Rail Logistics Supervisor – onsite, Brampton, ON

Our client is a privately held, highly successful North American industrial company with more than 50 years of history and a strong reputation for operational excellence, customer relationships, and entrepreneurial growth. They’re a growing enterprise that has an established and far-reaching geographic network, optimally positioned to maintain and service their expanding current customer base within Canada, the US and Mexico, with additional interests in Europe.

What You’ll Do In this role you’ll lead day-to-day rail transportation operations, ensuring consistent railcar supply, proactive demurrage prevention, strong carrier performance, and accurate synchronization of rail logistics data within our ERP system. You’ll own execution of the rail-routing strategy, day-to-day carrier relationships, and development of the Logistics Coordinator, driving continuous improvement in cost, service reliability, and operational risk management.

Key Responsibilities

Rail Carrier & Fleet Coordination

- Manage day-to-day relationships with Class I and shortline rail carriers
- Monitor/manage car cycles and railcar availability against production, shipping, and sales requirements

Demurrage Prevention/Operational Risk Management

- Own demurrage cost control through Rail TMS tracking, proactive intervention, and direct carrier escalation
- Lead corrective action plans with railroads for operational disruptions, missed switches, or recurring issue
- Maintain demurrage logs and prepare exception summaries to support ongoing cost control





Operational Oversight and Direction

- Provide tactical guidance to Logistics Coordinators on routing optimization, problem-solving, and operational escalations
- Supervise, schedule, and provide ongoing performance feedback for Coordinators

Rail System Optimization & ERP Data Synchronization

- Maximize use of the Rail Transportation Management System (Rail TMS) to manage operations, carrier tracking, and reporting
- Ensure all critical shipment, cost, and fleet data is accurately and timely synchronized with our ERP

Cross-Functional Collaboration

- Support the Commercial Sales and Trading teams by recommending optimal rail routing, carrier selection, and equipment strategies
- Contribute to freight budgeting, forecasting, and freight cost strategy development

KPI Ownership and Reporting

- various

What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, logistics, or business administration - preferred; equivalent experience considered
- Minimum 3–5 years of experience in rail transportation, fleet optimization, or logistics operations, including direct class-1 rail carrier interaction
- Strong understanding of Class I and shortline railroad operations, equipment management, waybilling, and tariff structures
- Demonstrated experience leading corrective action initiatives with carriers and preventing operational disruptions
- Experience supervising, coaching, and developing a team of coordinators in a quick-paced logistics environment
- Proficient in transportation management systems (Rail TMS) and ERP data management (preferably Mayer or similar)

📌 Rail Logistics Supervisor (Brampton)
🏢 JAE Consulting
📍 Brampton