Sourcing Category Manager, Transportation

4 weeks ago

Oakville, Canada IPEX Full time

IPEX is one of the North American leading providers of advanced plastic piping systems. Our mission is to shape a better tomorrow by connecting people with water and energy.

We currently have an exciting opportunity as Sourcing Category Manager, Transportation.

This role is based in our Oakville office, and reports to the Distribution Director.

Do not miss the opportunity to join a broad family of people-centric professionals, thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs in spirit and status quo-fighters

Job Purpose:

IPEX is seeking an eager supply chain professional looking for an exciting and rewarding career in Transportation Sourcing. The successful candidate will report to the Director, Strategic Sourcing and will spend the majority of their time supporting the business through running competitive bids (Rfx), monitoring freight markets and evaluating the IPEX Transportation network to find efficiencies that will drive cost savings and/or operational excellence. And will regularly interact with both internal and external partners to address the qualitative requirements of sourcing activities and to align the transportation network with the long-term strategic needs of the business.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Pursuit of continuous improvement to drive operational and cost efficiency

Run and Implement RFx

Manage and improve freight vendor relationships

Conduct freight network optimization modeling (TL, LTL, Flatbed) and rollout recommendations

Research, evaluate, and implement process optimization initiatives

Accountable for new vendor carrier vetting

Accountable for monthly spend/savings reporting

Continuously reduce non-core freight vendors through identification of infractions and root cause analysis on usage

Address new logistics requirements to ensure freight is a value-add and ensure freight vendors are aligned with the strategic direction of IPEX

Implement routing changes throughout the organization with support from the operational groups

Carrier score carding

Ensure freight vendor updates are completed in a timely fashion

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Completion of post-secondary education in a related field (MBA considered an asset)

Working towards or completed CITT, PLog, or SCMP designation

5-10 years of experience in a supply chain or logistics environment

Experience in supplier management

Solid Excel and data analytical skills involving large datasets

Multimode transport experience

Experience in SAP is preferred

TMS experience is preferred

IPEX is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant's accessibility needs due to disability. Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for IPEX jobs. To request an accommodation, please contact HR at

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