operations coordinator Mississauga
Bison Transport
Full Time
Mississauga
62987 - 50099 CAD ANNUAL Today
Job description
Explore your next opportunity at multiple award-winning transportation solutions company. Envision innovative possibilities, experience our rewarding culture, and work with talented teams that help you become better every day. We know what it takes to lead Bison into tomorrow—people with a unique combination of skill + passion. If you have the qualities and drive to lead yourself or teams, there are roles ready to cultivate your skills and take you to the next level!
We are seeking a highly motivated, passionate, enthusiastic individual to join our Bison LTL Division. You should possess excellent entrepreneurial skills, ability to establish and improve the processes and build them from ground level up! Our Less than Truckload team has been one of the fastest growing members of Bison Transport. With this growth we are expanding and looking to increase our service offering to include the US Southbound market. This opportunity will include a focus on Operations, Sales and Network Development.
As an LTL US Coordinator – East, you will be a key player in our highly effective and emerging operations team in our US LTL Division. The primary focus of this position is to ensure each order is planned based on our customers’ needs, monitoring all shipments, handling customer inquiries and developing relationships. In this role you will take a lead on the East LTL Cross border network working with internal stake holders to identify where LTL opportunities can complement Bison’s current network. This will include actively being involved with operations, identifying complementary shipments and rate negotiations. An emphasis of this role will involve developing our US service offerings to match customer demand and network needs.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Working with the Warehouse team to ensure a smooth work flow for the US operations;
- Engage, collaborate, liaise, and negotiate with external stakeholders including freight forwarders, freight carriers, custom brokers, 3PL providers, with an emphasis on LTL, road and intermodal/rail, CA to CA, CA to US, US to CA, and US to US shipments;
- Coordinate the freight movement for inbound, outbound, reverse logistics, trade shows and customs;
- Negotiate spot quotes for various modes of transportation and logistics solutions;
- Identifying potential partners who can make a positive impact on the growth of our US Network;
- Collaborating with the US Highway Team & Customs department to design a successful cross border network
- Handle PAPS/PARS for cross border moves;
- Responsible for the freight administration activity these include claims, approval of freight bills, spot quotes, ad hoc freight lane analysis, and other freight analytics;
- Focusing on driving growth in this new area of the Bison LTL network;
- Tracking Linehaul Inbound and Outbound traffic to manage the flow of orders through the network;
- Managing Customer and Partner Carrier Inquiries and developing relationships to continue the growth of this network.
Secondary Responsibilities:
- Expansion and development of existing carrier-customer relationship.
- Tracking and Tracing
- Responsible for improving margins through various methods.
- Advise management when the volumes are short by properly investigating the issue.
- All team members will be cross trained to handle all dedicated carriers.
- Collaborating with team members to ensure proper usage of vacation/sick time.
- Coverage for all accounts in your absence including vacation and sick time.
Our Ideal Candidate will possess:
- Preferred 2-3 years previous LTL cross border experience.
- Demonstrate a high degree of autonomy, proactivity and resourcefulness
- Ability to analyze and synthesize
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Demonstrated problem solving abilities
- Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Strong customer service skills
- TMS knowledge preferred.
- Strong organization skills
- Experience in the CDN&US Customs process would be considered an asset.
- Knowledge of the transportation industry and North American Geography are considered assets
Why Bison:
Corporate Wellness Program & on-site fitness facility*
Internal training through our Learning & Development Department
Companywide career growth opportunities
Corporate lunches, cultural celebrations & healthy snacks
Develop meaningful relationships with our open-door policy across the organization.
About Bison:
Celebrating 50 years in Business
Named as Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures
Active in giving back through Corporate Social Responsibility and Charitable Giving
Committed to environmental sustainability.
Bison Transport is committed to Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Why Bison:
- Thrive in a supportive team that provides coaching and training to help develop your skills and progress your career
- Dispersed work environments that promote a healthy work-life balance
- Meaningful and impactful work and projects with an essential service provider
- Join our engaging Wellness Program & extracurricular sports teams
About Bison:
- Celebrating over 50 years in Business
- Named as Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures
- Active in giving back through Corporate Social Responsibility and Charitable Giving
- Committed to environmental sustainability
Bison Transport is committed to Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace.
About Bison Transport
CEO: Rob Penner
Revenue: Unknown / Non-Applicable
Size: 1001 to 5000 Employees
Type: Company - Private
Website: https://www.bisontransport.com/
Year Founded: 1969
Bison Transport
https://www.bisontransport.com/
Winnipeg, Canada
Rob Penner
Unknown / Non-Applicable
1001 to 5000 Employees
Company - Private
Shipping & Trucking
1969
