Director, Transportation & Trade Compliance

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Major Job Functions:

Strategy (20%)

• Responsible for the design and implementation of the realignment of Transportation strategy to balance Service Level requirements with a strong Cost Management focus.
• Educate collaborate and influence business stakeholders such as Service and Parts operations on transportation network strategy.
• Modernize transform continuous improvement cost reductions project management and managing daily operations.

Operations (30%)

• Responsible for all International and National inbound equipment component and parts transportation (>$100M annually / 250 Transportation Vendors).
• Associated customs clearances and duty recoveries (> $10M annually).
• Customer parts and equipment distribution across Finning network and customers parts and cores return process functional areas with heavy focuses on continuous improvement of Customer Service levels and decreased Operating cost.
• Directs Transportation operations and interacts with suppliers of transportation to ensure that all relevant requirements of delivery cost and quality are governed appropriately
• Seeks opportunities to automate manually repetitive processing tasks.
• Create value add initiatives to improve service levels and decrease costs.

Leadership (10%)

• Set the direction for the entire department providing guidance and mentorship to employees and taking responsibility for overall team performance.
• Coach train mentor and develop a team. Actively map out forward-thinking career development plans addressing strategic business needs to position the transportation and compliance team for success.
• Build highly effective and strategic relationships with business partners and suppliers to provide a reliable responsive and cost-efficient supply chain which supports Finnings best in class initiatives.
• Partner and collaborate with other business functions to support and align all the action plans regarding our strategic initiative Transforming the Supply chain for Finning.
• Partner with Caterpillar to maintain strong business relationships through partnership on best practices.

Trade Compliance (20%)

• Strategy transformation continuous improvement projects and operations management (20%).
• Develop implement and update the Companys Trade Compliance Program to ensure a standard methodologies program consistent with Canadian Export/Import laws and regulations and other trade-related requirements of Canada and non-Canadian government agencies.
• Craft trade compliance training programs for employees and third-party agents and appropriately identify and prioritize high-risk practices by geography or country. Provide and demonstrate strategic and tactical trade compliance leadership within the organization.
• Stay ahead of regulatory changes related to trade compliance and provide regulatory interpretation and implementation guidance to impacted geographies and businesses.

Financial (20%)

• Analysis budgeting strong cost reduction focus.
• Manages development of capital plans infrastructure fleet transportation delivery vehicles warehousing and other facility related spend.
• Create department budgets ($100M responsibility) and objectives and manage all logistics related costs while ensuring customer expectations are being met.

Accountabilities:

• Accountable for the overall performance logistics spend and structure of inbound and outbound national and international freight maximizing fleet and carrier utilization to deliver reliable costeffective service
• Create and execute the strategic vision for the Transportation and Trade Compliance department aligned with business requirements and customer needs
• Enable ontime product availability improved customer service and reduced operating and capital costs through effective planning and delivery of logistics services
• Drive lean flexible logistics networks aligned with regional stocking strategies and transportation routing to support service cost and speed objectives
• Serve as the single point of accountability for endtoend logistics performance against Supply Chain and corporate KPIs including ontime delivery service quality lead time safety and cost
• Act as the primary point of contact for business leadership branches and customers on inbound and outbound transportation opportunities and issues
• Plan design and execute projects and process improvements to modernize and optimize Finnings delivery network
• Provide strong people leadership through goal setting performance management and development planning building organizational capability and a highperformance culture
• Build sustainable Transportation Customs and Trade Compliance capabilities that improve speed to market and operational effectiveness
• Partner with crossfunctional teams to innovate and deliver costeffective efficient and bestinclass transportation solutions
• Champion a worldclass safety culture that meets or exceeds all safety targets and embeds safety as a core value
• Drive employee engagement and target engagement outcomes through clear leadership accountability and continuous improvement
• Measure performance against KPIs and provide regular reporting and insights to leadership and external vendors
• Oversee financial performance and annual spend for Transportation and Trade Compliance including transportation costs and duty and tax exposure
• Develop document and enforce trade compliance policies procedures and governance across all business units
• Establish governance and reporting structures within the analytics hub to support priority value drivers and informed decision making
• Support gotomarket execution through effective logistics enablement including refined quoting and delivery processes
• Represent the company in a professional and ethical manner with external partners regulators and industry associations

Education & Experience:

• Post secondary education in Transportation Logistics Business Management or a related discipline with a Bachelors degree in Business Management or equivalent experience
• Certified and licensed Canadian and United States Customs Broker; professional certifications in transportation international trade or export controls are an asset
• Minimum 15 years of progressive leadership experience in transportation logistics and trade compliance within a complex multi site organization
• Proven senior leader with the ability to translate strategy into executable plans measurable results and sustained cost reduction
• Demonstrated success leading and developing high performance teams and driving cross functional change initiatives
• Extensive experience designing optimizing and managing transportation networks for heavy equipment parts distribution projects and reverse logistics
• Deep expertise in international trade and multimodal transportation including TL LTL FCL LCL incoterms freight forwarders letters of credit and cargo insurance
• Strong working knowledge of customs regulations harmonized classification export controls trade compliance audits free trade agreements and duty recovery programs
• Experience working directly with Canadian and foreign government agencies and managing regulatory reporting and compliance
• Advanced financial and business acumen including budget ownership cost modeling KPI reporting and business case development
• Highly effective communicator and influencer capable of collaborating across all business units and stakeholder levels
• Proven change management and project leadership capabilities with a results oriented action focused approach
• Ability to balance complex operational detail with enterprise level strategy and long-term business objectives

At Finning we prioritize creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we actively encourage all individuals to express themselves and achieve their full potential. As a company we continuously strive to enhance our outreach to individuals of all backgrounds and identities. We do notdiscriminate against applicants based on gender identity race national and ethnic origin religion age sexual orientation marital and family status and/or mental or physical Finning is committed to collaborating with and providing reasonable accommodations /adjustments to individuals with disabilities. If you require an adjustment/accommodation at any point during the recruitment process please inform your recruiter.