Senior Director -Supply Chain Food (Demand Planning, Transportation, Warehousing) North America
(US & Canada) – FoodLocation: Toronto – Scarborough - Markham -Richmond Hill, ON Base Salary: 150K -185K, bonus, Benefits
Full Time Permanent 5 days a week on Site Bilingual English Mandarin is an asset. 50% travel — Canada & US (candidates must be passport holders of such countries that enable travel to the US without a visa, due to theplexity and urgency of the role)
- Experience in Logistics, Transportation, 3PL, 3rd party Carrier Management in the US and Canada
- Demand & Supply Planning
- Warehouse & Operations Management
- SLA, Scorecard Management
- Distribution, Transportation, Pick Pack
- Temperature Controlled HACCP Food GMP (MUST)
Our client is a well-established leader in the food industry,
Temperature-controlled Food / CPG industry and have an existing job open for Senior Director -Supply Chain Food (Demand Planning, Transportation, Warehousing) for Canada and the US. The role is responsible for overseeing DCs, Transportation, 3PL, 3rd party carrier and setting up logistics vendor partners, 3PL relationships. Knowledge of food-grade Logistics partners in the US and Canada (3PL & 3rd party carriers LTL, Truck Load etc.), their selection and performance management, setting up scorecards and similar is a MUST .
This requires 5 days on site and will involve 50–60% travel to Western provinces and to the US. This is a hands-on yet strategic role, requires a role-up-the-sleeve attitude and will lead the Supply Chain through SAP implementation and system upgrades. English & Mandarin preferred.
- Set up Demand Planning & forecasting model for short-shelf-life products
- Manage Distribution Centres, 3PL, fleet units and 3rd party carriers in a temperature-controlled refer, freezer and similar food grade HACCP GMP environment
- Transportation, Distribution, Pick Pack, Sanitation & Pest Control
- Replenishment, inbound, outbound food distribution.
- US expansion: Set up 3PL & 3rd party carriers
- Health Canada, HACCP, FDApliance
Senior Director -Supply Chain Food (Demand Planning, Transportation, Warehousing) will be fully responsible for overseeing DC operations, setting up partnerships, SLA and Scorecards with 3PL and 3rd party carriers, load planning,
Managing inbound and outbound transportation for Canada and US.
You will provide leadership for the shipping, receiving, pick pack, drivers, warehousing, operations for long haul and local city dispatch in a very high-volume replenishment module for short-shelf life product produce and similar. You will oversee capital expansions automation projects and lead the Supply Chain function through SAP implementation phases.
Senior Director -Supply Chain Food (Demand Planning, Transportation, Warehousing) will have a minimum of 8-10
years in the food industry, ideally experienced in setting up SLA and partnerships in the US. Leadership, performance management coaching, mentoring of the team. Bachelor’s degree highly preferred; courses in P. Log, CITT, CCLP or similar with excellent Englishmunication skills area must Mandarin preferred. This requires travel of up to 50–60% within US and Canada. All applicants MUST be Canadian passport holders or with passports that allow travel to the US without a visa as per the defined duties and responsibilities. GMP HACCP and Health Canadapliance experience, transportation spends, budgets, RFP RFQ, Mandarin, experience all help.
Qualified applicants already in the Toronto-Scarborough – Pickering East Toronto area, willing to work 5 days on site and travel within Canada and to the US 50–60% are invited to forward their resumes in MS Word format to Preeti.Dayal@hays . Please write “Senior Director -Supply Chain Food (Demand Planning, Transportation, Warehousing)” in the subject line of your e-mail.
While we thank all applicants for your interest, only the most qualified candidates will be contacted due to volume of applicants.AI may be used to screen, assess, or select applicants for this position.
This posting is for an existing vacancy with the organization.
AI may be used to screen, assess or select applicants for the position.
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