Logistics Coordinator – Supply Chain Operations

Job title: Logistics Coordinator – Supply Chain Operations

Job description: Req ID: 173056
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Eastern Zone, Cape Breton Regional Hospital
Department: SCO REDEVELOPMENT EQUIP PLANNING-CNS
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: NSGEU Admin Professionals Position
Posting Closing Date: 2-Feb-24

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there’s a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you’ll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

The Logistics Coordinator reports to the Planning Manager and is responsible to support the planning and delivery of supply and equipment at staging locations across the province to balance the use of the warehouse and satellite storage locations, receiving functions, coordination of assembly, quality control, documentation procedures, and final placement of goods, furniture, fixtures, and equipment (“FF&E”) at assigned site(s) across Nova Scotia meeting all storage requirements while managing costs and impacts to Nova Scotia Health (NSH) facilities. The Logistics Coordinator is responsible to monitor project plans and the status of incoming deliveries and intervening when necessary to ensure all possible actions are taken by both vendors and NSH to ensure on time delivery of goods and equipment in alignment with project schedules.

The Logistics Coordinator must be able to able to work independently in areas under construction with care and safety under project deadlines, and work with a high sense of urgency while following site health and safety policy and procedures. To support supply chain activities in this role, it requires communication with a variety of stakeholder groups and departments, including Nva Scotia Health Redevelopment, Nova Scotia’s provincial Government, vendors and consultants. Ensuring compliance with all health and safety procedures and policies including construction safety measures. The Logistics Coordinator attends and participates in team meetings and ensures work duties and performance are aligned with the organization’s mission, vision, values and strategic directions. The Logistics Coordinator will be required to pass on-site construction safety training and performs other related duties as required.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Bachelors Degree in Business, Commerce, Engineering, or Supply Chain Management required
• 3 years of Supply Chain/ Logistics related experience required
• Experience working within a computerized environment with good knowledge of Excel, SAP, and Client Management Databases
• Experience working in a healthcare / construction setting preferred
• Excellent collaboration, verbal, and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to prioritize workload, meet deadlines, and work effectively under pressure with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Able to work independently
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Demonstrate verbal, written, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• A valid driver’s license and vehicle for travel across Nova Scotia
• The ability to travel to multiple Nova Scotia Health facilities throughout the province for Supply Chain related responsibilities

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

• Long Assignment Full-time (100%) position, 70 Hours Bi-Weekly
• Beginning as soon as possible, with an expected end date of February 26, 2028.

*Dates are approximate and may be subject to change. * Travel to other sites across the province is required

Compensation and Incentives

$30.30 – $36.79 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

Once You’ve Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

​This is a Admin Professionals bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

​Preferred candidates must be able to demonstrate proof of primary series of COVID -19 vaccine at time of hire.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

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