Key Responsibilities

Logistics and Distribution Leadership

- Lead daily logistics, warehouse, distribution, shipping, receiving, replenishment, and transportation execution activities.
- Ensure products move efficiently between suppliers, warehouses, production sites, growing facilities, retail stores, and customer delivery locations.
- Establish operational priorities that support customer service, inventory availability, productivity, and cost objectives.
- Monitor operational performance and address issues affecting service levels, efficiency, inventory flow, or customer satisfaction.
- Support the development and execution of logistics and distribution strategies established by the Director, Supply Chain and Logistics.

Warehouse and Distribution Operations
- Provide leadership and direction for warehouse, receiving, storage, picking, packing, shipping, and transfer activities.
- Ensure inventory is handled, stored, and transported safely and efficiently.
- Optimize warehouse layout, storage utilization, workflow design, and operational processes.
- Monitor labour productivity, resource utilization, throughput, and service performance.
- Ensure inventory movement and distribution activities support sales, production, retail, and customer requirements.

Transportation and Dispatch Oversight
- Provide leadership and support to the Associate Manager, Dispatch and transportation team.
- Monitor delivery performance, route efficiency, fleet utilization, transportation costs, and service levels.
- Ensure transportation resources are aligned with operational and seasonal requirements.
- Support route planning, scheduling, driver productivity, and customer delivery performance.
- Escalate transportation challenges, capacity concerns, and service risks to the Director as required.





Inventory Flow and Replenishment Management
- Oversee inventory movement across warehouses, stores, production facilities, and growing operations.
- Support replenishment programs that maintain inventory availability while managing working capital and inventory risk.
- Monitor inventory transfers, stock balancing activities, and inventory productivity measures.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain Planning, Category Management, Purchasing, and Operations to improve inventory flow and product availability.
- Ensure inventory-related issues are investigated and resolved promptly.

Seasonal and Peak Period Planning
- Lead logistics and distribution readiness activities for spring, summer, holiday, and promotional periods.
- Coordinate labour, equipment, transportation, and warehouse resources required to support seasonal demand fluctuations.
- Support contingency planning for weather-related disruptions, transportation delays, labour shortages, and supply interruptions.
- Monitor operational capacity and recommend adjustments to support changing business requirements.

Safety, Compliance, and Risk Management
- Promote a culture of safety throughout logistics and distribution operations.
- Ensure compliance with workplace safety requirements, transportation regulations, equipment standards, and company policies.
- Conduct regular reviews of safety incidents, near misses, and operational risks.




- Develop and implement corrective actions to reduce safety risks and improve compliance.
- Ensure operational procedures and documentation remain current and aligned with best practices.

Financial and Operational Performance
- Support logistics and distribution budget development and performance monitoring.
- Track labour costs, transportation costs, warehouse expenses, productivity metrics, and service-level performance.
- Analyze operational data and identify opportunities to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
- Monitor key performance indicators including:
- On-time delivery

- Order accuracy

- Inventory accuracy

- Warehouse productivity

- Fleet utilization

- Safety performance

- Labour efficiency

Leadership and Team Development
- Lead, coach, and develop logistics, warehouse, replenishment, and transportation team members.
- Establish clear expectations, priorities, and performance standards.
- Conduct performance reviews and support employee development planning.
- Promote teamwork, accountability, continuous improvement, and a customer-focused culture.
- Build leadership capability throughout the logistics and distribution organization.

Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Supply Chain Planning, Category Management, Purchasing, Retail Operations, Production, Growing, Finance, and Customer Service teams.
- Participate in operational planning and execution meetings.
- Communicate logistics constraints, operational challenges, and capacity requirements.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives that improve service, productivity, and inventory performance.
- Foster solid relationships with internal stakeholders and external business partners.

📌 Manager, Logistics and Distribution (6 Month Contract) (Springwater)
🏢 Bradford Greenhouses
📍 Springwater