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Metro
Position Title: Manager, Supply Chain Optimization
Requisition ID:41786
Career Group (ADSP):Distribution Center
Division: Qc - Logistique/Distribution Québec (80150819)
Department:Logistics and Distribution
Work Location: METRO - PLACE CARILLON, MONTRÉAL (#M-CARI)
Province: Canada : Quebec
Position Type: Permanent

Come take up new challenges and share your passion!

Joining our team has its advantages:

  • Flexible working hours to promote work/life balance
  • Hybrid telework
  • Flexible group insurance plan from day one
  • Very competitive pension plan
  • Generous vacation policy
  • Weekly pay
  • Employee and family assistance program
  • Free parking
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Several ED&I programs and initiatives
  • EV charging stations

Your mission in the team: (Hybrid role)
We are seeking a Manager, Supply Chain Optimization to drive efficiency, analytics, and governance across our supply chain projects. This role is responsible for ensuring projects align with strategic objectives, implementing best practices in process optimization, and leveraging data-driven insights to enhance decision-making.  Research, analytics and business intelligence feature heavily in this role, identifying opportunities and recommending solutions.  This role will lead a team responsible for developing data-driven dashboards, reporting frameworks, and advanced analytics solutions to enhance supply chain performance and decision-making.

Your responsibilities as Manager, Supply Chain Optimization:

  • Actively participate in the governance of logistics projects including the design of our end-to-end supply chain model.
  • Lead a team of data analysts to design, develop, and maintain interactive dashboards using Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools.
  • Establish and maintain data governance frameworks and processes. Governance. Ensure standardization of reporting, KPIs, and analytics models across the supply chain.
  • Monitors and supports key metrics (KPI’s) for overall supply chain performance and process effectiveness.  Supports and coach metric owners in completion of gap analyses and identification of corrective measures.
  • Analyze supply chain processes, developing short and long-term strategies for the organization with the goal to facilitate progress and reduce costs, both in terms of sales and workflow efficiency.
  • Manage the execution of optimization projects: i.e. quality of deliverables, respect of schedule, budget and monitor progress
  • Management and coordination of personnel including but not limited to, hiring, performance management, orientation, assignment and distribution of workflow.
  • Keep abreast of new management trends and practices; maintain a particular focus on innovation and advancements within the logistics and distribution discipline
  • Establish and sustain succession and contingency plans that ensure continuity of business execution

The qualifications we are looking for:

  • 3 to 5 years in supply chain with a focus on analytics and optimization
  • University Degree in Supply Chain Management /Economics /Business /Engineering /Business Technology/Operations Management
  • Strong skills in data analytics, AI modelling and Microsoft Office and basic principles of Supply Chain Management software. Including data analytic tools (SQL, Python, Alterx) and visualization platforms
  • Strong situational leadership skills to influence all levels of the organization and capable of building strong relationships to effect change.
  • Critical thinking and proficiency in business process evaluation and development; with the ability to understand and foresee implications of new information for current and future problem solving.
  • Thorough knowledge and experience of methodologies and standards for business analysis. Lean Six Sigma, Agile or similar process evaluation and improvement certification or equivalent experience.
  • Preferably 1+ years of having direct reports or mentoring roles
  • Available for occasional travel in Quebec and Ontario
  • Available for weekend work as projects require

Some additional advantages:

  • Excellent presentation skills; capable of delivering key messages to various audiences, including senior management.  Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; able to work across departments
  • Strong customer focus with business acumen, problem solving skills and results orientated

The responsibilities and relationships assigned to this role may change as is necessary to achieve Metro's business objectives.
METRO is committed to providing an inclusive work environment that reflects the communities we serve. The company values, respects and relies on the diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and points of view because it allows us to innovate, make better decisions and better understand our customers. We will consider qualified applications from all walks of life to build the best team.
We encourage you to let us know if your current condition requires accommodation in the recruitment process so that we can accommodate you.
Please note that we will only contact those whose applications are selected.
We respectfully request that agencies do not contact us or send us unsolicited applications.

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Who we are

METRO INC. is a leader in the food and pharmacy sectors in Quebec and Ontario. Through its activities as a retailer, franchisor, distributor, and manufacturer, it operates or supplies a network of 953 food stores under several banners including Metro, Metro Plus, Super C, Food Basics, Adonis, and Première Moisson, as well as 648 pharmacies primarily under the banners Jean Coutu, Brunet, Metro Pharmacy, and Food Basics Pharmacy, providing direct or indirect employment to nearly 97,000 people.

Our 5 customer promises - superior quality and freshness, professional and welcoming employees, pleasant and efficient shopping experience, our customers find what they desire, competitive prices.