Global Transportation & Logistics Manager

At Trojan Technologies, we believe there’s nothing more essential than delivering clean water to the world. That’s especially true in this critical moment, when the world’s supply of clean water is under substantial stress due to industrialization, increasing demand, and rising biological and chemical contamination. Our mission is to stem that tide: to ensure greater water confidence and environmental stewardship for people, industries, and municipalities, improving the lives of over one billion people globally.

As part of our global team, you’ll work alongside customers from municipalities to pharmaceutical and food and beverage companies to build creative, sustainable solutions. You’ll also find a welcoming and supportive team that listens to your ideas and allows you to follow your strengths. All of us feel privileged to work on innovative technologies that bring clean water to the world—we hope you will, too.

Trojan is proud to be one of Danaher's Water Quality companies. Motivated by the highest possible stakes of climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment.

We are currently seeking an accomplished leader in a Global Transportation & Logistics (T&L) Manager role that will lead a team of professionals to optimize all aspects of the Trojan Technologies T&L function.

If you are looking for a role that leads the controlling, delivering and distributing raw materials and finished products to their destination in the most time, quality and cost-effective manner then read on!

You will develop strategies, tactics and processes resulting in an optimized logistics operation that supports the organizational goals for customer satisfaction, OTD, inventory, and cost. This role provides leadership for the Trade Compliance function for the organization, ensuring alignment with all regulations and guidelines affecting T&L for Trojan Technologies. This role manages a team of 7-10 Logistics Coordinators.

Will work mostly onsite in our London, ON office and also spend maybe on day a week in our Guelph, ON location.

Accountabilities:

• Implement solutions for optimum routing, carrier selection and cost for all global supplier and manufacturing locations. Create processes to monitor and maintains optimum carrier selection, contracts, and compliance.

• Develop and implement global standard policies and procedures with to allow consistent monitoring of freight, duty, and Trade Compliance activities.

• Identify, run, and report on status of duty drawback opportunities and programs. Ensure proper import record keeping and handle duty drawback and recovery programs.

• Evaluate marketplace trends and provide price and budget guidance for targeted spend or transportation modes. Monitor budget performance, report risks and opportunities.

• Lead cross-business savings projects, drive/monitor business-specific savings projects through supplier performance metrics.

• Lead contract negotiations and performance reviews for transportation service providers.

• Champion the use of standard methodology and the adoption of lean tools & techniques such as Daily Management, Standard Work, Value Stream Mapping, Visual Project Management, Danaher Materials System etc.

Qualifications

• Business degree in Supply Chain Logistics, ISM or CPSM or CCLP or APICS (CLTD) designation

• Minimum 7 years’ experience in import, export and Global Trade Compliance requirements or Customs Clearance, and international logistics role

• Exceptional leader and experience managing teams (large teams of up to 20 would be ideal as we continue to grow this team could expand).

• Competence in budgeting, financial management and contract management of transportation functions

• Knowledge of security compliance data elements (PIP, CT-PAT, Denied Party Screening, etc.)

• CCS (Certified Customs Specialist) or similar Designation is an asset

• Experience working with MRP/ERP system (BAAN, BAAN LN)

• Powerful negotiation skills to improve contracts and generate savings

When you join us, you’ll also be joining Danaher’s global organization, where 69,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you’ll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve.  Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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