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Canadian Tire Team Lead - Fleet Operations in Brampton, Ontario
What you’ll do
Our Transportation Operations team is looking for a Team Lead – Fleet Operations to join Canadian Tire Corporation. This position will have the main responsibility to provide leadership and direction ensuring all team members execute business processes accurately and efficiently, with safety in mind and to the standards set by the Transportation Fleet Operations Manager. The Team Lead will be responsible to manage a team of Dispatchers, Agency Drivers, and Fleet Tractor assets. The Team Lead must be proficient in customer service, dispatch activities and have an understanding of Fleet Operations and partnering with Driver Agencies. This position will also ensure that our store customers, internal supply chain stakeholders, vendor partners, carriers and other service providers are supported in the completion of the transportation plan. In addition, the dispatch offices operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; team lead coverage will be required as per business requirements.
Ensure CTC Fleet meets targets for on time deliveries to our Store customers, pickups from vendors, rail drayage and yard transfers.
Lead a Team of Dispatchers and Driver Agency Partners; ensuring appropriate resources are scheduled to meet daily operational needs.
Manage team vacation schedules, stat holiday schedules, flex days, to ensure business needs are achieved, with proper training & skills across the team.
Communicate Driver Agency capacity requirements to ensure our Tractor Fleet is fully utilized.
Communicate with Drivers on a daily basis to ensure business needs are achieved, and help resolve conflicts and operational issues.
Collaborate with garage staff to ensure timely maintenance & repairs for our Tractor Fleet.
Proactively perform store load monitoring to prevent, identify, resolve and communicate any load delays, issues, or conflicts.
Communication with team members regarding operational, departmental and divisional information.
Ensure understanding of safety, operating and escalation procedures and be able to operate under these parameters; fully understand actions to take if our Fleet is involved in an accident.
Act on resource plans provided by management.
Ensure the integrity of the information within the CTC systems.
Assign tasks, provide feedback and coaching to team members on a daily basis.
Work in assigned areas alongside team members to meet goals and objectives.
Leverage Power BI Fleet reporting to ensure specific service levels are maintained.
Recommend operational resource requirements based on business overview.
Promote and support implementation of process, procedural and technological changes.
Participate in daily dispatch activities and projects as assigned.
What you bring
Minimum five years’ experience in Transportation, Customer Service or Supply Chain environment.
Post-Secondary degree or Professional Designation.
Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) in English.
Well-developed working knowledge of transportation regulations.
Knowledge of transportation systems (i.e. JDA, OTM, Yard Management Systems, Solera Omnitracs) and intermediate with Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI tools.
Demonstrated organizational skills; ability to multi task and juggle priorities on a daily basis.
Flexible hours depending on business requirements.
Previous dispatch and transportation experience.
Demonstrated knowledge of Hours of Work Legislation, Transportation of Dangerous Goods and the Highway Traffic Act.
Excellent geographical knowledge of Canada.
Knowledge of CN & CP Intermodal Operations.
Hybrid
At Canadian Tire we value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.
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About Us
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.
Accommodations
We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.
We are one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With world-class owned brands and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies, we are continually innovating with purpose: to excite and serve Canadian customers from coast-to-coast. We are connected to communities, big and small, from coast-to-coast, offering products and services that reflect the diverse nature of every one of them. From sports to outdoors, automobiles to homes, we know and understand life in Canada like no other retailer can.
We are always on the lookout for curious, creative people who are able to navigate and excel in a rapidly evolving retail environment. If you’re ready to take on new challenges – be it in digital, IT, marketing, data & analytics, merchandising, or one of the many other roles we have – there is a place for you here, so apply today.