Wednesday, December 7, 2011
2012 Annual Dinner information posted
The Traffic Club of Philadelphia is pleased to announce that the 2012 Annual Dinner commemorating our 104th anniversary will take place on the evening of Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn's Landing. Details can be found on our website.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Job Posting
Job Title: Director, Customer Logistics-II
Requisition Number: 14867
Job Category - Department: Operations Management (Regular/Full Time)
Travel Requirement: 80%
Location: Philadelphia, PA 19019
Position Description:
This position will primarily be responsible for the financials, profit and loss responsibility and sales and account growth within a geographical area.
Requirements:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Logistics, Transportation Management or related field is required;
- A minimum of 10 (ten) years of experience in Supply Chain Management or Operations Management in a multi-plant manufacturing environment is required.
- Intermediate level skills with MS Word such as including styles, mail merge, tabs, tables, columns and breaks, graphics, fields, headers and footers, working with margins, page orientation, and spelling/grammar.
- Prior experience making customer and senior level management presentations is also required.
Additional Requirements:
- Masters degree preferred.
Areas of responsibility will be distribution, dedicated contract carriage (DCC) and carrier management. This will involve an area of the business that will manage gross revenues of approximately $60 million in revenues, overseeing several locations and 500+ employees. The incumbent will maintain a positive employee relation climate and maintain a customer satisfaction index at a World Class Level.
Responsibilities:
Areas of responsibility will be warehousing, distribution, dedicated contract carriage (DCC) and carrier management. This will involve an area of the business that will manage gross revenues of approximately $130 million and net revenues of approximately $24 million, overseeing several locations and employees. The incumbent will maintain a positive employee relation climate and maintain a customer satisfaction index at a World Class Level.
Requisition Number: 14867
Job Category - Department: Operations Management (Regular/Full Time)
Travel Requirement: 80%
Location: Philadelphia, PA 19019
Position Description:
This position will primarily be responsible for the financials, profit and loss responsibility and sales and account growth within a geographical area.
Requirements:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Logistics, Transportation Management or related field is required;
- A minimum of 10 (ten) years of experience in Supply Chain Management or Operations Management in a multi-plant manufacturing environment is required.
- Intermediate level skills with MS Word such as including styles, mail merge, tabs, tables, columns and breaks, graphics, fields, headers and footers, working with margins, page orientation, and spelling/grammar.
- Prior experience making customer and senior level management presentations is also required.
Additional Requirements:
- Masters degree preferred.
Areas of responsibility will be distribution, dedicated contract carriage (DCC) and carrier management. This will involve an area of the business that will manage gross revenues of approximately $60 million in revenues, overseeing several locations and 500+ employees. The incumbent will maintain a positive employee relation climate and maintain a customer satisfaction index at a World Class Level.
Responsibilities:
Areas of responsibility will be warehousing, distribution, dedicated contract carriage (DCC) and carrier management. This will involve an area of the business that will manage gross revenues of approximately $130 million and net revenues of approximately $24 million, overseeing several locations and employees. The incumbent will maintain a positive employee relation climate and maintain a customer satisfaction index at a World Class Level.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Job Announcement
Logistics Manager
Needs experience in Agricultural transportation, ideally with seeds, raw products and oils. Our client can be flexible if someone has exposure to any of those (or related) areas ( or even chemicals). Pay scale negotiable. Plenty of room for promotion.
Other highlights:
- They are a specialty crop growing business that sells the oils both domestically and with exports. They also import oils, as well.
- In a rapid growth pattern.
- Headquartered in the Southeast.
- Offices in 5 countries on 3 continents.
- 100% employer paid medical benefits
- Ideal for someone to break out of the classic corporate structure.
For more details, please contact:
Piers Clarkson
Director Of Executive Recruiting
THE CLARKS GROUP
Professional Staffing & Recruitment Service
Phone: 336-765-7377
piers@theclarksgroup.com
www.TheClarksGroup.com
www.linkedIn.com/in/PiersClarkson
Needs experience in Agricultural transportation, ideally with seeds, raw products and oils. Our client can be flexible if someone has exposure to any of those (or related) areas ( or even chemicals). Pay scale negotiable. Plenty of room for promotion.
Other highlights:
- They are a specialty crop growing business that sells the oils both domestically and with exports. They also import oils, as well.
- In a rapid growth pattern.
- Headquartered in the Southeast.
- Offices in 5 countries on 3 continents.
- 100% employer paid medical benefits
- Ideal for someone to break out of the classic corporate structure.
For more details, please contact:
Piers Clarkson
Director Of Executive Recruiting
THE CLARKS GROUP
Professional Staffing & Recruitment Service
Phone: 336-765-7377
piers@theclarksgroup.com
www.TheClarksGroup.com
www.linkedIn.com/in/PiersClarkson
Monday, August 8, 2011
Job Announcement
Waste Management (WM) seeks qualified candidates for opportunities as a District Fleet Manager in Telford, PA.
WM is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. You'll find a strong sense of pride throughout WM, not only because of our success, but also because of our commitment to sustainable solutions, including increasing recycling and reuse, developing renewable energy sources (such as landfill gas-to-energy solutions) and more. You'll help bring WM's Think Green® solutions to your community. You also will find a commitment on the part of WM to helping employees develop professionally through ongoing training and educational benefits.
I invite you to read an extremely insightful description of the opportunity. It includes information like:
--What makes this position the opportunity of choice for the right person
--The Nuts and Bolts of the job
--The true challenges of the position
--The Insider's View
If you believe you may have the required experience and would like to be considered for this career opportunity, follow this link to view a detailed and insightful insider's view of this opportunity and pursue the position online if you are interested.
For more info:
Andrea Mitchell-Khan
Recruitment Partner
The Waste Management, Inc. Recruitment Team
562-377-5661
amitchellkhan@dtoolbox.com
WM is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. You'll find a strong sense of pride throughout WM, not only because of our success, but also because of our commitment to sustainable solutions, including increasing recycling and reuse, developing renewable energy sources (such as landfill gas-to-energy solutions) and more. You'll help bring WM's Think Green® solutions to your community. You also will find a commitment on the part of WM to helping employees develop professionally through ongoing training and educational benefits.
I invite you to read an extremely insightful description of the opportunity. It includes information like:
--What makes this position the opportunity of choice for the right person
--The Nuts and Bolts of the job
--The true challenges of the position
--The Insider's View
If you believe you may have the required experience and would like to be considered for this career opportunity, follow this link to view a detailed and insightful insider's view of this opportunity and pursue the position online if you are interested.
For more info:
Andrea Mitchell-Khan
Recruitment Partner
The Waste Management, Inc. Recruitment Team
562-377-5661
amitchellkhan@dtoolbox.com
Friday, July 29, 2011
Job Announcement
Logistics and Transportation Manager
CertainTeed Corporation - Valley Forge, PA (Greater Philadelphia Area)
GENERAL FUNCTION:
The Supply Chain Manager coordinates the demand-capacity planning for the CertainTeed Ceilings division as well as manages domestic and international freight. This leads to efficient balancing of customer demand with manufacturing supply through production scheduling and inventory management as well as on time deliveries, all of which help achieve published service levels at lowest possible costs.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
Manage outbound freight activities (including customer deliveries, interplant shipments, route trucks and international shipments) and support the Purchasing Manager to optimize inbound freight on raw materials.
- Negotiate rates and terms on each outbound lane
- Monitor and report outbound freight KPI's monthly
- Optimize delivery options to continually improve customer service levels and costs.
- Ensure that customer freight claims are investigated, settled and that actions are taken to prevent recurrence.
- Maintains up to date data in th JDE system including lane rates, fuel surcharges, etc.. Ensures that carrier contracts, insurance certificates and safety score are up to date.
- Ensures that freight invoices are verified, non conforming ones are reconciled and invoices are paid per agreed terms.
Develop Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes that achieve the agreed service levels
- Develp collaborative sales forecasting methods
- Develop and implement models that provide the plants with guidelines for raw material and finished goods inventories needed to achieve published service levels.
- Develop production scheduling models for each plant that optimizes raw materials and finished goods inventory levels while meeting sales forecasts.
- Provide the plants with expertise to effectively use warehouse space and justify additional space when needed.
- Prepare the annual freight budget and demand - capacity plan.
OTHER DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Participates in CertainTeed freight committees as the Ceilings representative
- Provides freight and demand-capacity information to others in Ceilings as needed
- Helps to value the cost of non standard products
Desired Skills & Experience
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Bachelor degree in Supply Chain management, Engineering, Operations Management or equivalent.
- APICS certification
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in supply chain positions, preferably in a manufacturing business.
- Minimum of 3 years experience managing shipments by truck includng rate negotiations and performance tracking
- Demonstrated experience with S&OP processes, production scheduling and inventory management. Familiarity with modeling and the software used in these applications.
- A high degree of analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills with ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
- Ability to sell the benefits of and support the implementation of new analytical tools to improve business performance.
PREFERRED OR DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Prior experience as a freight or traffic manager
- Experience with advanced statistics.
- Experience with SAP, E1, or similar ERP system.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Normal office environment with travel to plants about 15%
- Possibility for additional work hours outside the normal hours
Company Description
Through innovation and creative product design, CertainTeed has helped shape the building products industry for more than 100 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm made its slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," which quickly inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed® is North America's leading brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, windows, fence, decking, railing, trim, foundations, pipe, insulation, gypsum, ceilings and access covers.
Headquartered in Valley Forge, Pa., CertainTeed and its affiliates have more than 6,000 employees and more than 65 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada.
Additional Information
Posted: July 13, 2011
Type: Full-time
Experience: Mid-Senior level
Functions: Supply Chain
Industries: Building Materials
Job ID: 1765428
CertainTeed Corporation - Valley Forge, PA (Greater Philadelphia Area)
GENERAL FUNCTION:
The Supply Chain Manager coordinates the demand-capacity planning for the CertainTeed Ceilings division as well as manages domestic and international freight. This leads to efficient balancing of customer demand with manufacturing supply through production scheduling and inventory management as well as on time deliveries, all of which help achieve published service levels at lowest possible costs.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
Manage outbound freight activities (including customer deliveries, interplant shipments, route trucks and international shipments) and support the Purchasing Manager to optimize inbound freight on raw materials.
- Negotiate rates and terms on each outbound lane
- Monitor and report outbound freight KPI's monthly
- Optimize delivery options to continually improve customer service levels and costs.
- Ensure that customer freight claims are investigated, settled and that actions are taken to prevent recurrence.
- Maintains up to date data in th JDE system including lane rates, fuel surcharges, etc.. Ensures that carrier contracts, insurance certificates and safety score are up to date.
- Ensures that freight invoices are verified, non conforming ones are reconciled and invoices are paid per agreed terms.
Develop Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes that achieve the agreed service levels
- Develp collaborative sales forecasting methods
- Develop and implement models that provide the plants with guidelines for raw material and finished goods inventories needed to achieve published service levels.
- Develop production scheduling models for each plant that optimizes raw materials and finished goods inventory levels while meeting sales forecasts.
- Provide the plants with expertise to effectively use warehouse space and justify additional space when needed.
- Prepare the annual freight budget and demand - capacity plan.
OTHER DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Participates in CertainTeed freight committees as the Ceilings representative
- Provides freight and demand-capacity information to others in Ceilings as needed
- Helps to value the cost of non standard products
Desired Skills & Experience
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Bachelor degree in Supply Chain management, Engineering, Operations Management or equivalent.
- APICS certification
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in supply chain positions, preferably in a manufacturing business.
- Minimum of 3 years experience managing shipments by truck includng rate negotiations and performance tracking
- Demonstrated experience with S&OP processes, production scheduling and inventory management. Familiarity with modeling and the software used in these applications.
- A high degree of analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills with ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
- Ability to sell the benefits of and support the implementation of new analytical tools to improve business performance.
PREFERRED OR DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Prior experience as a freight or traffic manager
- Experience with advanced statistics.
- Experience with SAP, E1, or similar ERP system.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Normal office environment with travel to plants about 15%
- Possibility for additional work hours outside the normal hours
Company Description
Through innovation and creative product design, CertainTeed has helped shape the building products industry for more than 100 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm made its slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," which quickly inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed® is North America's leading brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, windows, fence, decking, railing, trim, foundations, pipe, insulation, gypsum, ceilings and access covers.
Headquartered in Valley Forge, Pa., CertainTeed and its affiliates have more than 6,000 employees and more than 65 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada.
Additional Information
Posted: July 13, 2011
Type: Full-time
Experience: Mid-Senior level
Functions: Supply Chain
Industries: Building Materials
Job ID: 1765428
Friday, July 22, 2011
Fall Golf Outing
Details for the upcoming Fall Golf Outing on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 are now posted on the Traffic Club Calendar
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Job Announcement
Director of Logistics
Greater Philadelphia Region
Our client, located about 45 minutes west of Philadelphia, has retained us to assist them in finding a Logistics Professional who will lead the transportation management and warehouse logistics function. Reporting to the V.P. of Manufacturing, you will oversee two warehouse facilities – one local and one in Indiana- and be responsible for streamlining the 3rd party transportation logistics of multiple carriers to manufacturing sites across the U.S. This is a newly created position.
Premier Executive Search is a nationwide professional search firm that brings together leading companies and top-tier candidates.
We are seeking individuals (local candidates preferred) with 6-8 years of logistics leadership that includes a strong background with analytics and process improvement decision-making. Key backgrounds will include successful optimization of 3rd party carrier activities and in-depth warehouse management experience with impact on the order selection and inventory control functions.
Some travel will be required along with a Bachelor’s degree and the ability to work with and communicate with all levels within the organization. This position offers more than usual autonomy and will have high visibility within the organization.
If you are interested in growing your career with a growing and dynamic international company, then please send your resume in WORD format and include your salary history. All replies are held in strict confidence. This position offers a competitive compensation program and is supported by comprehensive benefits.
Rachel Cornell
Senior Search Consultant
Premier Executive Search
rcornell@premierexecsearch.com
Monday, May 23, 2011
National Transportation Week Luncheon Photos
Photos from last week's event are posted in our online photo gallery.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Job Announcement
Import / Supply Chain Coordinator
Organized, detail-oriented individual needed to support the smooth and efficient operation of the international supply chains of our clients. This position requires attention to a wide range of tasks and responsibilities to ensure the smooth delivery of goods to clients from various Asian countries. Motivated person is required to maintain flow of information between sales force and client; and to create new reporting systems for a growing segment of established business. Candidate needs to have a good understanding of general purchasing and accounting functions.
Responsibilities include:
Required Skills:
Contact:
PAULA WIGHT, MARKETING MANAGER
BON TOOL CO.
4430 GIBSONIA ROAD • GIBSONIA, PA 15044
TEL: 724-443-7080 • FAX: 724-443-7090
EMAIL: PWIGHT@BONTOOL.COM
www.bontool.com
www.facebook.com/bontool
Organized, detail-oriented individual needed to support the smooth and efficient operation of the international supply chains of our clients. This position requires attention to a wide range of tasks and responsibilities to ensure the smooth delivery of goods to clients from various Asian countries. Motivated person is required to maintain flow of information between sales force and client; and to create new reporting systems for a growing segment of established business. Candidate needs to have a good understanding of general purchasing and accounting functions.
Responsibilities include:
- Produce pro-forma invoices
- Interface with accounting to pay factories
- Establish freight routings including consolidation of multiple shipments
- Ensure all relevant export filings and paperwork are distributed
- Oversee efficient and cost effective delivery of goods
- Expedite shipping and maintain order status logs
- Maintain organized and detailed reports of pending projects
- Prepare estimates and client reports
- Process purchase orders
Required Skills:
- Must be attentive to detail
- Must be very organized
- Must be able to work under varying work loads
- Must be accurate in execution of tasks
- Must have an understanding of general accounting functions
- Must be comfortable with Excel and using databases
- Experience with Quick Books is a plus
- Work experience with accounting is a plus
- An understanding of Asian cultures is a plus
- Experience working with international markets is a plus
- Experience working with imports/exports agents and freight forwarders is a plus
Contact:
PAULA WIGHT, MARKETING MANAGER
BON TOOL CO.
4430 GIBSONIA ROAD • GIBSONIA, PA 15044
TEL: 724-443-7080 • FAX: 724-443-7090
EMAIL: PWIGHT@BONTOOL.COM
www.bontool.com
www.facebook.com/bontool
Saturday, April 30, 2011
2011 Annual Membership Drive
The Traffic Club of Philadelphia announces our annual Membership Drive. Time to renew your Club membership! The upcoming year promises to be an exciting one, filled with outstanding events and networking opportunities, and we want you to be a key part of that.
Membership and participation in the Club will directly benefit you as a logistics professional by helping you to stay ahead of our changing industry and to establish contacts with other practitioners in the field of transportation.
We hope that you will take full advantage of all of the benefits of membership in the Club, such as: educational programs; academic scholarships; Club blog with job notices; Vesper Club reciprocal membership; community service; and much more.
Just click on this link and follow the directions to join or renew your membership.
Registration renewals may be completed by submitting a completed registration form and check by U.S. mail or by using the secure online registration option.
Thank you for your continuing support as we strive to best serve you and fulfill the Club's mission of promoting transportation and logistics in the Greater Delaware Valley through education and networking.
Membership and participation in the Club will directly benefit you as a logistics professional by helping you to stay ahead of our changing industry and to establish contacts with other practitioners in the field of transportation.
We hope that you will take full advantage of all of the benefits of membership in the Club, such as: educational programs; academic scholarships; Club blog with job notices; Vesper Club reciprocal membership; community service; and much more.
Just click on this link and follow the directions to join or renew your membership.
Registration renewals may be completed by submitting a completed registration form and check by U.S. mail or by using the secure online registration option.
Thank you for your continuing support as we strive to best serve you and fulfill the Club's mission of promoting transportation and logistics in the Greater Delaware Valley through education and networking.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
National Transportation Week Luncheon
Our annual luncheon to commemorate National Transportation Week will take place on Wednesday, May 18th 2011 at the Chart House Restaurant and will feature guest speaker Paul Flora from the Federal Reserve Bank. Sponsorships and tickets still available.
Five scholarships will be presented at this year's event. The scholarship application deadline is May 6th 2011.
For more information, see the event and scholarship details on our website.
Five scholarships will be presented at this year's event. The scholarship application deadline is May 6th 2011.
For more information, see the event and scholarship details on our website.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Welcome FY2012 Board of Governors
Our new Board of Governors take office on April 1st and will serve for fiscal year 2012 through March 31, 2012. Please visit our updated Board of Governors webpage to learn more about our new officers.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
2011 Inaugural Night
Photos from the March 24th Inaugural Night at the Citizens Bank Park Hall of Fame Club are posted online in our Photo Gallery.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
2011 Annual Dinner Photos
Over 80 photos from the Traffic Club's Annual Dinner on Tuesday, January 25 are now available for viewing online in our Photo Gallery.
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