Requisition ID: 186549
Career Group: Distribution Centre Management
Job Category: Shipping / Receiving
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Nova Scotia
City: Debert
Location: 0034 Debert RSC
Postal Code: B0M 1G0

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada's Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better - great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Ready to Make an impact?

Directly reports to: RSC Director

Job Description

Transportation Leader is responsible for all aspects of the trucking operations; drivers and equipment and dispatch to customers. Adherence to applicable provincial and federal regulatory standards is strictly enforced. Actively contributes to a positive and productive working environment.

Here's where you'll be focusing:

Key Business Functions, Responsibilities, and Accountabilities

• Determines the Manpower requirements and staff his/her shift appropriately reacting to any situation affecting his/her planning (Holidays, unplanned events, etc.)

• Schedule all departure times to ensure shipping staff have time to prepare loads to be shipped (execution).

• Strong financial acumen working with the team(s) to deliver the operating and capital budget.

• Monitors and report daily & periodic KPI's, adjust process or execution based on data analysis.

• Monitor 3rd party carrier performance.

• Period end financial responsibility, processing accruals and period variance explanation.

• Respond to and ensure customer issues and discrepancies related to deliveries are handled in a professional and timely manner.

• Schedules equipment maintenance within Provincial Legislated requirements and ensure the safe operation of all Transport vehicles.

• Cross-dock management.

• Final mile transport including corporate, franchise and wholesale.

• Drive innovation and change management with a focus on store execution, cost control and safety.

• Recruits, trains, develops, motivates and coaches truck drivers, and provides regular feedback, including administering corrective actions as required.

• Communicates any relevant information to the employees.

• Coach, counsel and discipline as required.

• Demonstrates outstanding leadership, with a clear vision and consistent sense of direction and serves as a role model for employees.

• Ensures that the Health and safety rules are being followed.

• Ensures that systems and tools are being used as instructed.

• Reviews all Delivery Sheets and Trip Books to ensure compliance with Dept. of Transportation guidelines.

• Maintain a clean and safe work environment as per company requirements.

• Compliance with all Company food safety standards, guidelines, and procedures.

What you have to offer:

Technical Skills Required:

• Proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite

• Good communication skills (both oral and written)

• Results oriented leader, with solid judgment and decision making skills

• Demonstrated successful ability working with cross-functional teams

• Financial acumen

• Planning and organizing skills

• Strong leadership, teamwork and interpersonal skills

• Excellent judgment and decision making skills

• Strong understanding of the National Safety Code

Preferred:

• Working knowledge of TMS, JDA, EXE, SAP, Samsara

Educational and Working Experience Required

• Minimum of High School diploma and 2 years of experience in a warehouse or transportation company, or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Demonstrated successful experience leading warehouse or transportation employees

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better - physically, financially and emotionally.

Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.

We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Parental leave top-up
• Paid Vacation and Days-off

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.