Distribution Manager

**Distribution Manager (Line Haul)**

**Who We Are**

One Company. Hundreds of Products. Endless Possibilities. Ply Gem is North America's leading manufacturer of exterior building materials, including windows, siding, stone, and 40 other categories. At Ply Gem, we provide the nation's residential builders, remodelers and architects with access to a comprehensive range of building products. From new construction to repair, remodel and replacement, our full line of building products provide quality and value for all types of projects.

Ply Gem Canada is a growing company in the building products industry backed by Cornerstone Building Brands, providing us with stability and strength in the North American market. Cornerstone Building Brands is the largest manufacturer of vinyl windows in North America with brands you’ve come to know and trust. We have endless building product options from standard to specialty to customized to whatever you’re looking for. But it’s our service capabilities that sets us apart.

Our building solutions are the cornerstone of the communities we serve. We believe every building we create, and every part of that building, positively contributes to communities where people live, work and play.

**Why Join Our Team**

Our employees are empowered to make a meaningful impact on our success while pursuing a wide range of opportunities to meet your personal aspirations for development and advancement within a stable, growing Canadian industry leader.

**What You Can Expect from our Company**
- You will be Part of a Winning Team
- You Can Capitalize on Your Opportunities and Make an Impact
- You Will Be Well Rewarded for Your Contributions to our Success
- You’ll work for a growing company with an excellent reputation in our sector for providing great products and customer service
- Competitive and tangible rewards that provide fair compensation relative to expectations and effort including base earnings, benefits for you and your family, and contributions toward your retirement savings
- Additional performance-based compensation depending on your role
- Competitive vacation time and flexibility in work schedules and location consistent with your role
- Resources and support to help you manage your personal wellness

**What the Company Expects of our Team**
- Bring yourself fully to work each day
- Playing your role on the team so together we Win as One
- Welcoming and Driving Change to support our continued evolution
- Help drive the success of our Canadian Business through living our universal core values
- Making an Impact to ensure our continued success

Ply Gem Canada is seeking a highly motivated individual with a strong passion for logistics and transportation to join our Line Haul / Shippng Team.

**Reports to the Vice President of Manufacturing**

**Position Overview**

Responsible for quality delivery of products to a customer-base that extends across the four western provinces, Ontario, and export to USA and other countries. Includes route planning and distribution logistics, product staging, packaging, crating, and loading of trailers, LTL, and containers destined to Ply Gem distribution centers, direct to customer sites & dealer locations, CP/CN railyards, and/or trans-Pacific port locations for intercontinental distribution.

Required knowledge to handle transportation of goods via air, surface and international modes of transportation. This position is the primary contact person for all transportation vendor relationships including negotiation aspects of carrier costs and service metrics. Accountable for freight budgets, cross functional department representation, efficiency and cost controls, interpretation of data with written and verbal presentations. The management role of leading a department that is focused on strategic planning, technology processes, problem resolution, vendor accounts payables, customer claims and communication with plant and customer service personnel. Travel to branches for interaction with branch and operations managers.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Leads daily functions in the Line Haul, Packaging and Crating departments, including direct reporting Supervisors and manpower.
- Manage department activities including responses to customers, sales departments and other external groups. Financial accountability for payables, return products and claims.
- Seek the best quality and cost opportunity to maximize shipping efficiency. Selecting integrating and leading others toward full optimization.
- Foster relationships with carriers that prove beneficial in financial aspects, service metrics and increase awareness of industry trends.
- Determine excess costs, implement measures to control cost and negotiate to produce the expected freight cost control results.
- Cross functional representation from within the Supply Chain department. Bring forth ideas, concepts and change through presentations and communication to others including executive level