Transportation Clerk

**Transportation Clerk**

Reports To

Transportation Manager

Location

Mississauga, ON

Type

Full Time, Salaried

Closing Date

January 18, 2025

**Company Overview**

Sysco connects the world to share food and care for one another. Sysco leads from the heart of food and service to deliver the freshest of foods and ideas to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Our customers can count on us to deliver on-point products and solutions since only Sysco is the global leader, sitting at the heart of innovation supply, delivery, culinary and more.

With over 57,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 326 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 625,000 customer locations. For fiscal 2022 that ended July 2, 2022, the company generated sales of more than $68 billion USD.

Sysco, one of Canada’s Best Employers 2023, as listed by Forbes, is dedicated to our global corporate social responsibility goals and to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We offer our colleagues the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations.

Sysco is more than just a place to work. Our passion for food and our customers has made us the industry leader. To remain on top, we will continue to think bigger, work harder and never give up. Are you ready to drive success?

**Role**:

- The purpose of this job is to ensure accurate and timely communication of delivery issues or concerns by communicating with the Operations Team, Sales Department, and Delivery Colleagues.

**Role Responsibilities**:

- Address the questions and concerns of Drivers and Sales Representatives; work closely with Transportation Manager and Supervisors to provide resolution.
- Retrieve telephone calls and assist Customer Service Representative or Sales Representative with daily routes concerns (late departures, deliveries, time windows, driver complaints, forecasted arrival times, customer location, hours of operation etc.).
- Ensure accurate on-time reporting for department and corporate key metrics.
- Compile route status information and communicate daily via various electronic means.
- Work closely with Transportation Manager or Supervisor to review situations that have a potential impact on department cost or service levels.
- Manage required training documents for various internal and external audit requirements.
- Communicate and log driver challenges and concerns to assigned Transportation Supervisor for resolution.
- Assists Supervisors with organizing the recovery effects due to customer service failures.
- Preform clerical Payroll related activities.
- Is willing to work safely with mínimal environmental impact and understands the importance of reporting all hazards, incidents, and environmental spills immediately to their Supervisor.
- Understands that they play an integral role in their own safety and that of their colleagues and is willing to speak out when hazards are present.
- Complies with Sysco’s Food Safety Policy and procedures to ensure food safety, quality and legality requirements are met.
- Is willing to work safely with mínimal environmental impact and understands the importance of reporting all hazards, incidents, and environmental spills immediately to their Supervisor.
- Understands that they play an integral role in their own safety and that of their colleagues and is willing to speak out when hazards are present.
- Perform other duties as assigned.

**Qualifications/Skills/Job Requirements**:

- Minimum one (1) year of clerical and administrative experience
- High School Diploma Required
- Previous experience in the transportation industry is preferred.
- Experience with MOT record keeping, HOS regulations is helpful.
- Intermediate experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, etc.-
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Our Purpose:_**

**Connecting the world to share food and care for one another**

**_
Our Mission:_**

**Delivering success for our customers through industry-leading people, products and solutions**

**_
Our Identity:_**

**Together we define our future of foodservice and supply chain**

**Here’s a sample of the many benefits Sysco colleagues enjoy**:

- Comprehensive Flexible Benefits including Health and Dental, Health Care Spending and Wellness Accounts - Short-Term and Long-Term Disability - Life Insurance - Voluntary Optional Insurance - Parental Leave Plan - Company Pension Plan - Group RRSP & TFSA - Employee and Family Assistance - Stock Purchase Plan - Maple Virtual Care - Unlimited on-line learning - Sysco product discounts - Preferred vendor discounts - Associate Resource Groups
- (*benefits may vary based on location or bargaining unit)