Logistics Manager (Moose Jaw)

Logistics Manager (Moose Jaw)

24 Oct
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Agrocorp International
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Moose Jaw

24 Oct

Agrocorp International

Moose Jaw

Agrocorp Processing Ltd. operates within the agricultural commodity and food-processing sector, connecting Canadian operations with customers, service providers, and international teams. Trading Manager Agrocorp Processing Ltd. operates within the agricultural commodity and food-processing sector, connecting Canadian operations with customers, service providers, and international teams. Logistics Manager to lead our Canadian logistics function from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. This role is suited to a logistics skilled who combines strong leadership with practical execution skills and understands the importance of timely delivery, cost control, regulatory compliance, accurate documentation, and effective coordination across multiple stakeholders. The Logistics Manager leads Agrocorp’s Canadian logistics function and is accountable for the safe, timely, compliant, and cost‑effective movement of inbound and outbound products. The role oversees truck, railcar, container, transload, and bulk‑vessel execution; freight procurement; demurrage control; logistics reporting; and the performance of Canadian and overseas support teams. Success in this role means building and maintaining a logistics function where shipments are effectively planned and executed, risks are identified and addressed early, customer and contractual commitments are protected, logistics costs are actively managed, documentation is accurate, and team members operate with clear accountability. The Logistics Manager will also play an important role in strengthening systems, processes, and operational controls that support the continued growth of Agrocorp’s Canadian operations. Lead and manage the Canadian logistics function, including logistics employees in Canada and designated overseas/back‑office support personnel.



Establish clear responsibilities, workflows, priorities, service standards, and accountability across the logistics team. Assign and monitor work, coach employees, support cross‑training, and address training, staffing, performance, or resource gaps. Build an effective logistics team and recommend staffing or structural changes required to support business needs. Make timely operational decisions within delegated authority and appropriately escalte matters requiring senior‑management approval. Logistics Planning & Shipment Execution Oversee the planning and execution of inbound and outbound shipments by truck, railcar, container, transload, and bulk vessel. Develop and maintain integrated shipment schedules that align product availability, plant capacity, railcar supply, transload activity, ocean bookings, and contractual delivery periods. Coordinate product movement from farms and suppliers to Agrocorp plants and from plants to ports, transload facilities, customers, and final destinations. Monitor shipments from product readiness and loading through transportation, transloading, ocean movement, and final delivery. Identify delays, capacity constraints, and execution risks early and implement practical contingency plans before they result in claims, deductions, defaults, or lost business. Rail, Bulk & Demurrage Management Plan railcar requirements and maintain regular communication with CN, CPKC,



BNSF, and other applicable rail providers. Ensure loaded railcars are released promptly and traced through to transload facilities, ports, or final destinations. Escalate railcar shortages, service failures, and delays through appropriate railway representatives. Minimize demurrage, detention, storage, and related charges through effective planning and coordination. Freight Procurement & Cost Control Obtain and negotiate competitive trucking, rail, container, transload, and ocean‑freight rates in coordination with relevant internal teams. Identify and evaluate alternative carriers and logistics service providers to improve cost, reliability, and operational flexibility. Maintain productive relationships with transportation providers while reducing unnecessary dependence on a single provider. Provide freight and trucking cost information to Trading and Procurement for purchase and sales costing. Monitor actual logistics costs against quotations, approved assumptions, and budgets. Identify opportunities to reduce freight, handling, storage, demurrage, detention, and other logistics‑related costs. Track logistics‑related losses, customer deductions, claims, and additional costs arising from shipment delays, documentation errors, or execution failures. Oversee certificates of origin, phytosanitary certificates, weight certificates, bills of lading, stuffing instructions, and other shipping or regulatory documents. Coordinate documentation requirements with customers, freight forwarders, transloaders, regulatory agencies, and internal teams. Support compliance with CFIA, USDA, customs, customer, contractual, and destination‑country requirements. Work closely with Procureme

📌 Logistics Manager (Moose Jaw)
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