---

---

Location

Brampton, ON | Canada

---

Job description

Are you ready to take the lead in ensuring that high-quality aluminum extrusions reach their destination safely and efficiently?

We're seeking a dynamic and experienced Shipping & Packaging Manager to join our team at a leading aluminum extrusion manufacturing company.

If you have a passion for optimizing shipping processes, managing packaging operations, and ensuring products are delivered with precision, we want you on board.

Join us in our commitment to excellence in logistics and become an integral part of our success story.

--> In this role, you will take charge of supervising all aspects of our Shipping and Packing departments, ensuring seamless operations in our 6-day-per-week Shipping facility and our 24/7 Packing department.
Your responsibilities will include providing direct supervision to a Shipping Supervisor and four Packing Supervisors/Team Leaders, while indirectly managing a team of 60 employees. As a leader, you'll be responsible for meticulous planning, organization, direction, control, performance measurement, and taking corrective actions to enhance overall efficiency.

Safety is paramount, and you will play a vital role in maintaining a secure work environment, promoting best practices, adhering to 5S principles, and enforcing safety regulations. Additionally, your commitment to providing exceptional customer service will be evident as you interact with clients, carriers, vendors, and service providers, ensuring that freight transactions, from pickup to delivery, are executed flawlessly, and expediting shipments when necessary.

Advantages
What's in it for you?

- Leadership Opportunities: As a supervisor overseeing dual departments, you'll have the chance to lead and develop a team, honing your leadership skills and advancing your career.

-Professional Growth: With responsibilities spanning two critical departments, you'll have ample opportunities for professional growth and skill development, making it a role that is both challenging and rewarding.

-Job Stability: The position of Shipping & Packaging Supervisor is pivotal in ensuring the smooth flow of goods, contributing to job stability in a critical aspect of the company's operations.

-Varied Work: Your role will involve managing and coordinating a wide range of shipping and packaging tasks, making it an engaging and diverse position that keeps you on your toes.

-Industry Relevance: Working in the shipping and packaging sector is relevant across various industries, so the skills and experience you gain are highly transferable and in-demand.

-Team Collaboration: Collaborate with a diverse team of professionals, including those in the logistics, supply chain, and warehouse sectors, fostering a dynamic and supportive work environment.

Responsibilities
What to expect:

- Optimize freight costs through load maximization and minimizing delivery drops to achieve one-day delivery.
- Take charge of carrier selection and rate negotiations.
- Collaborate with freight vendors to ensure compliance with requirements, requested standards, and timelines.
- Efficiently manage the Work-in-Progress (WIP) and Finished Goods (FG) warehouses, emphasizing safety and minimizing part damage.
- Attain daily scheduled production output as per plan, with a proactive approach to risk anticipation and corrective measures.
- Uphold Can Art's quality standards for all products.
- Maintain precise records of employee attendance and hours worked in the ADP workforce system, following Company policies.
- Participate in the recruitment, hiring, and training of team members.
- Oversee team members' performance and development through training, feedback, and individual performance evaluations.
- Promote desired performance through effective cross-training, employee motivation, and retention strategies.
- Evaluate team members' performance, applying rewards and disciplinary actions as necessary.
- Attain proficiency in the use of our MRP system (EPICs).
- Exhibit strong leadership and influencing skills to support the company in achieving its growth and overall goals.

(For more details on Objectives for this role, please apply to discuss)

Qualifications
What you need:

- Possess a post-secondary education in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
- Demonstrate a minimum of a decade of relevant experience within a production setting.
- Show a proven track record with at least five years of hands-on experience in a shop floor supervisory role.
- Previous involvement in labor-intensive industries and a 24/7 manufacturing environment is a valuable advantage.
- While not mandatory, knowledge of logistics and shipping protocols is considered beneficial.

Summary
If you or anyone you know would be interested in the position, feel free to apply today and send me your resume!
Email [email protected]

We appreciate all applications, however, only those who meet the requirements for the position will be contacted.

We have many opportunities for: Skilled Trades: welders, machinists, millwrights, mechanics, heavy duty mechanics & electricians.
Industrial Management: supervisors and managers of warehouse, distribution, inventory, logistics, operations, production, maintenance, and quality in the Toronto area! To see all of our opportunities visit

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [email protected] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process. show more

---

Job tags

---

---

Salary