Logistics Manager
Wolseley Canada Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Calgary • Canada
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About the role
- Champion team members development by building internal succession plans while driving continuous improvement initiatives.
- Demonstrate strong judgment with a collaborative, hands-on leadership style.
- Foster a culture of teamwork, high associate engagement, best-in-class safety, and quality performance.
- Ensure all functions operate at levels which exceed our customer’s needs while achieving financial and operational goals.
- Enforce policies and programs that strengthen the organization’s competitive position and operational profitability.
- Review operational effectiveness and recommend improvements related to procedures, maintenance, space utilization, and equipment protection.
- Collaborate with leader to develop and recommend budgets, maintain full P&L accountability
- Ensure safety and security across all locations in compliance with OSHA guidelines, health and safety policies, and applicable legislation.
- Enforces all company policies, procedures, and regulations as set forth by Wolseley Canada.
- Overall accountable for a flexible year-round/seasonal staffing model supporting an around the clock 6day operation managing inbound-receiving, order fulfillment, outbound ship via delivery service and reverse flow/product returns processing
- Work closely with HR to oversee and optimize field human capital while ensuring compliance with HR guidelines and recommendations.
- Develop, monitor, and manage KPIs to drive financial and operational performance.
- Maintain a commitment to continuous learning with respect to new operating methods as well as information technology impacting operations and safety.
- Adhere to all policies, rules, regulations, and procedures.
- Performing other duties or functions as requested by management.
Requirements
- 7+ years of direct management experience in a speed to market (eCommerce, direct to customer) wholesale/retail distribution center.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, large volume, high-intensity environment, with strong focus on meeting/exceeding measurable metrics.
- Applies in-depth advanced knowledge and skills of a specific/specialized technical area with understanding of external environment factors that may affect own specialist area.
- Provides expert advice, coaching and counseling within particular discipline/function area.
- Experience in a logistics environment utilizing WMS and RF technology (HighJump and/or AS400)
- Experienced in goods to person automation, including professional bridging WMS, transportation and inventory management workforce in similar manufacturing, production or distribution environment
- Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
- Prior experience working in an LMS/Labor or Engineered standard environment is an asset
- Excellent communication skills with all levels of management and staff
- Experience with activity-based performance metrics, process improvement, and Lean thinking
- Ability to collaborate with business leaders across the organization to anticipate, identify, recommend, and implement creative operational solutions.
- Experience assisting in implementing continuous improvement programs, with knowledge of working in a LEAN environment is an asset.
- Experience promoting and ensuring a quality driven and safety conscious environment
- Demonstrated excellence in customer and internal relationship building
- Must have ability to remain flexible in a dynamic work environment
- Demonstrated knowledge and user experience with Excel, Access, E-Mail, and Word Documents
- Ability to effectively operate motorized and/or manual lifting devices.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits with premiums fully paid for by the company for the “Core” package starting the first day of employment.
- Career development and training opportunities
- Life insurance, disability and wellness program
- Retirement savings programs including RRSP and DC pension with up to 5.25% employer contribution
- Paid vacation and sick time and day off on your birthday!
- Bonus programs that include annual performance and profit sharing
- Employee discounts on top brands of plumbing and HVAC/R products
- Education reimbursement for employees
- Employee referral program
- Safety shoe reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
management experiencelogisticsWMSRF technologygoods to person automationactivity-based performance metricsprocess improvementLEAN methodologycontinuous improvement programsfinancial performance management
Soft skills
collaborative leadershipcommunication skillsteamworkflexibilitycoachingrelationship buildingjudgmentengagementproblem-solvingadaptability
Certifications
OSHA compliancehealth and safety policies