IWS Specialist (1-Year Contract for Maternity Cover)

The IWS Specialist is responsible for coordinating warehousing and distribution shipments, ensuring that service commitments are met and maintained in line with client requirements and company objectives. This role aims to maximize company profitability by efficiently managing warehouse operations and distribution logistics. The role is based in our Mississauga office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Transport & Inventory:
• Arrange for warehouse storage, distribution, and/or transport of cargo as needed for warehouses, carriers, or other applicable parties.
• Control client inventory as required.
• Communication:
• Keep clients, partners, and other relevant parties fully informed of inventory, distribution, and/or transport status on a regular basis.
• Verify pieces, weights, and dimensions of cargo.
• Receive transport orders.
• Receive client documentation to produce orders for customers of the client.
• Communicate with applicable parties to ensure service requirements are met.
• Maintain a professional phone manner both internally and externally.
• Documentation:
• Process, issue, distribute, and/or dispatch all required documentation to all applicable parties in a timeframe consistent with service needs and company policy.
• Sales Functions:
• Receive rate requests.
• Accounting & Administrative:
• Ensure invoicing of rendered services is completed accurately and in a timeframe consistent with company policy.
  
  
  

Skills & Qualifications:

• Proficient knowledge of warehousing & distribution systems
• Proficient verbal, written & organizational skills
• Able to work effectively under pressure
• Diligent attention to detail
• Professional and courteous phone manner
• Ability to solve logistical problems as necessary
• Ability to work within a group and be a team player
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point.
• Post Secondary Education
  
  
  

YOU’LL BE REWARDED IN MANY WAYS, SUCH AS:

• Belong to a diverse and dynamic culture that promotes inclusion, growth and development
• Participate in comprehensive compensation, benefits and work perk programs
• Enjoy a flexible, hybrid work environment
  
  
  

The Freight Forwarding experts since 1815. DHL Global Forwarding, Freight (DGFF) is part of Deutsche Post DHL Group with over 43,000 employees in 101 countries. Our air, ocean, and overland freight forwarding services include standardized transport as well as multimodal and sector-specific solutions, together with individualized industrial projects.

We are committed to creating a workplace that ensures mutual respect and is focused on results. We hire talented people from all backgrounds. DHL is an equal opportunity employer and believe we will gain, through the recruitment and development of staff who represent the broad diversity of the Canadian workforce. Diversity enriches our workplace, drives our success, and helps us deliver excellence.

We are recognized as a Global Top Employer with 6 regions and 35 countries. Through our people practices, we help our forwarders realize their full potential by accessing in-site training programs, an online platform portal, loads of on-the-job training, and the chance to gain certifications for your role.

DHL Global Forwarding will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in Canada. This is not a position for which visa sponsorship will be provided. Individuals who need sponsorship for work authorization, now or in the future, are not eligible for hire for this role. All candidates are required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination to be eligible for hire.

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