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Routing Manager

Location

Woodstock/Toronto/Peterborough/Ottawa, ON

Type

10 Month Contract

Closing Date

December 19, 2024

**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**:
This position is responsible for leading the daily routing function with the goal of consistent, on time delivery in the most cost-effective manner possible. *This position is required to be on-site at least 1 day per week**Role Responsibilities**:

- Use Road Net software to route daily deliveries
- Perform Road Net and IDS maintenance and adjustments to delivery time windows, add new customers, plan standard routes
- Plan and schedule daily backhaul pick-ups working with logistics department
- Support planning and build of bi-annual Route Bid
- Plan fleet and manpower requirements for upcoming delivery days
- Manage and coordinate returns, reships, rekeys
- Actively work with other departments to improve routing efficiencies while enhancing the customer experience
- Provide transportation analytics to department leadership as requested
- Actively communicates with all levels of business
- Accountable for designing cubic floor plan for back of trailer (pallet positioning, optimizing cube/pallet height, efficient configuration of products/pallet in the trailer).
- 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**:

- 2+ years in a dispatch/routing or related role
- Geographical knowledge of service area and map reading skills
- Prefer a variety of transportation routing experience, i.e. water, land, rail, etc.
- Foodservice distribution experience an asset
- High School diploma required
- Post secondary education in logistics and transportation an asset
- Intermediate MS Office skill set (advanced skills preferred)
- Knowledge of AS400 and oracle WMS systems
- Enterprise Road Net or other dispatch and routing software knowledge is an asset
- Geographical knowledge of the region- **_
Our Purpose:_**

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

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Our Mission:_**

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

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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)