Materials & Logistics Manager

Location:

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Workplace:
Onsite
Career Opportunity  Geo Spectrum is growing and has a new career opportunity for an experienced Materials & Logistics Manager!
Reporting to the Director of Manufacturing Operations, the Materials & Logistics Manager provides leadership for materials management, warehousing, inventory control, and shipping/receiving activities. This role is responsible for ensuring materials and products move efficiently, safely, and in compliance with quality, customer, and regulatory requirements.
Working closely with teams across Procurement, Manufacturing, Finance, Quality, Engineering, and Program Management, the successful candidate will drive process improvement, standardization, operational excellence, and team development. This is an opportunity to play a key role in building scalable systems, processes, and capabilities that support Geo Spectrum's continued growth.
Responsibilities   Lead and develop teams across materials, warehousing, inventory control and logistics.
Establish clear priorities, operating routines and performance expectations.
Develop team capability through coaching, training, cross-training and succession planning.
Improve and standardize receiving, storage, inventory control, material movement and shipping processes.
Strengthen ERP usage, data quality, reporting and operational controls.
Partner with Finance on inventory reconciliation, accuracy, valuation, ageing, excess and obsolete inventory reporting.
Lead domestic and international logistics activities, including freight, customs documentation and trade-compliance requirements.
Monitor operational KPIs and use data to identify issues, improve performance and support decision-making.
Work closely with Manufacturing, Procurement, Finance, Quality, Engineering and Program Management.
Champion continuous improvement, LEAN, 5S, workplace safety and operational discipline.
Qualifications   8+ years of progressive experience in materials, warehousing, logistics, inventory control or supply chain operations, ideally in a manufacturing environment.
3-5 years of direct people leadership experience, including demonstrated success developing teams and improving organizational capability.
Relevant post-secondary education in supply chain, operations, business, engineering or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Demonstrated experience introducing and standardizing new processes in warehouse, materials or logistics environments.
Strong knowledge of receiving, inspection interfaces, storage, inventory control, cycle counting and ERP-based inventory management.

Experience with inventory reconciliation, inventory reporting, variance investigation and financial or audit controls is strongly preferred.
Demonstrated knowledge of domestic and international logistics, customs documentation, import/export requirements and applicable trade-compliance controls.
Hands-on experience with LEAN, 5S, root-cause analysis or similar improvement methodologies.
Core Competencies   Proven people leadership experience with a track record of developing teams and improving capability.
Strong analytical and financial awareness, with the ability to turn operational information into practical decisions.
A collaborative, hands-on leadership style and the ability to lead effectively through change.
Transferable Skills   Experience improving and standardizing operational processes.
Strong computer proficiency, including Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and Teams, with the ability to leverage ERP systems, reporting tools and data to support decision-making.
Knowledge of domestic and international logistics and trade-compliance requirements.
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