Branch Manager

The Opportunity

Wishing to not only maintain but also increase their dominance in the Ontario marketplace, our client is looking to add a talented Branch Manager to their visionary executive team.

Working out of the Canadian Head Office, of this pre-eminent organization, you and your sizeable team are well positioned to take the province of Ontario by storm!

Taking the helm of an existing team of dedicated, talented and successful freight forwarding, customs & warehousing professionals, you will be hitting the ground running with a strong core in place.

With full support from the highest levels of the organization, everything is in place for you to attain monumental levels of success.

Position Description

You are a genuine superstar within the logistics industry. You are ready to make a difference and yearning to make an impact.

The Ontario branch of this world class Forwarder has a solid history of exceeding targets and yielding remarkable profit figures.

The right candidate will take great pride in directing this well-oiled machine to even greater levels of success. This branch is a significant size and will require an individual of significant substance and character to provide commensurate levels of leadership.

You are a career Freight Forwarding professional, someone who can provide leadership, drive operational excellence, and deliver growth.

The perfect candidate is highly skilled in both operations and client management and thus is capable of deriving operational excellence and driving sales growth.

In effect, we are looking for the rare candidate who can do it all and has done it all directly within the Freight Forwarding industry.

As the Branch Manager, you will be responsible for all service lines, including ocean, air, ground, warehousing, customs, etc.

Hence, you will have a deep well of expertise to draw upon within these disciplines, often referred to as an expert amongst your peer group.

You will be an agile thinker and nimble in your approach to volatility, uncertainty and variance. Ripe for change and rife with areas for improvement, you will have experience with change management and possess a keen eye for process design and optimization! Implementing industry leading best practices, spearheading transformative change, your continuous improvement efforts will propel this branch to greater and grander heights of success.

You bring an exceptional operational understanding and a desire to roll up your sleeves and get involved. Business development acumen and a focus on top line revenue growth is also important as a sales driven culture is put in motion from the top down.

Financial skills are another valued asset as you will be responsible for a large P&L, and as always, when the numbers talk you must be able to understand what they are telling you.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, you will be a talented and charismatic leader who has a knack for guiding, directing and empowering highly effective teams, as well as a interacting and engaging with external stakeholders.

This is truly a rare and rewarding opportunity and I look forward to sharing the exciting details with those who are keen to learn more!

Experience

A minimum of 10 years of industry related work experience, 5 years of which was in a managerial or supervisory role.

Qualifications

Certifications specific to the field of freight forwarding, customs & logistics, such as CIFFA, CITT, P.Log., CCS are an asset.

Education

University or College degree in a Business related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.