Area Leader

3 months ago

Kitchener, Canada Custom Leather Canada Limited Full time

**The Opportunity**

Custom Leather Canada Limited is currently seeking an Area Leader to support all procedures related to shipping, packing and logistics. This position is responsible for supervising and ensuring that the company’s shipping, packing and logistics work as a team to operate efficiently and effectively, achieving maximum production flow, and meeting our customers’ delivery requirements. They are responsible for monitoring all of the outgoing products at our facility and overseeing belt production-finishing side.

**Job Duties**
- Participate in the hiring, orientation, training and performance management of employees within your teams
- Design and manage workflow including setting targets, priorities and proactively identifying potential areas of concern and devising working solutions
- Ensure that staff are properly trained to perform their duties and perform regular process checks
- Provide regular feedback and coaching with team, including performance management
- Manage the team’s attendance and time-off requests to ensure adequate coverage for the different teams
- Lead regular team meetings to address any issues, provide updates and have regular touch-points with the teams
- Monitor outgoing products at the facility to ensure that all shipments are being processed in accordance with Company policies and procedures
- Negotiate and recommend vendors for all modes of transportation and customs clearances in North America (rail, ocean and ground transport) through an annual RFP process
- Act as an escalation point and problem solver for transportation, logistics and customs service issues
- Communicate and investigate any shipping and packing concerns with Customer Service and/or Sales
- Monitor packing performance
- Act as a liaison between the Sales and Operations teams to provide pricing for transportation services in North America
- Update and maintain a transportation routing guide for all modes of transportation
- Investigate causes of lost or damaged shipments and support the claims process with our vendors
- Responsible for the accuracy of freight invoice auditing and payment approval process
- Review quality reports daily and report findings with comments to the Senior Vice President of Operations
- Monitor shortages, bundle tickets, cancellation dates on work orders and production reports including prioritizing and expediting as necessary with appropriate communication and documentation of explanations as required
- Investigating and identifying the root cause of inventory variances
- Oversee the performance of physical inventory procedures
- Administer the Cross Training Program, including monitoring employee progress and initiating qualifications
- Promote Health and Safety and ensure that all employees are working in compliance with all policies and legislation at all times
- Providing coverage for other Area Leaders during absences

This position cooperates closely with all the internal departments of the company.

**Qualifications**:

- Post-secondary education in Supply Chain or relevant field would be an asset
- 2-3 years of experience in Shipping, Receiving, Logistics and Inventory Control
- Previous supervisory experience an asset
- Intermediate Microsoft Office skills in Outlook and Excel
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritize and handle competing priorities, ensuring a service-oriented disposition
- Strong attention to detail
- Able to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders and work effectively wit multiple departments
- Self motivated and able to work with mínimal supervision or direction
- Positive attitude and service-oriented disposition, handles pressure well
- A continuous improvement focus on work

**What We Offer**
- A clean and safe work environment that fosters respect and encourages continuous improvement
- A team oriented atmosphere
- **Hours**: Monday to Thursday 7:00 am to 4:15pm and Friday 7:00am to 12:00pm
- Total Rewards Package including excellent Group Benefits (50/50 cost share for health and dental portion), company sponsored retirement savings plan, paid personal days and an annual profit sharing program
- Hourly Wages, Paid bi-weekly by Direct Deposit

**About Us**

Custom Leather Canada Limited is the largest, and one of the oldest leather accessory and belt manufacturers in Canada. The company began producing consumer leather products in 1949 and has been in continuous operation since that time. We operate out of a 70,000 sq. foot state of the art manufacturing facility in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

The company wholesales goods under a number of product lines. Our main business involves the manufacture and import of Men's and Women's belts, which we ship to our customers throughout Canada and the United States. Our belts are sold under our own brands, our customers' private labels, as well as other brands under license.

Our customers include all avenues of retail, including major department stores, speci

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