Top Benefits
About the role
At East Penn Canada, our people are the heart of our company. We put our employees and our clients first to build solid relationships with intention. We offer a vast range of diverse and rewarding career opportunities. We invite you to become part of an organization that has challenging opportunities, rewarding career paths, organization values, and a charismatic team.
Join our dedicated team of leading experts in the battery industry.
We are dedicated to recognizing our employees by offering:
- Profit Sharing & Deferred Profit Sharing (retirement) program
- Excellent company paid benefit program
- Learning & development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement
- Opportunities for advancement
Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist with implementing, monitoring and maintaining the strategic direction for the East Penn Canada transportation / logistics function
- Analyzing all aspects of logistics and making appropriate recommendations
- Creating and documenting policies and procedures for logistic activities across the organization
- Co-ordinate for the optimal, cost-effective day-to-day transportation function
- Creating, reviewing, interpreting, and following up on key performance indicators
- Arranging for shipping documentation and maintenance of systems for tracking and tracing of goods in transit
- Actively support East Penn Canada’s customer service strategy and direction
- Promote, and participate in, an environment of proactive continuous improvement by monitoring specific transportation performance measurement systems
Experience, Skills & Competencies
- Post-Secondary Education, preferably in Business/logistics or a related program
- Two plus years of Traffic, logistics, fleet and customs functions
- Familiarity with technology within logistics field (e.g., routing software, GPS applications)
- ERP experience (SAP preferable) beneficial
- Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Word, Outlook)
- Solid verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills
Other Considerations
- Background checks including criminal checks and employment references will be requested.
East Penn Canada is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified applicants to apply; all reasonable accommodations will be made for people with disabilities.
About East Penn Canada
East Penn Canada, the Canadian distribution arm of East Penn Manufacturing, is Canada’s premier wholesale distributor of lead and lithium batteries. We operate the largest Canadian distribution network of fully stocked warehouses with local sales, service and delivery fleets, and inventory hundreds of sizes in conventional flooded, AGM and gel formats for automotive, commercial, marine, RV, lawn & garden, home mobility, industrial motive power, telecom, UPS backup and renewable energy applications. East Penn Canada is also the Canadian Master Redistributor for Duracell alkaline batteries.
In addition to providing premium quality product built in our state-of-the-art North American facility, East Penn and East Penn Canada operate comprehensive recycling programs which set the industry standard for green.
Top Benefits
About the role
At East Penn Canada, our people are the heart of our company. We put our employees and our clients first to build solid relationships with intention. We offer a vast range of diverse and rewarding career opportunities. We invite you to become part of an organization that has challenging opportunities, rewarding career paths, organization values, and a charismatic team.
Join our dedicated team of leading experts in the battery industry.
We are dedicated to recognizing our employees by offering:
- Profit Sharing & Deferred Profit Sharing (retirement) program
- Excellent company paid benefit program
- Learning & development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement
- Opportunities for advancement
Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist with implementing, monitoring and maintaining the strategic direction for the East Penn Canada transportation / logistics function
- Analyzing all aspects of logistics and making appropriate recommendations
- Creating and documenting policies and procedures for logistic activities across the organization
- Co-ordinate for the optimal, cost-effective day-to-day transportation function
- Creating, reviewing, interpreting, and following up on key performance indicators
- Arranging for shipping documentation and maintenance of systems for tracking and tracing of goods in transit
- Actively support East Penn Canada’s customer service strategy and direction
- Promote, and participate in, an environment of proactive continuous improvement by monitoring specific transportation performance measurement systems
Experience, Skills & Competencies
- Post-Secondary Education, preferably in Business/logistics or a related program
- Two plus years of Traffic, logistics, fleet and customs functions
- Familiarity with technology within logistics field (e.g., routing software, GPS applications)
- ERP experience (SAP preferable) beneficial
- Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Word, Outlook)
- Solid verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills
Other Considerations
- Background checks including criminal checks and employment references will be requested.
East Penn Canada is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified applicants to apply; all reasonable accommodations will be made for people with disabilities.
About East Penn Canada
East Penn Canada, the Canadian distribution arm of East Penn Manufacturing, is Canada’s premier wholesale distributor of lead and lithium batteries. We operate the largest Canadian distribution network of fully stocked warehouses with local sales, service and delivery fleets, and inventory hundreds of sizes in conventional flooded, AGM and gel formats for automotive, commercial, marine, RV, lawn & garden, home mobility, industrial motive power, telecom, UPS backup and renewable energy applications. East Penn Canada is also the Canadian Master Redistributor for Duracell alkaline batteries.
In addition to providing premium quality product built in our state-of-the-art North American facility, East Penn and East Penn Canada operate comprehensive recycling programs which set the industry standard for green.