Job title: Ocean Trade Manager
Location: Lachine
Industry: Freight Forwarding
The manager will be responsible for negotiating and securing competitive ocean freight rates and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. This role will involve managing ocean carriers and contracts, negotiating with carriers, and addressing escalations to optimize our supply chain efficiency.
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Apply now!
melissa.cumetti@randstsad.ca
philippe.pilon@randstad.ca
Advantages
- Permanent full time position, Monday to Friday, 35 hour work week
- Salary between 80-85k
- Equal opportunity employer
- Comprehensive health and dental care, 70% covered by employer
- RSP Package
- Internal growth opportunities
- Fresh fruit program
Responsibilities
- Secure competitive ocean freight rates for import & export trades, ensuring optimal pricing and service levels.
- Oversee and maintain ocean contracts, ensuring compliance with FMC regulations and timely contract filings.
- Review, validate, and communicate ocean contract amendments across all offices to ensure alignment.
- Handle escalations with carriers, capacity protection, and agreements with suppliers. Address operational exceptions at the origin.
- Lead the review and negotiation of RFQs, securing favorable ocean freight rates and terms with carriers.
- Collaborate with peers within the team to implement carrier strategies that align with company objectives.
- Foster strong, win/win relationships with ocean carriers to ensure long-term partnerships.
Qualifications
• Minimum of 5 years in ocean freight procurement
• Experience with a freight forwarder or ocean carrier is highly preferred.
• Detail oriented
• Bachelor's degree in Management, Business Administration, or Logistics Management is an asset.
• RMS CargoSpere and Cargo Wise experience is considered an asset
• Team player with good mentoring skills and a winning attitude
• Able to adapt and excel in a country level/corporate structure with matrix reporting
• Relationship focused and good commercial acumen
Summary
Focusing the Transport & Logistics industry, we are here to help you find the right job in this field. We invite you to reach out to Melissa Cumetti or Philippe Pilon:
514-695-3315
melissa.cumetti@randstad.ca
philippe.pilon@randstad.ca
Add us on LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-cumetti-2ab401169/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippepilon/
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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Job title: Ocean Trade Manager
Location: Lachine
Industry: Freight Forwarding
The manager will be responsible for negotiating and securing competitive ocean freight rates and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. This role will involve managing ocean carriers and contracts, negotiating with carriers, and addressing escalations to optimize our supply chain efficiency.
Apply now!
melissa.cumetti@randstsad.ca
philippe.pilon@randstad.ca
Advantages
- Permanent full time position, Monday to Friday, 35 hour work week
- Salary between 80-85k
- Equal opportunity employer
- Comprehensive health and dental care, 70% covered by employer
- RSP Package
- Internal growth opportunities
- Fresh fruit program
Responsibilities
- Secure competitive ocean freight rates for import & export trades, ensuring optimal pricing and service levels.
- Oversee and maintain ocean contracts, ensuring compliance with FMC regulations and timely contract filings.
- Review, validate, and communicate ocean contract amendments across all offices to ensure alignment.
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- Handle escalations with carriers, capacity protection, and agreements with suppliers. Address operational exceptions at the origin.
- Lead the review and negotiation of RFQs, securing favorable ocean freight rates and terms with carriers.
- Collaborate with peers within the team to implement carrier strategies that align with company objectives.
- Foster strong, win/win relationships with ocean carriers to ensure long-term partnerships.
Qualifications
• Minimum of 5 years in ocean freight procurement
• Experience with a freight forwarder or ocean carrier is highly preferred.
• Detail oriented
• Bachelor's degree in Management, Business Administration, or Logistics Management is an asset.
• RMS CargoSpere and Cargo Wise experience is considered an asset
• Team player with good mentoring skills and a winning attitude
• Able to adapt and excel in a country level/corporate structure with matrix reporting
• Relationship focused and good commercial acumen
Summary
Focusing the Transport & Logistics industry, we are here to help you find the right job in this field. We invite you to reach out to Melissa Cumetti or Philippe Pilon:
514-695-3315
melissa.cumetti@randstad.ca
philippe.pilon@randstad.ca
Add us on LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-cumetti-2ab401169/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippepilon/
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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