Logistics Director

Position : Logistics Director

Location : Toronto, ON

Commitment :

Uphold the values, principles, and guidelines of Kap Paper Inc.

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.
• Develop new carriers for Kapuskasing and distribution sites.
• Strategize and oversee implementation of logistic goals for Kap Paper Inc.
• 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 smooth and efficient logistics operations of partner carriers at Kapuskasing and distribution sites.
• Negotiate shunting arrangements for Kapuskasing yearly.
• Maintain and update 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 truck load 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, customer 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 load 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.

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.

Please send your resume and cover letter to : [email protected]

Please include the job title in the subject line of your email

We thank all who apply but will only be contacting those selected for an interview.

Kap Paper Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).

If you require an accommodation for disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.

Kap Paper Inc. is strongly committed to inclusion and diversity within its community and welcomes all applicants including but not limited to visible minorities, all religions and ethnicities, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and all others who may contribute to the further diversification.