Buckley Search Inc.
Partners for Progress
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Buckley Search Inc. |
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Partners for Progress |
kevin@buckleysearch.com
Tel: (416) 865-0695 toll-free 1 (866) 996-9984
anna@buckleysearch.com
You are presently in a senior management position with a customs brokerage firm
in Ontario.
Our client is a dynamic and progressive company with a well-established
reputation in the customs
brokerage community. They provide an environment that while relaxed is also
challenging and will test
your technical, problem-solving, communications skills and creativity. Working
with an Executive
management team, you will have the autonomy and the mandate to develop the
customs brokerage
staff and
engage in the
continuous improvement of internal processes.
They offer their customers a comprehensive menu of integrated
Customs Brokerage
services, including Consulting and Compliance and Freight Forwarding.
Bring your strategic vision, leadership, mentoring skills, customer service
acumen and developed sense of
organized planning to a firm that is not resting on its laurels but looking to achieve the next level of
growth.
The company progress is founded on its people and its ability to be
flexible and adaptable
to its customers' changing needs
An excellent compensation package is available to the successful candidate,
including relocation assistance,
where applicable.
You will be chiefly involved in analyzing the company's current customs
operations and implementing
improvements in the customs operations area in order to provide the most
proactive service possible to the
company's broad based customer network in North America.
- Manage the Ontario customs brokerage operations, through middle management
direct reports
- In association with other members of the executive team, develop plans for
strategic corporate growth
- Lead a large staff through providing people-oriented leadership and succession
planning for the future
- Involved in hiring, firing, training and development of staff
- Travel to outlying branches to review and monitor business operations
- Senior trouble-shooter for customers on both sides of the border
- Work closely with Customers and the executive team in creating and executing
customer-focused business solutions
- Extensive management experience in Canadian Customs Brokerage is essential
- Experienced in dealing with operational issues and able to analyze problems
and devise appropriate solutions in a
process and customer-driven environment
- Excellent relations with regional Customs officials
- Organized, self-motivated, high-energy and focused on the future
- A blend of Operations, Business Development and strong related IT experience;
budgetary and financial experience desired
- An excellent awareness of the marketplace; a strategic thinker able to
manage the day-to-day operations of a thriving customs broker and
cooperatively
plan and work with senior colleagues in creating and implementing a
vision for growth for the future
- Open-minded, possessing good listening skills; a self-starter with a proven
ability to work effectively with and through people; strong people skills
- Able to generate client confidence through developed listening skills and
identify sales opportunities
- Able to cultivate strong working relationships with fellow management
- Approachable; as dedicated to the success of his/her subordinates as he/she
is to achieving the company's objectives
- Good business acumen and judgment, able to conceptualize, implement and
execute programs and processes
- Very well-established name, reputation and market profile, stable and expanding
- Excellent compensation, incentives and benefits package; relocation assistance
- The opportunity to be in the forefront of strong corporate and unique future career
growth
To explore this career opportunity in confidence please call
Kevin Buckley at
(416) 865-0695 or toll-free; 1 (866) 996-9984
or email us
kevin@buckleysearch.com
or anna@buckleysearch.com
Put your career on a progressive track! All discussions are strictly
confidential.
Associate Member,
CIFFA, CSCB, IE Canada
 Freight Careers |
 Customs Careers |
kevin@buckleysearch.com
Tel: (416) 865-0695 toll-free 1 (866) 996-9984
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