Senior Director – Warehousing, Distribution & Transportation – Food North America (US & Canada) –

Location: East Toronto – Scarborough- Markham -Richmond Hill, ON

Base Salary: 150K -185K , bonus , Advantages

Full Time Permanent

5 days a week on Site

Bilingual English Mandarin is an asset

40% travel -Canada & US (candidates must be passport holders of such countries that enable travel to the US without visa, due to the complexity and urgency of the role)

- Experienced in setting up new Warehouses / Distribution Centers (Capital Projects, Floor Layout, Capacity Planning, System Upgrades WMS SAP)
- Establish partnerships with 3rd party food grade freight / transportation carriers in US & Canada
- Inventory Management
- Operations Management -Pick Pack, Inbound Outbound, Shipping Receiving
- Temperature Controlled HACCP Food GMP (preferred)

Our client is a well-established leader in the food industry, temperature-controlled Food / CPG industry and have an existing job open for Senior Director – Warehousing, Distribution & Transportation for Canada and the US. The role is responsible for overseeing Warehousing, Transportation & Inventory and lead the expansions plans into the US (New Distribution Centre capital projects, System Automation, WMS / SAP and engage 3rd party freight carriers in US) This requires 5 days on site and will involve 40% travel to Western provinces and to the US. This is a hands-on yet strategic role, will lead Supply Chain through SAP, system and infrastructure upgrades. English & Mandarin / Cantonese preferred.

- Lead expansion plans into US (Capital Projects Process Mapping -Warehousing / DCs)
- Engage 3rd party carriers in US (food grade temperature controlled refers, freezers)
- Transportation, Distribution , Pick Pack , Sanitation & Pest Control
- Inventory Replenishment
- Health Canada , HACCP, FDA and other regulatory compliance

Senior Director – Warehousing, Distribution & Transportation)



will be fully responsible for overseeing DC operations of new and existing DCs, lead capital projects oversee contractors for the infrastructure and high speed material handling equipment, engage and manage performance of 3rd party freight carriers in the US, lead automation / system upgrade projects and lead the daily replenishment and order fulfilment You will provide leadership to the shipping receiving, pick pack, drivers local city dispatch in very high-volume replenishment module for short shelf like product -produce and similar.

Senior Director – Warehousing, Distribution & Transportation will have minimum 8-10 years in the food industry (preferred) ideally leading the expansion in the US, with 2-3 years of leading capital projects in Warehousing and Distribution (floor mapping, process mapping capacity planning); Leadership of daily operations coaching mentoring / performance management. Bachelor’s degree highly preferred, courses in P. Log, CITT, CCLP or similar with excellent English communication skills, Cantonese/ Mandarin preferred. This requires travel of up to 40% within US and Canada (4-5 nights at a stretch). All applicants MUST be Canadian passport holders or with passports that allow travel to the US without a visa as per the defined duties and responsibilities of the role. GMP HACCP and Health Canada compliance transportation spends, budgets, RFP RFQ, Mandarin, Food experience all help.

Qualified applicants already in East Toronto - Scarborough – Pickering, ON area, willing to work 5 days on site and travel within Canada and to the US 40% are invited to forward their resumes in MS Word format to [email protected] . Please write “Senior Director – Warehousing, Distribution & Transportation” in the subject line of your e mail.

While we thank all applicants for your interest, only the most qualified candidates will be contacted due to volume of applicants.

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📌 Senior Director – Warehousing, Distribution & Transportation Food -North America (US Expansion) (Toronto)
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