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Description

As Business Unit Manager, you will provide strategic leadership as you optimize transportation planning and logistics, ensuring the safe and timely driver delivery of customer loads to destinations. Our Client is a reputable organization based in Moose Jaw, Sask with exciting plans for growth and expansion.  Your responsibilities will include:      

Leadership and General Management  
- Provide leadership and oversee the drivers/leased operators in carrying out their responsibilities.  
- Build strong client relationships by accurately determining/meeting client needs and providing excellent service. Plan, schedule and dispatch drivers as arranged.   Maintain positive working relationships with both drivers and customers.  
- Recruit, mentor and ensure drivers meet time and transportation goals.  Complete weekly report cards, calculate drivers pay and coordinate time off requests.

Transportation Logistics
- Optimize transportation logistics in the areas of efficiency, cost, and reliability with the goal of enhancing customer satisfaction and operational success.
- Learn and maintain an up-to-date knowledge of geographical regions/routes, weights and dimensions, axle weights on highways, payloads, paperwork, inspections, standard operating procedures and office policies.  
- Coordinate and ensure information is entered into the system including customer orders/plans, truck dispatches and satellite tracking.  

As the successful applicant, you will bring:
- Related training, logistics knowledge and experience in the transportation industry.   Ideally 5+ years dispatch/management experience.  
- Strong initiative and ambitious self-starter committed to meeting expectations and targets.  Enjoy going above and beyond to reach additional incentives offered on the job.  
- Good organizational and problem solving skills. Committed to conduct all business ethically and with integrity.  

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