National Routing Optimization Manager

National Routing Optimization Manager

Company Overview

Sysco connects the world to share food and care for one another. Sysco leads from the heart of food and service to deliver the freshest of foods and ideas to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Our customers can count on us to deliver on-point products and solutions since only Sysco is the global leader, sitting at the heart of innovation supply, delivery, culinary and more.

With over 57,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 326 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 625,000 customer locations. For fiscal 2022 that ended July 2, 2022, the company generated sales of more than $68 billion USD.

Sysco, one of Canada’s Best Employers 2022, as listed by Forbes, is dedicated to our global corporate social responsibility goals and to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We offer our colleagues the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations.

Sysco is more than just a place to work. Our passion for food and our customers has made us the industry leader. To remain on top, we will continue to think bigger, work harder and never give up. Are you ready to drive success?

Role:

This role is responsible for evaluating and leading national and regional initiatives with the goal of improving our Transportation cost per case via building more efficient and consistent delivery routes in the most cost-effective manner possible.

Role Responsibilities:

1. Review regions quarterly and identify opportunities to improve routing efficiencies, reduce delivery expense and improve equipment utilization.
2. Maximize pieces per truck, pieces per mile while remaining compliant with Hours-of-Service Regulations.
3. Conduct meetings with VP Field Sales/VP National Sales to develop and identify opportunities for improving on service levels and achieving organizational goals.
4. Conduct effectiveness study for 6-day opportunity and provide roll out best practices.
5. Work in collaboration with our 360 team to integrate and automate additional functions and access to support our sales team.
6. Lead the implementation of Territory Planner across each region.
7. Align new Regions with customer base (optimizing for the most efficient and balanced routing across Canada).
8. Audit customer delivery frequency vs. volume (managing designated delivery days).
9. Balancing delivery volumes (reducing equipment and our carbon footprint needed to service customer).
10. Canadian administrator for Roadnet, maintaining Roadnet delivery information system and ensure that applicable upgrades/changes to the system are made in a timely manner.
11. Develop and maintain best practices, ensuring all system functions are aligned and consistent across Canada; streamline reporting and KPI’s.
12. Conducting new customer cost analysis.
13. Support sites with contingency planning.
14. Create ODI reporting structure tracking sales, pieces per truck, pieces per mile and fuel usage.
15. Assist and train routing leads on Roadnet system changes/upgrades.
16. Effectively manage, coach and develop routing staff focusing on continuous improvement.
17. Complies with Sysco’s Food Safety Policy and procedures to ensure food safety, quality and legality requirements are met.
18. Is willing to work safely with minimal environmental impact and understands the importance of reporting all hazards, incidents, and environmental spills immediately to their Supervisor.
19. Understands that they play an integral role in their own safety and that of their colleagues and is willing to speak out when hazards are present.
20. Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Skills/Job Requirements (About you):

1. Five (5+) years in a dispatch/routing related role.
2. Geographical knowledge of service area and map reading skills.
3. Variety of transportation routing experience preferred.
4. Foodservice distribution is an asset.
5. Post-secondary education in logistics and transportation is preferred.
6. Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.
7. Knowledge of AS400 and oracle WMS systems.
8. Enterprise Road Net or other dispatch and routing software knowledge is an asset.
9. Geographical knowledge of the region.

Internal candidates apply via the Career Centre on your HR Portal / ADP Workforce Now.

External candidates submit cover letter & resume via www.sysco.ca/careers.

Sysco is committed to Employment Equity. Accommodations during the recruitment process are available upon request for candidates with disabilities.

Here’s a sample of the many benefits Sysco colleagues enjoy:

Comprehensive Flexible Benefits including Health and Dental, Health Care Spending and Wellness Accounts • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability • Life Insurance • Voluntary Optional Insurance • Parental Leave Plan • Company Pension Plan • Group RRSP & TFSA • Employee and Family Assistance • Stock Purchase Plan • Maple Virtual Care • Unlimited on-line learning • Sysco product discounts • Preferred vendor discounts • Associate Resource Groups

(*benefits may vary based on location or bargaining unit)