Logistics Team Leader

Maple Leaf Foods; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Employee development plan

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Maple Leaf Foods in Edmonton, Alberta seeks a Logistics Team Leader to oversee shipping, receiving and inventory activities in a fast-paced environment. The role focuses on safe product movement, accuracy, and team leadership, with flexibility for evening/night coverage.

The successful candidate will coordinate with transportation, production and supply chain teams to meet operational needs while maintaining GMP/HACCP standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in warehouse or cross-dock environments.
• Strong leadership and supervisory skills.
• Knowledge of GMP/HACCP and safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead all shipping, receiving, warehousing, and inventory activities to support safe, efficient, and accurate product movement.
• Supervise warehouse team members, ensuring timely execution of shipping, receiving, picking, put-away, and inventory control processes.
• Maintain inventory accuracy, warehouse organization, allergen management, and documentation, including vendor damage claims and shipment records.
• Coordinate with transportation providers, production, supply chain teams, and third-party partners to meet operational requirements.
• Ensure all logistics activities comply with quality, food safety, GMP, HACCP, and regulatory standards.
• Promote a strong safety culture through compliance with Occupational Health & Safety requirements, hazard prevention, and employee training.
• Lead daily team meetings, communicate performance expectations, and drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, service, and cost.
• Develop, coach, and support team members through training, performance management, and succession planning.
• Foster positive employee and union relations through effective communication, problem-solving, and administration of the Collective Agreement and company policies.
• Build collaborative relationships across Production, FSQA, Health & Safety, Reliability, and Supply Chain to achieve departmental and plant objectives.

Skills

Warehouse management

Leadership

Inventory control

Training and coaching

Safety compliance

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Problem solving

Multitasking

Union relations

Job description

POSITION: Logistics Team Leader SHIFT: Monday to Friday, 2:00pm - 10:30pm
Flexibility for Evening/Night Vacation Coverages
LOCATION: Edmonton, Alberta WAGE: Negotiable
An exciting opportunity has opened up for one (1) energetic, results oriented individual within one of Maple Leaf Foods fastest growing markets. Maple Leaf Foods, Edmonton Poultry is a well-established progressive company.

We are currently recruiting for one (1) qualified and capable individual to assist management. We have one (1) vacancy in the Shipping/Receiving Department from 10:00am - 6:30pm, with flexibility to work evenings/nights on occasion to provide vacation and necessary coverage.

Job Summary:
Oversee the department, the people and systems, actively participate and be involved in a high performance cross-functional team environment.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead all shipping, receiving, warehousing, and inventory activities to support safe, efficient, and accurate product movement.
• Supervise warehouse team members, ensuring timely execution of shipping, receiving, picking, put-away, and inventory control processes.
• Maintain inventory accuracy, warehouse organization, allergen management, and documentation, including vendor damage claims and shipment records.
• Coordinate with transportation providers, production, supply chain teams, and third-party partners to meet operational requirements.
• Ensure all logistics activities comply with quality, food safety, GMP, HACCP, and regulatory standards.
• Promote a strong safety culture through compliance with Occupational Health & Safety requirements, hazard prevention, and employee training.
• Lead daily team meetings, communicate performance expectations, and drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, service, and cost.
• Develop, coach, and support team members through training, performance management, and succession planning.
• Foster positive employee and union relations through effective communication, problem‑solving, and administration of the Collective Agreement and company policies.
• Build collaborative relationships across Production, FSQA, Health & Safety, Reliability, and Supply Chain to achieve departmental and plant objectives.

Preferred Hiring Criteria:
The successful candidate will be results-oriented, thrive in a fast paced, demanding environment, and have the ability to develop positive working relationships with all employees. Candidates must have:

• Working experience in a warehouse or cross-dock environment
• Proven initiative and leadership skills
• Continuous learner and willingness to embrace change
• Experience and commitment to Good Manufacturing Practices
• Knowledge of HACCP and Provincial Health and Safety Regulations
• Embraces the Maple Leaf Leadership Values
• Superior communication skills in a multi-cultural environment and the ability to deal with a variety of front line employee relations issues
• A good listener with excellent written communication skills
• Self-directed, mature and professional approach to project work
• Must possess strong interpersonal, leadership, presentation and analytical skills
• Results oriented
• Well established organizational skills to manage multiple tasks

Working Conditions:

• Must be physically fit and able to multitask, quickly adjusting from one task to another
• Presence will be required on the production floor for long periods of time
• Independent and collaborative work environment
• Maple Leaf Foods offers the successful candidate a competitive compensation, benefit and pension package. We offer an employee development plan including; regular performance feedback, and specific developmental activities to ensure continued learning and development.
• The incumbent is comfortable motivating and inspiring others, who has a confident and professional attitude, especially when faced with difficult situations and/or people. This individual is someone who thrives in a challenging, productive environment built on respectful collaboration and will strive to complete tasks promptly and adhere to deadlines.
• Please note only successful candidates will be contacted for an interview.

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