Position: Deployment Planner & Logistics Coordinator
Position Reports To: Director, Logistics & Transportation
Position Overview
The Deployment Planner & Logistics Coordinator is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing inventory deployment, transportation, and logistics activities across the supply chain network. This role ensures the timely and cost-effective movement of products, materials, and inventory to support customer fulfillment, production requirements, and warehouse optimization. The position serves as a key liaison between sales, procurement, production, warehousing, transportation providers, third-party logistics partners (3PLs), and regulatory agencies to maintain high service levels, inventory accuracy, and operational efficiency. Responsibilities combine strategic deployment planning with hands-on transportation and logistics coordination to support business objectives and customer expectations
Key Responsibilities
Deployment Planning & Inventory Management
- Plan and coordinate inventory deployment, order allocation, and stock transfers across warehouses, production facilities, and customer channels to support service levels and optimize inventory utilization.
- Manage inventory balancing and network replenishment activities, including transfers supporting customer orders, production requirements, and warehouse capacity optimization.
Transportation & Logistics Coordination
- Coordinate inbound and outbound transportation activities, including carrier selection, freight quoting, dispatching, shipment tracking, and delivery scheduling to ensure cost-effective and on-time service.
- Manage shipping schedules and logistics activities across company facilities and 3PL partners while ensuring effective communication among warehouses, carriers, and internal stakeholders.
Import, Compliance & Supply Chain Execution
- Facilitate inbound container management, shipping documentation, customs coordination, carrier communication, and regulatory compliance activities to ensure timely product availability and uninterrupted operations.
Operational Excellence & Issue Resolution
- Monitor order fulfillment, inventory movements, and transportation performance to proactively identify and resolve service risks, shipment delays, inventory discrepancies, and logistics exceptions.
- Serve as a key escalation point for logistics-related issues, leading root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions to improve service and operational performance.
Reporting & Continuous Improvement
- Track and report key supply chain metrics, manage freight and storage invoice validation, and support continuous improvement initiatives focused on service, cost, inventory accuracy, and transportation efficiency.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Sales, Customer Service, Procurement, Production, Inventory Control, Warehousing, Transportation providers, and 3PL partners to ensure accurate communication, effective execution, and achievement of business objectives.
Key Success Measures
- Customer fill rate and service level performance.
- Inventory deployment accuracy and warehouse optimization.
- On-time delivery and transportation performance.
- Freight, storage, and logistics cost control.
- Inventory accuracy and transfer execution.
- Timely resolution of operational issues.
- Continuous improvement in supply chain efficiency.
Qualifications & Considerations for the Position
- College or secondary school diploma
- Certified in Logistics, Transportation & Distribution (CLTD), an asset
- Up to 3 years’ experience in the transportation and logistics industry, preferably in perishable goods
- Strong understanding of scheduling and the costs associated with FTL, LTL and Refrigerated transportation
- Fluent in English
- Organized self-starter with proven ability to co-ordinate and effectively follow up on multiple projects and assignments and meet all deadlines
- Experience in Lean Management Systems and processes an asset
- Excellent ability to plan, organize and prioritize with attention to detail and accuracy
- Proven ability to work under pressure, resolve problems, and meet tight deadlines
- Able to collect, maintain, evaluate data, summarize and write reports, and recommend continuous improvement
- Strong math skills to compute weight, cost and other variables
- Good oral, written and communication skills; able to develop and maintain strong working relationships with all stakeholders
- Proficient in computer software, such as inventory / traceability software, manufacturing software (MS Dynamics 365) and Microsoft Office (Excel)
- Team player with high integrity, values and a positive attitude and a sense of urgency
Salary range: $60,000 - $65,000
- Eligible for discretionary bonus
- Competitive employer-paid pension plan upon eligibility
- 100% company paid Medical/Dental/Vision/Basic Life Insurance and Long Term disability benefits
- Costco membership provided upon eligibility
- Employee incentive program for discounted meat purchases
- Free Parking
For information about the company, go to www.Greenstonemeatscompany.com (http://www.thelambcompany.com/)
Only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.
For information about the company, go to www.greenstonemeats.com
Greenstone Meats confirms that the position represents a current vacancy within our organization.
- At Greenstone Meats, we are committed to a fair, transparent, and inclusive hiring process. As part of our recruitment process, we use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist with screening and evaluating applicants as a first step. These tools support our efforts to make consistent and equitable hiring decisions.
- Only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview. All applicants will be notified once the position has been filled.
