globally and accessing expanding transportation networks throughout the regions.
• Stay up-to-date on industry trends and best practices, identifying opportunities to adopt new technologies or strategies that can improve transportation operations. Influence key stakeholders in the regions and globally to deploy these strategies.
• Create and lead a Subject Matter Expert network and with Global Supply Chain IT team to define and design global solutions.
• Lead strategic partnership with top 3 global carrier providers to ensure growth and service targets are met globally.
• Influence & impact global transportation spend by leveraging global freight model to analyze and make recommendation to senior leadership teams.
• Full ownership of sustainability for logistics function by creating and driving scope 3 emission strategy and roll out globally. Also developing a long -term plan for alternate shipping options and modes to further contribute to our sustainability journey such as exploration of road to rail and electric vehicles.

CORE COMPETENCIES / MEASURES OF SUCCESS:

• Relationship Building: ability to build rapport, understanding and trust with all key stakeholders through ongoing dialogue and delivering results.
• Communication: proven ability to communicate with stakeholders across functions and regions,
• Collaboration: works cooperatively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives.
• Change Agent: never satisfied with the status quo and constantly working proactively to improve it.
• Detail Orientation: focuses on ensuring that all data and activities are managed at an appropriate level of detail to ensure transparency at a level that is understood by all.
• Process Orientation: understands the connection between groups and activities and has ability to organize activities to achieve expected outcomes. Values and drives consistent application of the process to ensure effectiveness and efficiency. Insight into opportunities to simplify and integrate process steps to maximum effect.
• Project Management: demonstrates skills to structure initiatives in clear and achievable milestones.
• Drives results: persistently delivers despite hurdles, pushes self and others to achieve results
• Resiliency: Can handle and easily bounce back from setbacks, stays focused and composed in stressful situations, maintains a positive attitude during troubling circumstances
• Courage: Can tackle tough assignments independently, with optimism; willing to make recommendations
• Customer focused: understands and measures impact of decisions on the customer. Always builds and delivers solutions that meet both the organization and the customer expectations.
• Data Analysis: Proficiency in gathering and analyzing data related to global transportation
• Strategic Planning: Capability to develop and execute long-term strategies for global transportation
• Risk Assessment: Proficiency in evaluating and mitigating risks associated with global transportation

KEY QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCES:

• 5+ years of experience in Supply Chain, Order to Cash value optimization Food and/or related CPG industries.
• Detailed understanding of Transportation activities, with some experience in demand and supply planning and order to cash
• Demonstrated technical proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI; SAP knowledge strongly preferred
• Basic understanding of business processes used in product development, demand planning
• Strong communication, presentation and facilitation skills
• Experience working with detailed information and numerical data and presenting it in a way that is easily understood by people at different levels in the organization.
• Effective problem solver, able to determine root-cause of true issues
• Skilled at finding and understanding data and data patterns.
• Independent and tactical with a proven ability to develop professional relationships and work in a team-oriented environment
• Works well under pressure, change and ambiguity
• Proven ability to operate effectively in both remote and office-based environments

OTHER INFORMATION

• Key internal relationships: Global and Regional Customer Supply chain, Integrated Supply Chain IT, Customer Solutions Analysts, Global and Regional Logistics, Demand and Supply Planning, and Digital Supply Chain
• Travel: minimal, as required
• Job is primarily performed in a standard office environment

The above information indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.
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Job Family: Supply Chain & Logistics
Division: Global Supply Chain
Department: Global Logistics
Location(s): CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol || US - United States of America : Illinois : Oakbrook Terrace

Company: McCain Foods (Canada)

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