Specialist Transportation
Requisition ID: 184702
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Transportation Supply Chain
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Nova Scotia; Québec
City: Dartmouth, Stellarton, Montreal
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?
Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have a full-time opportunity for a Specialist Transportation.
The person in this role will deal with the Inbound Transportation coordinators and the National Transportation for routing guide implementation. They will work on continuous Improvement, projects leadership , processes and metrics development, replenishment optimization and supplier performance challenges.
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
- Cost analysis of inbound transportation activities
- Finance and administration reporting.
- Support the development and maintenance of processes and reports that enable day-to-day operations for all collect transportation moves, including over the road, intermodal, and ocean freight.
- Develop and continuously improve processes to ensure the timely and accurate collection of supplier transportation allowances and payment of carrier invoices, as well manage accrual management, redlight management, and performance reporting.
- Participate in a culture that focuses on network ownership and prioritizes customer service.
- Maintain technology such as TMS and P44 to ensure our inbound program is best in class for network visibility.
- Develop reporting and process that enables an effective backhaul management program.
- Develop reporting and process that enables effectively cubed and routed 3pl shipments.
- Claims Management and freight invoice support / training
- After hours & week-end rotations as required
- Other duties as assigned
What you have to offer:
- 5 years of experience in inventory control, transportation/ supply chain experience including international freight experience
- Relevant designation/ credentials in logistics, supply chain, and/ or transportation (P.Log, CITT, CPIM or PMAC, ERP) is preferred
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At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.
We offer a competitive compensation package, which varies by role. 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.
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.