Director, National Transport Maintenance

Referred applicants should not apply directly to this role.

All referred applicants must first be submitted through Workday by a current Loblaw Colleague.

At Loblaw, we help millions of Canadians get through their best days, worst days, celebration days, and every day. Through our innovation and quality products, we’re here for our friends, neighbours, family members and colleagues.

We succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us.

We’re looking for adaptable people who are thrilled to join us in our goal of helping Canadians Live Life Well®. Whether you are just starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong. We promote leaders at every level and support our people to follow their passion.

Why is this role important :
Reporting to the Senior Director of Transport Maintenance, the Director will lead a diverse team of colleagues who are responsible for all equipment and services for our national fleet. The Director plays an important role in taking ownership and care in delivering specific expertise, useful recommendations and great service to our Transport Operations business partners.

What you'll do:

• Provide leadership to our regional maintenance teams, including in-house and third party maintenance providers
• Manage vendor relationships - with capital vendors on delivery terms and agreements, as well as maintenance vendors
• Build and maintain strong partnership with Transport Operations, ensuring that equipment is available and well maintained to align with operational requirements
• Manage fleet to ensure strong maintenance and equipment aging program, to properly utilize equipment based on mileage/age, and transport lanes
• Rigorous financial management, including industry standard reporting and analytics, and using data to drive decision making
• Represent Loblaw Transport at industry events, and promote our values of fleet safety and operational excellence (DRIVE principles)
• Negotiate with vendors to deliver best in class value, while leveraging our growing business to drive preferred pricing
• Lead consistent process across all maintenance groups in all transport domiciles nationally

What you bring:

• Strong team leader and communicator, who can collaboratively build and integrate cross functional relationships and bring beneficial skills to complement existing team

• University or college degree in Business, or an equivalent degree in a related field of study an asset
• 8+ years of experience, leading, mentoring and coaching a dynamic team of people
• Extensive experience and knowledge of fleet maintenance, including power units and trailers
• An innovative critical thinker with a customer centric approach to deliver mutually beneficial solutions to various business partners
• An effective change agent, who is capable of influencing people to new ways of thinking and adopting more sophisticated working tools
• Strong eye for business and financial understanding

Loblaw is committed to sustainability by sourcing products with integrity and making a positive difference in the community. Our CORE Values - Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence - guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits - these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada’s Top Employers, Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers & Canada’s Top Employers for Young People.

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We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.

Please Note:
Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.