Descartes Unites the People and Technology that Move the World The need for productive, secure, and agile supply chains and logistics operations has become ever more critical and complex. By combining innovative technology, powerful trade intelligence and the reach of our network, Descartes helps get goods, information, transportation assets, and people where they’re needed, when they’re needed.
We’re one of the most broadly deployed logistics and supply chain technology companies in the world. More than 26,000 customers around the globe use our cloud-based solutions to transform the way they move inventory and information to enhance productivity, better serve customers, thrive competitively, keep pace with evolving regulations, and respond to rapidly changing market conditions. Descartes is publicly traded (Nasdaq:DSGX, TSX:DSG) with headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and offices and partners around the world.
With record financial performance for more than 16 years, we lead the industry in innovation investment. Every day, logistics service providers, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and other logistics-intensive businesses of all sizes rely on our scale, stability, and comprehensive solution footprint to move what’s most important to them. Learn more at www.descartes.com.
We’re growing fast and invite you to join our amazing team.
POSITION SUMMARY
Descartes is a leading provider ofOcean Transportation Rate Management SystemsandOcean Publishing Services. The systems and services that Descartes supplies to VOCCs, NVOCCs, shippers, and other ocean intermediariesaidtheminestablishingand maintaining aglobal rate repository.
ARateManagement ServicesTeamManageris responsible foranaging the conversionandmaintenanceof our customer’sglobal rateinformation. Our clients’ global rateinformationincludesDetention and Demurrage,governing rule publications, calculableair/oceanBUY andSELL contracts,SPOT rates, and both regulated andnon-regulatedtariffs.The position requires a bachelor’sdegree or equivalentindustry relatedwork experience and a minimum offive yearsof management experience.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Managing the Rate Managementteam
- Overseeing team operations
- Managing work volume allocations
- Mentoring team personnel
- Counseling team members
- Tracking KPIs
- Fulfilling SLAs
- Implementing performance improvement plans
- Completingshort-and long-term deadlines
- Enforcingquality and performance standards
- Resolvingcustomer data related issues
- Interpretingcustomer requirements
- Conductinginternal/external training
- Completion of monthly billing reports
- Providing a limited amount of account management support
- Executingandmaintainingproject plans
- Maintaining department standard operating procedures
- Assistingwith sales support
Requirements
- Excellentclericaland organization skills
- Strong leadership and management skills
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Fluid in English (Verbal and written)
- Intermediateknowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Ability to workunder pressureand fulfillshort- and long-termdeadlines.
- Project management experience
- Mustpossessa bachelor’s degreeorequivalentindustry related workexperience.
- Minimum of five years of management experience.
- Ability to manage multipleprojects simultaneously
Join Us
As we scale, we’re looking for new doers, collaborators and innovators to join Descartes in uniting the people and technology that move the world as the Global Leader in Logistics and Supply Chain Technology. We’re entrepreneurial, hardworking, geeky-in-a-good way problem solvers. Guided by our values, we nurture a TEAM focused culture that invests in people and creates opportunities for advancement across a broad spectrum of career paths. We prioritize work-life balance and foster an environment with the space to take ownership, to be heard, and to carve a path for your individual accomplishments to help drive our success.
Descartes also has a deep sense of environmental responsibility. Learn more about how we helped our customers save over 552,000 metric tons of CO2 in 2020 by reducing fuel and paper consumption: https://www.descartes.com/who-we-are/social-responsibility-sustainability/environmental-impact.
Join a team that’s committed to working with customers to conserve resources and enhance sustainability.
At Descartes, everyone has a voice and the best idea wins, regardless of who makes it. We offer competitive compensation, great benefits, remote and flexible work hours, and the opportunity to join a company on an awesome mission with a great existing team and trajectory. We can’t promise it will be a fit, but we do promise to consider your experience.
We conduct a mix of in-person and virtual interviews. Virtual interviews are held via Microsoft Teams and are recorded and transcribed. We may utilize AI tools to support our hiring team in notetaking, summarization, and internal training.
AI tools are not used in our recruitment process for decision-making purposes. Recordings, transcripts, and notes are used for recruitment, including improvement of our process, and record-keeping purposes. Should you have any questions or concerns about our process, please connect with our hiring team in advance of scheduled interviews.
We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please review our EEO is the Law, Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Statement, EEO/AA Statement.
Descartes participates in the E-Verify program. Please click below to learn more about the E-Verify program. Notice of E-Verify Participation Right to Work (English and Spanish). Descartes is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities.
Applicants in North America with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can email us at
[email protected]. Provide your name and contact information along with the accommodation needed to assist you with the application process. Your request will be responded to as soon as possible.
Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
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