President
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Company Description Joseph Transportation Group has been a trusted transportation provider for 50 years, serving clients and communities with consistent commitment and care. The company delivers innovative, technology-driven transportation solutions that prioritize uncompromised safety and exceptional client service. Its fleet includes more than 300 assets, such as dump trucks, live-bottom trailers, walking-floor trailers, dump trailers, flatbed trailers, tanker trailers, pneumatic tanks, and fuel tanker trailers. Joseph Transportation Group is dedicated to getting every job done safely and correctly, with diligence and accountability. Service excellence is a core promise the organization has successfully upheld over five decades.
Role Description The President role is a full-time. The President will provide strategic leadership, set organizational direction, and drive growth while maintaining high standards of safety, operational performance, and client service across the fleet and service lines. Day-to-day responsibilities include overseeing executive and management teams, making key business and financial decisions, strengthening organizational culture, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and safety requirements. The President will engage with key clients, partners, and community stakeholders, build long-term relationships, and represent the company’s interests in negotiations and industry forums. This role will also focus on continuous improvement, innovation in technology-driven transportation solutions, and the development of future leaders within the organization.
Qualifications
- Leadership and management skills, including experience overseeing senior teams, setting strategic direction, and fostering an accountable, safety-focused culture.
- Business and financial acumen, such as budgeting, P&L management, resource allocation, and data-driven decision-making.
- Transportation and logistics experience, ideally within asset-heavy operations and safety-regulated environments.
- Stakeholder and relationship management skills, including client relationship-building, negotiation, and community or industry engagement.
- Operational and process improvement skills, with the ability to implement technology-driven solutions, optimize workflows, and enhance service quality.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate clearly across all levels of the organization.
- Experience in change management and organizational development, including talent development and succession planning.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, transportation management, or a related field; an MBA or equivalent executive-level experience is an asset.
- Proven track record in executive leadership within transportation, logistics, or a related industry.
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Responsibilities
Set the company’s strategic direction and lead its executive and management teams, driving growth while maintaining safety, operational performance, and client service standards. Oversee business and financial decisions, stakeholder relationships, regulatory compliance, continuous improvement, technology innovation, and leadership development.
Requirements
Requires proven executive leadership experience in transportation, logistics, or a related industry, with strong management, financial, operational, safety, and stakeholder-relations capabilities. A bachelor’s degree in business, transportation management, or a related field is specified; an MBA or equivalent executive-level experience is an asset.
Skills
- Executive Leadership
- Strategic Planning
- Team Management
- Budgeting
- P&L Management
- Financial Decision-Making
- Transportation and Logistics
- Safety and Regulatory Compliance
- Stakeholder Management
- Client Relationship-Building
- Negotiation
- Operational Improvement
- Technology Implementation
- Change Management
- Talent Development
- Succession Planning
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Categories
- Management & Leadership
- Transportation
- Logistics
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Transportation
- Truck Transportation
- Logistics
- Fleet Management
- Asset-Heavy Operations
- Dump Trucks
- Live-Bottom Trailers
- Walking-Floor Trailers
- Dump Trailers
- Flatbed Trailers
- Tanker Trailers
- Pneumatic Tanks
- Fuel Tanker Trailers
- Executive Leadership
- Strategic Direction
- Budgeting
- P&L Management
- Resource Allocation
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Safety Compliance
- Regulatory Compliance
- Client Service
- Negotiation
- Process Improvement
- Technology-Driven Solutions
- Workflow Optimization
- Change Management
- Organizational Development
- Talent Development
- Succession Planning