Logistic assistant director

Our client, a large company, firmly established in North America for several years, positioning itself as a leader in the distribution market of a wide range of products is currently looking, for its facilities in the Laval region, a logistic assistant director.

Nature of position

Under the supervision of the Logistics and Informatics Director and as part of a succession process for the Director, your main mandate will be to ensure continuous improvement of the processes, distribution infrastructure and computerized system to improve the productivity, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of operations. To do this you will design, improve, install and manage integrated systems at the logistics level. As such you will:

• Develop diagnoses and recommendations for problem solving;
• Performing process and process reengineering to obtain the best return on investment;
• Implement various key performance indicators and ensure ongoing monitoring and evaluation;
• Establish time and movement studies for operations;
• See to the development of the layout plan for the Laval main warehouse (165,000 square feet);
• Establish time and movement studies for operations;
• Optimize the layout of departments using engineering tools;
• Develop process mapping;
• Facilitate continuous improvement meetings such as Kaizen or others;
• Implement quality control procedures to resolve issues, maximize service reliability and minimize costs;
• Recommend methods to improve the use of personnel, equipment and services;
• Apply statistical methods to determine logistics processes and personnel requirements;
• Study the sequence of operations and the logistics flow;
• Identify activities without added value and make the required changes;
• Optimize workflow programs according to the sequences of operations;
• Ensure the steering and maintenance of improvements to the logistics;
• Perform any other tasks that are compatible with your duties.

Required qualification

• Bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations and Logistics Engineering or other relevant training;
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience;
• Excellent fluency in English and French (spoken and written);
• Experience with wholesalers or distributors and knowledge of the business processes of a distribution centre will be considered an important asset;
• Practical experiences in the application of continuous improvement tools;
• Very good knowledge of the Ms Office suite.

Education / training

Bachelor in operations engineering and logistics

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