Description:
We are seeking a Senior Manager, Logistics North and Central America (NCA) to join our Consumables Logistics NCA team. You will be responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership for logistics activities supporting mining consumables, overseeing regional logistics operations, and driving process optimization, which involves managing complex transportation networks and ensuring reliable delivery performance across all customer segments. Your role plays a crucial part in enabling efficient factory and distribution operations and ensuring visibility, compliance, and continuous improvement across logistics activities, which will contribute to improved service, cost control, and customer satisfaction. In this position, you will report to Director NCA Logistics.
This position is mainly located across any Metso office across Canada & USA. We are happy to offer flexible working arrangements, including hybrid options.
Team you belong to
You will join a team of supply chain and logistics experts dedicated to optimizing warehousing and distribution processes, who are passionate about driving reliable delivery performance and continuous improvement across logistics operations. We are currently working on visibility and tracking processes, continuous improvement initiatives, performance dashboards, and multi site distribution operations.
We work closely with internal and external stakeholders, such as Production, Procurement, Planners, HS&E, and logistics carriers and vendors. Our team culture is all about collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. The members in our team are located in the U.S., Canada, and other global Metso locations.
What You’ll Do
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high performing logistics team to meet service, cost, and delivery objectives.
- Oversee factory and multi region distribution operations, ensuring efficient material flow and proper handling of rubber, steel, composite, and ceramic consumables.
- Drive visibility and tracking of shipments across warehouses, customer facilities, mine sites, and remote locations, covering both company arranged and customer arranged freight.
- Implement continuous improvement initiatives, KPIs, and standardized logistics processes to enhance operational performance.
- Manage escalations related to complex logistics challenges, carrier performance issues, and customer impacting delays, ensuring timely resolution.
- Oversee compliance with safety, environmental, and transportation regulations across all logistics activities.
- Contribute to budgeting, forecasting, and long term planning for logistics operations and infrastructure.
- Support regional logistics initiatives and other duties as assigned to ensure reliable delivery and operational excellence.
Who You Are
- Relevant education or experience in Logistics, Supply Chain, Operations Management.
- Strong experience overseeing multi site warehouse or distribution operations.
- Proficiency with ERP systems, logistics KPIs, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Knowledge of transportation networks for heavy, oversized, or specialized components.
- Experience in developing and executing logistics strategies across multiple regions or countries and lead teams through coaching and mentoring.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
What's In It For You
- An inspiring purpose - Enabling sustainable modern life. Minerals and metals are the backbone of essential functions in the modern world. However, there's a pressing need for more sustainable solutions to collect and process them. At Metso, you get to be part of transforming the industry and making a positive change.
- Wellbeing and safety - Benefit from occupational healthcare, generous benefits plan, healthy living rewards, mental well-being services, and engagement surveys.
- Compensation and rewards - Global incentive program tied to business and performance targets.
- Hybrid working possibilities - While we are big advocates of meeting and collaborating in person, we believe in fostering a flexible work environment.
- A thriving culture - We are committed to developing an inclusive culture that enables everyone to do their best and reach their full potential. A culture that is courageous, compelling, and caring, and unites our people to build a sustainable future together.
- Extensive learning opportunities - Ongoing growth dialogues, internal mobility, mentoring programs, education assistance, ambitious projects, and global opportunities.
- Worldwide support - Leverage our network of peers across the world, offering valuable assistance. We get things done together, through open and honest communication.