VP Freight Forwarding Operations

Job Description

Job Description

Summary

The Vice President of Freight Forwarding Operations reports to the LOGISTEED America, Inc. President & COO. This role will primarily have full responsibility and accountability for the company’s direction, operations and growth efforts in the Freight Forwarding division. The Vice President of Freight Forwarding Operations will provide direction and leadership to the organization including but not limited to :

• This position will have responsibility to develop, plan and implement key activity and to drive critical and strategic growth across our North American operations so they must be driven and extremely organized
• Play a critical role in helping to shape and guide future growth and development of the freight forwarding division and organization
• Develop and implement an integrated operational strategy and organization capable of achieving business objectives
• Monitor performance against plan, and oversee budgets and financial tracking for the organization,
• Translate this strategy and implement dedicated programs, complete with measurable goals and KPIs.
• Be highly flexible with a “think outside of the box” mentality; and have a forward-thinking vision mentality.

Qualities

Essential Duties & Functional Responsibilities Required

Required Knowledge Skills & Abilities

The following reflects management’s definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions

Non -Essential Functions

Competencies

Supervisory Responsibility

Preferred Qualifications, Required Knowledge Skills & Abilities and Working Conditions

Previous Work Experience

Education and Certifications

Experience Requirements and Preferences

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Work Authorization / Security Clearance (if applicable)

Other DutiesPlease note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities are outlined in work instructions and standard operating procedures and may change at any time with or without notice.PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk or sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, bend crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and / or move objects up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and / or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Ninety percent of the work time will be spent in an office setting where the environment is climate controlled. Ten percent of work time may be spent in various warehouse or other locations where the environment is not climate controlled (hot and cold seasonally).

LOGISTEED America, Inc. is an equal opportunity organization. We abide by all applicable equal opportunity laws and regulations. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION - The company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

Information is obtained as part of an employee’s essential job functions if : (1) access to compensation information is necessary to perform that function or another routinely assigned business task, or (2) the function or duties of the position include protecting and maintaining the privacy of employee personnel records, including compensation information.

Nothing in this statement prevents LOGISTEED America, Inc. from disciplining, terminating, or otherwise taking adverse action against an applicant or employee because they have violated another workplace rule. LOGISTEED America, Inc. fully supports the above pay transparency nondiscrimination statement.

EOE / M / F / D / V