Logistics Specialist

Job title: Logistics Specialist

Job description: Overview

The Logistics Specialist (LS) objective is to support Transportation Safety initiatives as well as Front End operations. The LS proactively builds awareness, ensures compliance and commitment in Transportation Safety with truck drivers, carriers, and Lafarge personnel across the GTA. The LS is responsible for supporting the development, execution, and the administration of the Safe Trucker Program to ensure accurate and timely reporting. The LS is to coordinate first response to transportation related incidents on Lafarge and customer sites. Additionally, this role will provide vacation coverage for Front-End operations, specifically Weighmasters.

Responsibilities

• Safety: Ensures all aspects of this role are executed in a safe manner. Obeys safety guidelines when on construction sites and Lafarge operations. Coordinates Safe Trucking Program and ensures safety compliance and targets zero incidents. Coordinates the training of haulers on our safety procedures. Proactively identify, propose and develop processes to effectively manage safe trucking, risks, opportunities and issues associated with haulers.
• Driver Communications & Training: Supports the development of and implements communication processes for truck drivers working for carriers, brokers and as independent owner operators to ensure full understanding.
• Safe Trucker Program: Working with the Safety Group & the Supply Chain Team, supports the formulation, documentation and implementation of the Safe Trucking Program.
• Hauler Management: Proactively establish regular contact with major carriers, the core fleet, and preferred independent owner operators to promote awareness and ensure compliance with the Safe Trucker Program.
• Customer Site Management: Proactively visits customer fixed plant and project sites to observe and report on site conditions for safe unloading. Communicates findings with Territory Managers and Central Dispatch.
• Incident Response and Investigation: Working with the Safety Group, Plant Managers and/or Territory Managers, responds to safety incidents related to the delivery of aggregates. Conducts incident investigations to determine root cause and propose corrective action.
• Discipline & Reward System: Assesses and advises Management Team on discipline and reward with haulers on Safe Trucking.
• Systems, Tools and Processes: Ensures the administration and maintenance of the Safe Trucker Database (Aximate). Reports on STP violations, incidents, and compliance.
• Industry Knowledge & Regulations: Monitors government regulations as it pertains to commercial vehicle operations.

Relationships with Others Jobs:

• Reports to the Customer Service and Logistics Manager (CSLM)
• Works directly with the Fleet Coordinator
• Works closely with the Safety Group, Central Dispatch, CSLMs, Sales Team, Plant Managers, Weighmasters

Specific Accountabilities:

• Safe Trucker Program Administration & Training
• Compliance Management
• Incident Reporting
• Scale attendant (Weighmaster) transactions

Qualifications

Education & Work Experience:

• Post secondary degree/diploma and 5 years experience or the equivalent of education and experience

Knowledge & Skills:

• Strong customer focus
• Strong Knowledge of Safety Standards
• Strong knowledge of Commercial Vehicle Regulations
• Excellent presentation skills – able to clearly present to a variety of audiences
• Strong administration & data management skills – able to work with spreadsheets and databases
• Results oriented. Disciplined and process oriented
• Excellent people skills – able to develop effective working relationships internally and externally
• Strong work ethic. Strong problem solving and analytical skills

Job-Specific Competency Profile (Lominger):

• Business Acumen
• Customer Focus
• Drive for Results
• Integrity and trust
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Peer Relationship
• Problem Solving
• Managing diversity
• Measuring and Tracking Work
• Building Effective Teams
• Managing Through Systems
• Organizational Agility

LafargeHolcim

As we are reinventing the way the world builds, we need world-class talent to join our Lafarge Canada team: people who are passionate, driven by curiosity and keen to grow, learn, develop and thrive in our high-performance culture.

Whatever you do, you will make a difference here. Because we know that your passion and curiosity are the natural resources the world needs.

We thank you for your interest. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Lafarge is committed to the principles of employment equity and encourages the applications from women, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities.

Lafarge Canada Inc. welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. In Ontario, our organization/business is committed to fulfilling our requirements under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Company: LafargeHolcim

Expected salary:

Location: Mississauga, ON

Job date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 22:58:16 GMT

Job Source: Careerjet.ca

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