Supply Chain Planner

Description

• Manage asset use, detention charges and diversions.
• Establish communication with internal stakeholders and vendors.
• Generate and maintain the appropriate monthly, weekly, and daily order files, accounting for key supply, demand, production, and transportation factors.
• Discretionary responsibility to resolve shipping issues with focus on mitigating customer, operational and financial impacts
• Manage freight rates and routes in the TMS system.
• Monitor shipping progression of orders in the system.
• Manage equipment allocation to meet demand.
• Monitor and resolve account payable issues with vendors. Verify and investigate discrepancies, if any.
• Ensure inventories are kept at target, facilitating the required actions with Sales, Planning, Product Supply and Transportation personnel as required.
• Enter invoices as required and approve payment of freight rates.
• Arrange shipment and oversee the scheduling of orders.
• Ensure cutoffs are timely met.
• Cross train in other supply chain operations and provide backup as needed.
• Reconcile vendor statements to ensure accounts are up-to date.
• Key role with managing supply chain decisions that will have direct impact on KPI’s for on-time shipment, working capital and operational costs.
• Prepare and provide reports as required.
• Monitor business requirements to secure equipment allocation.
• Key liaison with the manufacturing facilities and 3rd party reloads operations to facilitate the timely delivery of product to our customers.
• The successful candidate will liaise with senior management and key personnel in other departments to ensure that the business moves forward.  Participation in tactical meetings will be required.

Requirements

• Previous experience in the lumber or pulp industry, in manufacturing or supply chain management is an asset.
• Exposure to the distribution process for commodities; lumber, pulp, and paper.
• Ability to navigate a transportation management system.
• Knowledge of ocean and/or rail freight pricing, routes, regulations, and services.
• Ideally, you have previous experience in the lumber or pulp industry, manufacturing, or supply chain management. You also have at least three years of experience in Supply Chain/Logistics.
• Post-secondary degree completion, preferably with a focus on Business Administration, Wood Science or Supply Chain Management. At least 1 - 2 years’ experience in Logistics and/or Supply Chain Management, with a focus on surface transportation being an asset.
• Ability to make quick calculated supply chain decisions that have large impact on key areas of the business.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance