Project Manager - Vancouver

SUMMARY

The Manager, Senior Project Management will ensure operational excellence by planning, coordinating, and supporting team pricing processes and involvement.

The focus of the position is to develop people, monitor and improve performance, and support the day-to-day needs of our customers through superior pricing procurement.

The Manager will ensure the customer proposals are competitively priced to enable business wins. He / She will drive rates / contract negotiations and be involved in RFQ and bid processes.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage and direct the overall applicable operational departments and service functions daily.
• Provide leadership, coaching / development, and performance management to direct reports. Manage and direct the overall applicable operational departments and service functions daily
• Ensure staff are adequately trained for their job activities as well as define specific job assignments.
• Assist in the management of performance to ensure required levels of productivity and organizational objectives are met
• Instruct operational team to minimize service failures to ensure service commitments are met
• Responsible for team quality and productivity
• Responsible for pricing all incoming bids and providing analytical support to increase and improve anticipated cost model.
• Achieve compliance with all regulatory requirements, capacity development, optimizing costs, increasing revenues through pricing strategies and improving profitability.
• Create pricing policy, recommend changes in pricing structure / methodology, and apply consistent processes and operating procedures to implement pricing changes and gain maximum efficiencies.
• Regularly creates and presents reports to the business teams of the Tender results, ICAP preparation, post-mortem and price analytics, and other required information
• Ensures that business decisions are made according to existing business controls and that all regulatory requirements are met and followed.

Quality, Health & Safety :

• Supports organizational commitment to ISO 9001, ISO 45001 certification Montreal location
• Perform assigned tasks to support DSV meets its objectives and targets regarding quality, health, safety and environment and follow all requirements as set out in the DSV Quality Health Safety Environment policy.
• Staff are required to ensure that their day-to-day activities embrace sustainability, Health and safety therefore reducing the impact upon the environment, supporting the communities we work in and reducing incidents in the workplace.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience

• A minimum of 5+ years international transportation industry experience
• A minimum of 3 years in a Supervisory / Pricing role.
• College diploma in international trade or equivalent work experience
• CIFFA or equivalent education, an asset.

Skills and Competencies

• Internally motivated, self-starter with ability to plan, organize, and establish priorities to meet goals and achieve results
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Exercises discretion and independent judgment on a regular basis to direct Operations staff to achieve branch goals
• Responsible for customer satisfaction and retention by implementing meeting KPI’s
• Advanced leadership and management skills
• Maintaining staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees
• Supporting staff by coaching, counselling in performance management
• Setting and reviewing annual Performance and Development Priorities for team
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to meet tight deadlines and changing priorities
• Excellent problem-solving skills and analytical skills
• Act as a role model for DSV values and adhere to the Code of Conduct

Language and Computer Skills

• English is the principal language for this position, additional languages may be required in other locations.
• Ability to communicate effectively in a diverse multicultural environment.
• Microsoft Office suite
• CargoWise experience, an asset

Physical Demands

• Prolonged periods sitting and standing at a desk and working on a computer
• Occasional travel may be required
• Regular working hours apply for this position, at times, working beyond these hours may be required by business needs.

At DSV, we keep supply chains flowing in a world of change. We provide and manage supply chain solutions for thousands of companies every day from the small family-run business to the large global corporation.

Our reach is global, yet our presence is local and close to our customers. Approximately 75,000 employees in over 80 countries work passionately to deliver great customer experiences and high-quality services.

We aspire to lead the way towards a more sustainable future for our industry and are committed to trading on nature’s terms.

DSV is a dynamic organization that fosters inclusivity and diversity. We conduct our business with integrity, respecting different cultures and the dignity and rights of individuals.

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