Sr. Manager Logistics

TalentSphere Staffing Solutions Inc.; Calgary; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Job summary

TalentSphere Staffing Solutions Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager of Logistics in Calgary, AB to lead the development of a scalable, technology-enabled logistics network across multiple sites and fulfillment channels.

You will shape long-term logistics strategy, turn it into an executable operating model, and build a capable team to support future growth while collaborating closely with Distribution, Inventory, Operations and Finance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive logistics, transportation or supply chain experience.
• 3–5+ years of leadership experience with teams and strategic initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience designing or transforming multi-location logistics networks.
• Strong experience with direct-to-customer or final-mile delivery models.
• Experience supporting multi-location distribution environments.
• Understanding of transportation network design, routing, and cost-to-serve.
• Experience with logistics technology and automation.
• Ability to balance customer service with cost and complexity.
• Experience working across functions and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in related field; advanced education or certification is asset.
• Willingness to travel 25–30%.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of logistics strategy for multi-location distribution and direct-to-customer fulfillment.
• Design and optimize a multi-node transportation and distribution network.
• Develop scalable customer fulfillment strategies leveraging locations, assets and partners.
• Establish operating models, business rules and service standards.
• Evaluate capacity, routing, service levels and cost-to-serve for improvements.
• Lead transportation technology optimization, including TMS and route planning.
• Identify opportunities to enhance logistics planning with automation and analytics.
• Lead carrier and 3PL strategy, performance management and negotiations.
• Build scalable processes for growth and seasonal demand.
• Develop and monitor KPIs on service, cost, capacity and experience.
• Drive continuous improvement via data analysis and process redesign.
• Provide leadership to the logistics team and collaborate with internal stakeholders.
• Support regulatory requirements and cross-border activities when needed.

Skills

Logistics leadership

Strategic thinking

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Cost-to-serve optimization

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Logistics/Engineering or related

Professional supply chain certification

Tools

TMS / Transportation Management Systems

ERP systems

Analytics tools

Job description

Senior Manager of Logistics

Calgary, AB

Supply Chain & Logistics

Competitive Salary $120,000 – $150,000 +Bonus+ Benefits

Our client, an established organization with a complex multi-location distribution network, is seeking a Senior Manager of Logistics to lead the continued development of its logistics and customer fulfillment strategy.

This senior leadership position will focus on building a more sophisticated, scalable and technology-enabled logistics network supporting multiple distribution and customer fulfillment channels. The organization has an established operating network and is looking for an experienced logistics leader who can identify how its existing capabilities, transportation resources and technology can work together more effectively.

The Senior Manager of Logistics will help refine the long-term logistics strategy and take ownership of turning that strategy into an executable operating model. This is not simply a role maintaining an established transportation function. It is an opportunity to build, improve and implement how products move through a complex network and ultimately reach the customer.

The Role

• Lead the development and execution of logistics strategy supporting multi-location distribution and direct-to-customer fulfillment.
• Design and optimize a multi-node transportation and distribution network across a geographically dispersed customer base.
• Develop scalable customer fulfillment strategies that leverage existing locations, distribution infrastructure, transportation assets and third-party partners.
• Establish the operating models, business rules and service standards required to deliver products efficiently and cost effectively to customers.
• Evaluate network capacity, routing, service levels, cost-to-serve and transportation requirements to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Lead transportation technology optimization, including the continued development of TMS capabilities, route planning, load optimization, visibility, reporting and analytics.
• Identify opportunities to improve logistics planning through additional technology, automation and analytical tools.
• Lead carrier and third-party logistics strategy, including selection, performance management, contract negotiations and relationship management.
• Build scalable processes that support organizational growth, seasonal demand and changing customer fulfillment requirements.
• Develop and monitor logistics KPIs focused on service, cost, capacity, efficiency and customer experience.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using data, root-cause analysis and process redesign.
• Provide leadership to an established logistics team while developing the structure and capabilities required to support future growth.
• Partner closely with Distribution, Inventory Management, Operations, Finance and other internal stakeholders.
• Support logistics risk management, regulatory requirements and cross-border/import-export activities where required.

The Ideal Candidate

This opportunity will appeal to an experienced logistics leader who has moved beyond simply operating within an established network and has had meaningful involvement in building, redesigning or transforming one.

You bring a combination of strategic thinking and operational credibility. You understand how product moves through a complex distribution network, but you also understand the customer experience at the end of that network and how transportation, technology, service expectations and cost must work together.

You are comfortable taking an evolving strategy, challenging and refining it where necessary, and then creating the processes, systems and team capabilities required to make it work.

• 7+ years of progressive logistics, transportation or supply chain experience.
• 3–5+ years of leadership experience with responsibility for teams and strategic initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience designing, transforming or significantly improving a multi-location logistics or distribution network.
• Strong experience with direct-to-customer, B2B customer fulfillment or final-mile delivery models.
• Experience supporting retail, branch or multi-location distribution environments.
• A strong understanding of transportation network design, routing, carrier strategy and cost-to-serve.
• Experience implementing, optimizing or working closely with Transportation Management Systems and other logistics technology.
• Strong analytical capabilities and experience using data to drive network and operational decisions.
• Experience with automation, process improvement and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong commercial judgment with the ability to balance customer service expectations against logistics cost and operational complexity.
• Experience working across multiple business functions and influencing senior stakeholders.
• A Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering or a related discipline. Advanced education or professional supply chain certification is an asset.
• Ability to travel approximately 25–30%.

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