Business Manager

Job Description

We currently have an opening at our location in Saint John, New Brunswick for a Business Manager . The successful candidate will be reporting to the General Manager and serving as a member of the leadership team. This position's primary responsibility is ensuring organizational effectiveness by providing leadership for the organization's financial functions and contributing to the development and implementation of organizational strategies, policies and practices.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to the annual operating budget, goals and objectives for each department and monitoring the departments’ performance.
• Oversee monthly and quarterly assessments and forecasts of organization's financial performance against budget, financial and operational goals. Oversee short and long-term financial and managerial reporting.
• Engaging with analytics team to improve operational performance by developing tools to enhance dashboards and daily management tools.
• Working with the continuous improvement group to link initiatives to business requirements.
• Participation and involvement in growth initiatives.
• Working with department staff to improve profitability and efficiency.
• Creating and maintaining a positive relationship with customers, ensuring that department staff is helpful, as well as making customer satisfaction a priority to ensure referral and repeat business.
• Proactively identifies growth opportunities and business optimization initiatives to deliver topline and bottom-line value
  
  

Qualifications

• Education Required: Bachelors Degree
• Years of experience required: 5-10+ years’ experience in related field.
• Self starter, results oriented, and the ability to act with high sense of urgency
• Strong finance and analytical skills with high attention to detail
• Demonstrate ability to energize, empower and engage team to get results.
• Works well in a team and ability to deal with conflict and adversity when leading teams through change.
• Must demonstrate ability to organize and more importantly prioritize. Experience with project management tools and processes.
• Strong skills in management, communication, negotiation and problem solving.
• Must have demonstrated results for effective execution and influence
  
  

About Us

Founded in 1882, J.D. Irving, Limited (JDI) has operations in Canada and the United States and are a team of 20,000 dedicated employees. At J.D. Irving, Limited, you are part of a dynamic team of professionals who lead with integrity and are passionate about delivering results. With a culture that nurtures talent and creates an inclusive workplace, you can grow your career across our various operating divisions.

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.

Worried you do not meet all the requirements? Studies have shown that many applicants apply only to job opportunities when they feel they meet 100% of the criteria. We promote an inclusive environment where everyone is appreciated, recognized, and empowered to contribute fully. If you are interested in this position but are worried you did not meet all the requirements, we would encourage you to still apply.

We appreciate your interest in our company however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

About The Team

Kent Line is a well-established Canadian based shipping agent that provides customers with Marine Transportation Service solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of their clients. Kent Line has been a proud member of the Irving Group of Companies for more than 65 years.