LOCATION

• Vancouver

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MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting to the Director – Sales & Customer Service, Central & Western Canada , the Sales Manager will be responsible for prospecting new clients to offer them value added logistics/freight forwarding services and solutions. Responsible to achieve the overall established sales and margin targets for the OEC Vancouver sales team

- Lead, coach, and supervise the OEC Vancouver sales department ensuring a high level of productivity and performance
- Through weekly meetings provide Senior Management with progress updates on the Vancouver sales team performance, identifying status of sales objectives, individual sales rep performance and overall pipeline
- Schedule weekly/monthly 1 on 1 feedback sessions with Sales Representatives to review performance, pipeline, and identify issues preventing optimal performance
- Motivate the sales team through innovative management practices such as sales competitions and campaigns
- Develop an OEC Vancouver Sales Business Plan and provide Senior Mgmt. with executive reporting tracking pipeline, objectives and results
- Responsible for growing the sales force in alignment with Company sales objectives and targets
- Actively sell all OEC products and services to new and existing accounts, meeting/exceeding market needs
-Lead and co-ordinate the preparation of all documents and analysis for major OEC RFQs
- Work with the Director to provide regular training and coaching to all sales personnel on the Company’s products and services
- Perform regular business intelligence activities in the market and inform the Company on market conditions, trends and competitor’s activities
- Develop and update sales presentations by vertical to effectively sell OEC’s products and services
- Recommend to Senior Management any specific training needs to improve sales techniques and increase productive sales calls
- Promptly report any customer complaints and assist the Customer Care team in bringing a diligent and satisfactory resolution to any dispute or dissatisfaction issue
- Engage in regular entertainment and promotional activities to increase Company’s market share with existing and prospective clients within corporate policies regulations
- Immediately report to Senior Management any derogation to corporate policies and/or any issues that bear material contingent liability for the company

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SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT PROFILE

- A minimum of 5 years of experience in international Freight Forwarding Sales
- 2-3 years of experience managing a sales team
- Excellent knowledge of logistics including Air Import/Export, Ocean Import/Export and Warehousing and distribution services
- Prior experience contributing to client RFQ’s
- Ability to apply efficient prospecting methods for clientele development
- High execution skills using MS Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams and experience using a CMS (Customer Management System)
- Strong communication and negotiation skills
- Strong sales skills
- Enthusiastic and result driven
- Strong organizational skills

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APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Qualified candidates should forward their C.V. with cover letter to:

Human Resources
725 Montee de Liesse
Saint Laurent, Quebec, Canada
H4T 1P5
Fax  514 905-1247
Email: humanresources@oecgroup.ca

LOCATION

• Montreal
• Toronto
• Vancouver

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MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

-Develop new business by acquiring new client accounts.
-Make regular sales calls and visits (existing and prospective accounts)
-Establish strong relationships with prospect and customer decision makers.
-Sustain business development efforts with all customer accounts assigned under your responsibility.
-Engage in regular entertainment and promotional activities with prospective customers within corporate regulations.
-Actively and consistently promote all products and services of the Company
-Regularly inquire into the customer satisfaction of accounts under your responsibility and report promptly any dissatisfaction or dispute issues.
-Assist in bringing a diligent and satisfactory resolution to any dispute or dissatisfaction issue with clients.
-Perform regular business intelligence activities in the market
-Prepare timely and useful reports on sales calls for management, using OECs’ CMS software.

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SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT PROFILE

-Intimate knowledge of logistics including Air Import/Export and Ocean Import/Export.
-Ability to apply efficient prospecting methods for clientele development
-Knowledge of Windows based programs required: general computer literacy including Lotus notes, Excel, Word, Powerpoint and CMS (Customer Management System) is required.
-Strong communication skills
-Strong salesmanship skills
-Strong persuasive abilities
-Enthusiastic and results driven
-Strong organization skills
-Must be willing to learn and grow in this position
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APPLICATION PROCEDURE

This position is for someone looking for a career and not a job, it is a career path for many more opportunities in an ever growing company in a thriving global industry.
Qualified candidates should forward their C.V. with cover letter to:

Human Resources
725 Montee de Liesse
Saint-Laurent,  Quebec, Canada
H4T 1P5
Fax  514 905-1247
Email: humanresources@oecgroup.ca

LOCATION

• Montreal
• Toronto
• Vancouver

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MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

-Handling Ocean Import freight files.
-Shipment delivery arrangements and planning
-Verification of OBL & Payment requirements prior to shipment release
-Read, monitor and respond promptly to all incoming communications (clients and other business partners-domestic and overseas) in order to properly manage and control daily operational issues
-Verify bookings and get appropriate approvals before relaying information overseas
-Booking of cargo with transport companies
-Guaranteeing and billing of storage/demurrage for approved accounts
-Responsible to ensure the approval of supplier's invoices and verifying overseas agent's remittance on a timely basis
-Responsible for resolving in a diligent and business efficient
manner customer complaints and implement measures to prevent their frequency and recurrence
-Responsible to resolve internal and operation problems on a diligent and business efficient manner in order to prevent service deficiencies and/or customers' dissatisfaction
-Improve on an ongoing basis internal systems and procedures in order to favor customer service and department internal efficiency.
-Other tasks and duties assigned from time to time.
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POSITION REQUIREMENTS

-Minimum two (2) years experience in similar position with an International Freight Forwarding organization
-Strong people skills
-Good Communication skills and customer service oriented
-Ability to set priorities and organize workload assigned in an efficient manner
-Good Computer skills
-Able to work under pressure
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APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Qualified candidates should forward their C.V. with cover letter to:

Human Resources
725 Montee de Liesse
Saint Laurent,  Québec, Canada
H4T 1P5
Fax (514) 905-1247
Email: humanresources@oecgroup.ca

LOCATION

• Montreal
• Toronto
• Vancouver

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MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

-Handling of air and ocean Export Shipments.
-Booking of cargo and negotiation of Ad Hoc rates with carriers
-Shipment's pick up arrangements and planning
-Conformity verification of all documentation at time of shipment preparation.
-Building and maintaining good relations with carriers
-Read, monitor and respond promptly to all incoming communications (clients and other business partners-Domestic and Overseas) in order to properly manage and control daily operational issues
-Verify bookings and get appropriate approvals before relaying information overseas.
-Tracking and tracing of shipments to final destination
-Timely and accurate billing of shipments
-Conformity review and approval of supplier's invoices on a timely basis
-Conformity review and approval of overseas agent's remittance on a timely basis
-Solving in a diligent and business efficient manner customer complaints and implement measures to prevent their frequency and recurrence
-Solving of internal and operation problems in a diligent and business efficient manner in order to prevent service deficiencies and/or customer's dissatisfaction
-Improving on an ongoing basis internal systems and procedures in order to favour customer service and departmental efficiency

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POSITION REQUIREMENTS

-Good knowledge of export industry and regulations
-Min 3 Years experience in air and ocean exports with International shipments
-Strong communication skills
-Strong people skills
-Strong aptitude in managing emergency situations in a business efficient manner
-Strong aptitude in decision making and problem solving
-Strong aptitude in time management
-Ability to review procedures and identify areas of improvement
-Ability to set priorities and organize workload assigned in an efficient manner
-Ability to work a fast paced environment
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APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Qualified candidates should forward their C.V. with cover letter to:

Human Resources
725 Montee de Liesse
Saint-Laurent,  Quebec, Canada
H4T 1P5
Fax (514) 905-1247
Email: humanresources@oecgroup.ca

LOCATION

• Montreal
• Toronto
• Vancouver

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RESPONSIBILITIES

• To execute customer orders, purchase transport services, provide logistics support.

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QUALIFICATIONS

• Possess complete knowledge and understanding  of air import services from Asia
• Shipment handling and release, invoicing and  rating
• Good communication skills and customer service oriented
• Computer skills required

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LANGUAGES

• French and English

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APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Qualified candidates should forward their C.V. with cover letter to:

Human Resources
725 Montee de Liesse
Saint-Laurent,  Quebec, Canada
H4T 1P5
Fax (514) 905-1247
Email: humanresources@oecgroup.ca

LOCATION

• Montreal

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MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Track and trace Air, Sea and trucking shipments online and with timely follow up with overseas partners and all related stakeholders and update systems accordingly
• Preparing, checking and monitoring documentation of all international bookings
• Preparing export declarations
• Communicate efficiently with overseas partners and make proper follow-up on shipments
• Building and maintaining good relations with overseas partners, customers and co-workers
• Read, monitor and respond promptly to specific incoming communications (clients and other business partners-domestic and overseas)
• Timely and accurate billing
• Provide assistance when needed to improve products and services

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SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT PROFILE

• A minimum of 1-3 years of experience in coordination in freight forwarding (air and ocean import/export)
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel in particular, POM, Emails essential
• Bilingual (French and English)
• Strong communication skills
• Strong people skills
• Strong aptitude in time management
• Ability to set priorities and organize workload assigned in an efficient manner
• Ability to work in a dynamic and fast pace environment

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APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Qualified candidates should forward their C.V. with cover letter to:

Human Resources
725 Montee de Liesse
Saint-Laurent,  Quebec, Canada
H4T 1P5
Fax (514) 905-1247
Email: humanresources@oecgroup.ca

LOCATION

• Montreal

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Working under the direction of the Ocean Import Manager, the Ocean Import Coordinator - Dispatch will be mainly responsible for arranging and planning shipment deliveries to customers.

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MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

- Handling ocean import freight files;
- Shipment delivery arrangements and planning;
- Verification of OBL & payment requirements prior to shipment release;
- Estimate required effort;
- Read, monitor, and respond promptly to all incoming communications (clients and other business partners – domestic and overseas) in order to properly manage and control daily operational issues;
-Guaranteeing and billing of storage / demurrage for approved accounts ;
- Responsible to ensure the approval of supplier’s invoices and verifying overseas affiliate’s remittance on a timely basis;
- Responsible for resolving in a diligent and business efficient manner customer complaints and implement measures to prevent their frequency and recurrence;
- Responsible to resolve internal and operation problems on a diligent and business efficient manner in order to prevent service deficiencies and/or customers’ dissatisfaction ;
- Improve on an ongoing basis internal systems and procedures in order to favor customer service and department internal efficiency;
- Complete customer billing;
- Other tasks and duties assigned from time to time by the immediate supervisor;

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POSITION REQUIREMENTS

- Minimum 2-3 years of experience in a similar position arranging local deliveries with transportation companies
- Experience in an international freight forwarding organization or trucking company;
- Knowledge of ocean freight documentation;
- Certification or diploma in a related field of studies, an asset;
- Strong people skills;
- Good communication skills and customer service oriented;
- Ability to set priorities and organize workload assigned in an efficient manner;
- Good computer skills;
- Able to work under pressure;
- Bilingual (French and English), a must;

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APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Qualified candidates should forward their C.V. with cover letter to:

Human Resources 
725 Montee de Liesse
Saint Laurent,  Québec, Canada
H4T 1P5
Fax (514) 905-1247
Email: humanresources@oecgroup.ca

LOCATION

• Montreal

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MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting to the IT Manager of Applications, the Junior Software Engineer will work on a close-knit team using agile development practices to develop OEC’s next generation logistics platform

- Work closely with product managers and domain experts to distill complex business problems into elegant technical solutions
- Design flexible and maintainable code
- Responsible for building, testing, deploying, and running solutions using a continuous delivery approach
­- Participate in design and peer reviews
- Work with the IT team to review problems, define and test solutions
­- Participate in the development of architectural framework and design
- Proactive approach to finding solutions and managing problems
- Proactively identify areas for improvement, seek solutions and make recommendations
- Remain up to date of development technologies, both current and future
- Other related duties, as assigned by the immediate supervisor
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SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT PROFILE

-Knowledge of professional software engineering practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control, continuous integration, automated testing, automated deployments and application performance monitoring
- Minimum of 1 year of experience developing software applications
- Experience with the Microsoft .NET development stack (C#, ASP.NET)
- Experience writing SQL queries against Microsoft SQL Server
- Experience with HTML and CSS.
- Experience working in the logistics or supply chain industries a plus
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APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Qualified candidates should forward their C.V. with cover letter to:

Human Resources 
725 Montee de Liesse
Saint-Laurent,  Quebec, Canada
H4T 1P5
Fax  514 905-1247
Email: humanresources@oecgroup.ca

LOCATION

• Montreal

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MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting to the IT Manager of Applications, the Senior Software Engineer will work on a close-knit team using agile development practices to develop OEC’s next generation logistics platform.

- Work closely with product managers and domain experts to distill complex business problems into elegant technical solutions
- Design flexible and maintainable code
- Responsible for building, testing, deploying, and running solutions using a continuous delivery approach
- Conduct design and peer reviews
- Work with the IT team to review problems, define and test solutions
- Exercise leadership through superior technical and domain knowledge
- Participate in the development of architectural framework and design
- Evaluate and introduce new tools and techniques to the development team
­- Proactive approach to finding solutions and managing problems
­- Proactively identify areas for improvement, seek solutions and make recommendations
- Remain up to date of development technologies, both current and future
- Other related duties, as assigned by the immediate supervisor

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SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT PROFILE

- Knowledge of professional software engineering practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control, continuous integration, automated testing, automated deployments and application performance monitoring
- Minimum of 5 years of experience developing software applications
- Deep experience with enterprise software development using the Microsoft .NET development stack (C#, ASP.NET MVC and Web APIs, Entity Framework)
- Deep experience developing against Microsoft SQL Server as the back-end database (TSQL and stored procedures)
- Solid experience with HTML and CSS.
- Familiarity with JavaScript
- Familiarity with Azure cloud deployments a plus
- Experience working in the logistics or supply chain industries a plus

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APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Qualified candidates should forward their C.V. with cover letter to:

Human Resources 
725 Montee de Liesse
Saint Laurent,  Québec, Canada
H4T 1P5
Fax (514) 905-1247
Email: humanresources@oecgroup.ca

LOCATION

• Montreal

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MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Working under the direction of the Director, Operations – Montreal, the Ocean Import Manager will be responsible for Ocean Freight operations and Ocean Carrier relations, supporting OEC’s tremendous growth.

- Organize, plan, control and oversee Ocean Freight Import operations and activities
­- Hire, train, coach and oversee employees
- Ensure timeliness, quality, conformity and control over departmental production flow of shipment files handling and closing, including billing, overseas affiliates’ remittance and P/L’s, vendors’ invoices approving and month-end closing processes
- Improve internal efficiency of systems and processes, customer care, profitability and productivity
- Resolve internal operational problems in a diligent and efficient manner in order to prevent service deficiencies and/or customers’ dissatisfaction
- Perform regular calls and visits to existing clients to maintain and develop harmonious business relationships and inquire on clients’ satisfaction in regards to Ocean Import products/services and new clients in order to develop new business
- Support Company in RFQ’s preparation and sales presentation to major accounts
- Support sales team efforts in sales solicitation and development of major accounts
- Play a leading role in ocean carrier contracts’ negotiations
- Strategically manage Company’s space allocation with carriers
- Perform bullet/commodity rates negotiations, upon request, for major accounts
­- Perform regular networking activities (visits, calls and entertainment activities) with ocean, rail and trucking carriers' key representatives, in order to develop and maintain strong carriers' relationships with existing and new carriers
­- Perform regular business intelligence activities in the market and keep the Company informed on market conditions, trends and competitor’s activities in ocean markets
­- Expand ocean carrier selection to provide more business opportunities for the Company in compliance with Senior Management objectives and authorized strategies

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SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT PROFILE

- 3+ years of experience in a similar role
- 7+ years of experience in Ocean Import operations
- University degree, preferred
- Strong organization, planning, decision-making and problem solving skills
- Strong leadership and teamwork skills
- Negotiation, conflict resolution, and people management skills
- Track record in employee development
- High level of written and oral communication skills
- Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships
- Experience working in the logistics or supply chain industries a plus

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APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Qualified candidates should forward their C.V. with cover letter to:

Human Resources 
725 Montee de Liesse
Saint Laurent,  Québec, Canada
H4T 1P5
Fax (514) 905-1247
Email: humanresources@oecgroup.ca