Logistics Manager

Job title: Logistics Manager

Company: Umbra

Job description: Job title: Logistics Manager

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Employment: Full Time

Department: Operations

Reports To: Director, Logistics & Distribution

Salary: Competitive Compensation/Benefits

Is this you?

Are you looking for a fantastic career opportunity to manage a team within a global Logistics division?

Are you skilled in freight coordination, cross-border transportation, import and exports with some customs exposure?

Here’s what makes you successful at Umbra…

• Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Can-Do Attitude
• Curiosity
• Street Smarts
• Team Player Mentality

What you’ll do to be successful in this role…

Team Leadership

• Provide Logistics team leadership, including supervising and assessing staff performance, training and development
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with internal Operations staff including other departments and external carriers, brokers, and vendors
• Manage and maintain strong relationships with all freight vendors, ocean, small parcel, cross boarder
• Negotiate contracts with Umbra interest in mind, ensuring top customer satisfaction and cost saving initiatives

Import/Export Ocean Transportation

• Manage and coordinate daily activities relating to import of ocean shipments from Asia to North America
• Schedule and coordinate container pickups and returns within required time, providing a manageable flow of containers to the warehouse and avoiding penalties
• Work with buyers to ensure all containers are meeting required delivery dates
• Ensure each file is completely closed with confirmation of inventory receipt both physically and in SAP system
• Manage and coordinate exports from USA & Canada, including quotes, booking and all export documentation as required
• Compile import/export documentation for border presentation
• Manage and monitor freight spend, working with finance team so ensure budget adherence

Cross-border Shipments/Customs

• Work and collaborate with warehouses and internal drivers and carriers to coordinate re- distribution of product including creation of customs documentation
• Manage and interact with our 3rd party providers including carriers and custom brokers
• Oversee the customs compliance program and related trade regulations for imports and exports. Act as the primary contact to effectively resolve shipment issues compliantly in a timely manner.
• Understand and maintain classification data base
• Work closely with product development team to accurately classifying goods according to Canada/US Customs Tariffs
• Manage and monitor spend, working with finance team to ensure budget adherence and find cost efficiencies
• Work with sales and shipping departments to process shipments via small parcel to customers
• Ensure procedure and process compliance, working directly with both internal and external customers to optimize distribution channels

Vendor Relationships

• Manage and maintain strong relationships with all freight vendors, ocean, small parcel, cross boarder
• Negotiate contracts with Umbra interest in mind, ensuring top customer satisfaction and cost saving initiatives

Business Support

• Work with sales and shipping departments to process shipments via small parcel to customers
• Ensure procedure and process compliance, working directly with both internal and external customers to optimize distribution channels

Requirements

What you’ll bring…

• College diploma or equivalent in a business discipline or related field
• 3-4 years’ progressive experience in Supply Chain / Inbound-Outbound Logistics in an entrepreneurial environment
• Experience in cost and P&L management
• Strong experience in tariff classification
• Strong interpersonal and demonstrated leadership skills; previous supervisory exposure required
• Hands-on experience with import-export processes, customs broker interaction, and liaising with warehouse operations staff required. Advanced Excel skills and SAP experience would be an asset.
• Willingness and ability to travel to USA; valid passport required
• Positive can-do attitude with a strong work ethic and ability to learn and adapt to changing priorities
• Results-focused with well-developed priority-setting, organizational and project management skills
• Collaborative team player and leader effective at developing and maintaining effective working relationships across all levels of the organization
• Strong oral and written English communication and presentation skills
• Exceptional problem solving, analytical and mathematical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
• Demonstrated ability to resolve customer concerns in a fast-paced environment within strict deadlines
• Indisputable integrity as well as credibility and demonstrated ability to influence and motivate others
• Mature, logical analytical and evidence-based decision-making style
• Entrepreneurial spirit with an appreciation of design, trends and housewares

Benefits

Here’s how we reward success …

Umbra is a place where innovative minds thrive on its fast pace and make things happen. We value our unique work space, our global mindset and our distinct design-centric culture.

We offer all permanent full-time associates competitive base compensation and incentive plans, group benefit coverage and RSP matching programs, as well as more exciting things like flexible working arrangements, continuous learning opportunities, a generous employee product discount, recognition galore, an on-site gourmet café and full gym facilities to keep you healthy. Overall, a great place to work and build a career.

We’re Umbra… A leading global design company, inspired and driven to perform

We share a vision of creating original, modern, casual and affordable design for every room in the home. We are a privately owned, Canadian company with 40 years of industry experience. Led by one of our founders, our designs can be found in over 120 countries across five continents. Our global success is attributed to our entrepreneurial nature and a desire to push ourselves, and each other, beyond our limits.

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 23:18:35 GMT