The SWIM team is proud to have built out our Supply Chain and Operations recruitment team in the last 5 years and this area has quickly grown to become a significant number of our searches.
We know what businesses are looking for in a supply chain or operations professional, and we prepare all our candidates to make a positive first impression. Below are our open Supply Chain and Operations opportunities- both contract and permanent roles. Please apply to any posting where you feel you might be a great perfect match. If we see the potential for a great fit, we’ll be reaching out shortly.
Are you passionate about driving sustainability and leading impactful projects? These two exciting Supply Chain Project Manager roles play a key role in advancing our client's product sustainability initiatives. Youll lead cross-functional projects that span complex transformations, go-to-market strategies, and targeted regional efforts.
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Supply Chain Project Manager
Are you passionate about driving sustainability and leading impactful projects? These two exciting Supply Chain Project Manager roles play a key role in advancing our client's product sustainability initiatives. Youll lead cross-functional projects that span complex transformations, go-to-market strategies, and targeted regional efforts.
These contracts run through February 28, 2026.
Who – The Company:
Our client, one of Vancouver’s most sought-after companies to work for, with global operations and an impeccable reputation.
What- The Role:
Manage medium-to-high complexity projects or multiple smaller projects within the Global Supply Chain portfolio, including detailed plans, charters, and integration points.
Monitor performance against milestones, KPIs, and metrics, escalating issues, risks, and decisions to PMO and functional leadership.
Consolidate resource and timeline views, track budgets, manage change requests, and intake management.
Collaborate cross-functionally to identify cost-saving opportunities, improve productivity, and increase resource efficiency.
Partner with internal stakeholders to create project charters and workplans, ensuring effective practices and tools are implemented.
Align with Technology teams and oversee 3rd-party partners for project delivery within scope.
Prepare executive updates, maintain performance standards, and ensure alignment across Global Supply Chain teams.
Critical skills:
Communication and stakeholder management - creating presentations, building relationships, facilitating decision making, mediating conflict
Project planning and management - must have experience implementing system and process change, must be able to hold people to account
Business Analysis – process mapping, proposing directions, assessing options.
Who- the Candidate:
B.A./B.S. in Business, Engineering, or technical area required
MBA or other Master's degree preferred
Minimum of 5-7+ years' experience in consulting, project management, or a similar field
Experience in Project Management and Consumer Supply Chain Operations preferred
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite products
How much:
Competitive hourly wage in the range of $68-69/hr + 4% vacation pay. If you are incorporated, please discuss with Swim.
Where:
Vancouver, hybrid working conditions, 2 days’ onsite, the rest remote working conditions.
When & How To Apply:
Swim Recruiting has been engaged as a trusted recruitment agency partner on this important search. If you already have a Recruiter at SWIM, please reach out very soon. If you do not yet have a contact at Swim Recruiting, please hit 'APPLY NOW' to send us your resume. Thank you!
Join an exciting opportunity to develop and deliver impactful training solutions that drive success in sustainability and supply chain transformation. If you're passionate about creating engaging learning experiences and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, this role is for you!
This is a one-year contract.
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Senior Learning Specialist
Join an exciting opportunity to develop and deliver impactful training solutions that drive success in sustainability and supply chain transformation. If you're passionate about creating engaging learning experiences and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, this role is for you!
This is a one-year contract.
Who – The Company:
Our client, one of Vancouver’s most sought-after companies to work for, with global operations and an impeccable reputation.
What- The Role:
Moderate scope: role will be focused on the development and execution of learning resources and strategies.
The senior learning specialist will work closely with the Product Sustainability and Claims project team to ensure training aligns with the program’s strategy and plans.
Collaborate with change management resources supporting other programs that the Product Sustainability and Claims team impacts.
Enable delivery of training resources within the Supply Chain Strategy projects in support of a major process and technology programs.
Build training documents and maintain accuracy as changes occur
Utilize innovative techniques and modalities to maximize skill acquisition and knowledge retention.
Measure and monitor training effectiveness.
Break complex systems and processes down into training modalities that are easily understood and retained by learners.
Who- the Candidate:
Plan and deliver functional training to support the success of the Product Sustainability and Claim program and its workstreams.
Develop any required training materials, and learning modules.
Develop and facilitate both classroom training and virtual instructor led sessions.
Integrate relevant content into existing training.
Measure and monitor training effectiveness.
Leverage our client's internal LMS for learning plans when appropriate .
Practice agility in maintenance of training resources to meet the needs of a fast-paced, agile project.
Collaborate with other learning and change management leads on the Supply Chain Programs – Change and Learning team.
Our client is looking for a Learning Specialist who:
Has experience collaborating with Project managers and change management. Will need to be able to work with the PMs/CMs across other projects as well within this role .
Can design and develop learning solutions for remote vendor partners using adult learning principles and best practices. Experience with e-learning tools (rise360) a benefit.
Strong communication skills (verbal/written).
How much:
Competitive hourly wage in the range of $55-56/hr + 4% vacation pay. If you are incorporated, please discuss with Swim. Where:
Vancouver, hybrid working conditions, 2 days’ onsite, the rest remote working conditions.
When & How To Apply:
Swim Recruiting has been engaged as a trusted recruitment agency partner on this important search. If you already have a Recruiter at SWIM, please reach out very soon. If you do not yet have a contact at Swim Recruiting, please hit 'APPLY NOW' to send us your resume. Thank you!
Are you a detail-oriented professional with strong project management skills and a knack for task management? This 9-month contract role offers the opportunity to be part of an amazing GTM Transformation Team, driving the transformation of a specific calendar for the 2026 and 2027 seasons. Youll play a pivotal role in designing future-state processes, improving calendar efficiency, and operating as a task manager and progress tracker across multiple workstreams.
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PM Lead
Are you a detail-oriented professional with strong project management skills and a knack for task management? This 9-month contract role offers the opportunity to be part of an amazing GTM Transformation Team, driving the transformation of a specific calendar for the 2026 and 2027 seasons. Youll play a pivotal role in designing future-state processes, improving calendar efficiency, and operating as a task manager and progress tracker across multiple workstreams.
Who – The Company:
Our client, one of Vancouver’s most sought-after companies to work for, with global operations and an impeccable reputation.
What- The Role:
Support with the workstream leads and business experts to drive discovery, design, and buy in for your given deliverables
Oversee risk management and issue resolution processes to support the Workstream Lead.
Maintain and update the project management repository, including documentation and reporting structures.
You will work with change management, communications, and the business to plan and execute the implementation and support the business through hyper care.
Each day will look different in your project-based role, including activities like: clarifying strategic questions, design solutions, project managing your work stream, deck creation and presentation, facilitating workshops, and guiding enterprise program planning processes.
Who- the Candidate:
Masters or Bachelor’s degree in business, fashion, or related discipline.
3-5+ years of experience in operational role, internal transformation role, or project management position.
Knowledge of Retail Industry, Product Creation and Supply Chain a benefit but not a requirement.
Ability to drive problem solving process: frames problems, guides analytical modeling, and through analysis provides insights into solutions.
Partner with cross functional teams within Product and Supply Chain to ensure project succeed in required milestones inputs/outputs and critical timelines.
Relationship builder, effective communicator and influencer. Comfortable presenting in front of senior leadership audiences.
How much:
Competitive hourly wage in the range of $43-45/hr + 4% vacation pay.
Where:
Vancouver, hybrid working conditions, 3 days’ onsite, 2 remote working days.
When & How To Apply:
Swim Recruiting has been engaged as a trusted recruitment agency partner on this important search. If you already have a Recruiter at SWIM, please reach out very soon. If you do not yet have a contact at Swim Recruiting, please hit 'APPLY NOW' to send us your resume. Thank you!
Do you have experience in shipping and receiving and in driving a forklift?
We are looking for an experienced shipper and receiver with relevant prior experience and good attention to detail!
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Do you have experience in shipping and receiving and in driving a forklift? We are looking for an experienced shipper and receiver with relevant prior experience and good attention to detail!
Who:
Our client is the technical leading company in their business, with a global reach, and is looking for a shipper receiver to join their dynamic team. This role has a great manager with opportunity for growth as the company has a lot of exciting growth going on through acquisitions globally. Their proprietary product was developed many years ago and continues to be a growing success for various development companies. Truly global organization, this company has many exciting projects underway but also a down to earth group that is tight knit.
What- the Role:
This is a Full-time permanent position for their day shift Monday to Friday 7-3pm. 20% is in office and 80% is on the production floor.
Please read the entire Job Description carefully to understand the position.
Production floor-based duties include:
This position is expected to stage, wrap, label and move pallets of dry powdered cement around the warehouse. The warehouse is small with tight areas so efficiency and safety is extremely important.
The position will be loading raw materials and other materials from incoming trucks/containers as well as loading finished goods into trucks/containers. Applicants must have a valid forklift license with a minimum of 3 years of this type of experience.
This is a physically demanding job and includes wrapping and moving of finished goods onto and off pallets. This will include lifting and standing for long periods of time.
Ability to communicate effectively and understand verbal instructions is important. The job requires keeping track of lot numbers, weighing and labelling product.
Employees are required to wear steel toed shoes and dust mask.
Office based duties include:
Preparing shipping documents using MS Office (Word, Excel & PDF) and making phone calls to schedule shipments including tracking.
Who- the Candidate:
The ideal candidate is someone coming from a production environment with hands on experience in shipping and receiving, including the use of computers and MS Suite products as well as experience in driving a forklift.
Qualifications include:
3 + years experience in a manufacturing and warehousing environment.
Computer skills essential using MS Suite products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Employees will be driving forklift, so license is preferred but 1-2 years driving is mandatory.
Candidates must have reliable transportation and live in the lower mainland. Not accepting candidates relocating from outside the Vancouver area.
Must be able to sign a strict NDA agreement as this position will be exposed to trade secret information.
Must be trustworthy, reliable and committed and able to work un-supervised.
No specific trade skills needed. Everything will be taught using on-the-job training.
Where:
Richmond based full-time in plant.
How Much:
Competitive full-time hourly compensation plus benefits and bonus after probationary period. Range includes a target of $23 an hour but will look at candidates ranging from $23-27 an hour.
When & How to Apply:
If you are qualified for, and interested in, this fantastic opportunity, please let Swim Recruiting know as soon as possible as this search is moving quickly! If you already have a Recruiter at SWIM, please reach out directly. If you do not yet have a contact at Swim Recruiting, please hit 'APPLY NOW' to send us your resume. Thank you!
Fantastic career opportunity with a reputable and successful privately-held Vancouver headquartered company with operations across Canada and the US. The organization has ambitious and realistic growth plans, and this is a fantastic time to join the team! We are seeking a very Senior Logistics expert, who has proven leadership abilities, an eye for process improvement, and an entrepreneurial spirit. Good opportunity for long-term career growth for a strong performer.
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Fantastic career opportunity with a reputable and successful privately-held Vancouver headquartered company with operations across Canada and the US. The organization has ambitious and realistic growth plans, and this is a fantastic time to join the team! We are seeking a very Senior Logistics expert, who has proven leadership abilities, an eye for process improvement, and an entrepreneurial spirit. Good opportunity for long-term career growth for a strong performer.
Who- the Company:
Our client is a successful company headquartered in the lower mainland with an impressive history. The company is primarily B2B (wholesale selling to retail companies) and has customers across Canada and the US. The company has continued to expand their reach and diversify operations in recent years. They have built a culture that is highly collaborative, innovative, and entrepreneurial, with engaged and fulfilled employees. The company treats their people to social events, holiday parties, happy hours, etc.
What- the Role:
On behalf of our client, SWIM is seeking a new Senior Manager of Logistics. This person will lead logistics from both a day-to-day, functional, and hands-on perspective AND from a long-term strategic perspective. Working collaboratively with colleagues in other areas of supply chain such as warehousing and inventory management, as well as cross-departmentally with folks in finance, HR, sales, manufacturing, etc.
The Sr Mgr will lead a team of direct and indirect reports, and will themselves report into the COO. Managing inbound (from 6+ countries, including countries in Asia), forward (across US & Canada), and reverse logistics.
This new leader will be in charge of carrier management (intermodal, LTL, etc.) and will spearhead logistics process improvements, risk mitigation plans, and system enhancements. SWIM will provide interested candidates with a thorough job description.
What- the Title:
Please note that this role could potentially be titled Director of Logistics, instead, if the finalist candidate has many years of highly relevant experience and qualifications.
Who- the Candidate:
We are looking for an individual with at least 7 years of relevant and progressive logistics work experience, including at least a couple years leading a team of 5+ people (ideally including middle-management/supervisory level direct reports who have their own team members). Excellent leadership, mentorship, coaching, and people development skills are crucial in this role.
Candidates must have experience with LTL and intermodal logistics for large parcel items. B2B logistics is sought after. US/Canada cross-border forward/reverse logistics experience is highly preferred, as is multi-national inbound logistics (the more countries, the better!).
Qualified candidates will be computer savvy, with hands-on experience using ERP and WMS and proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, V look-ups, etc.).
Some form of relevant post-secondary education is required, and further qualifications such as an MBA or graduate degree in supply chain will be viewed very favourably.
How Much:
Competitive base salary commensurate with level of skills, experience, and education- likely in the range of $110,000 to $140,000. The company will provide their new Logistics leader with a solid overall compensation package, including bonus program, paid vacation and sick days, relevant professional development support, solid health, dental, & vision benefits (lots of areas are covered for employees at 100%), and generous product discounts.
Where:
HYBRID. The company is headquartered in Greater Vancouver, outside of Downtown, with free employee parking and nearby rapid transit. The logistics team works on a hybrid schedule- 3 days in office/2 days at home (although the Sr Mgr can choose to work 4-5 days from the office, if they prefer). Dynamic and inviting work environment, with an onsite employee gym and other perks.
When & How to Apply:
Swim Recruiting will be presenting the profiles of short-listed candidates directly to the hiring COO for review. If you already have a Recruiter at SWIM, please reach out very soon. If you do not yet have a contact at Swim Recruiting, please hit 'APPLY NOW' to send us your resume (preferably in MS Word format as it works best with our internal systems). Thank you!
Join a forward-thinking organization as a Vancouver-based Supply Chain Program Manager, driving impactful sustainability initiatives in the apparel industry. If you are a great leader with extensive Program management expertise and familiarity with the apparel development/sourcing process, this is your chance to make a difference!
Our client offers a hybrid working environment of minimum 2 days in-office This is a contract through February 15, 2026.
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Supply Chain Program Manager
Join a forward-thinking organization as a Vancouver-based Supply Chain Program Manager, driving impactful sustainability initiatives in the apparel industry. If you are a great leader with extensive Program management expertise and familiarity with the apparel development/sourcing process, this is your chance to make a difference!
Our client offers a hybrid working environment of minimum 2 days in-office This is a contract through February 15, 2026.
Who – The Company:
A local Vancouver success story with global operations and an impeccable reputation.
What- The Role:
Our client is looking for a Vancouver-based Program Manager to run a sustainability initiative, starting Dec/January. The role involves overseeing three multi-year projects. Each project is run by a Project Manager, and this role is critical to ensure the strategy, plan and delivery of work is aligned across the projects and with wider organisational initiatives.
This can include work within complex cross-functional transformations, standing up new go-to-market initiatives, and targeted efforts within specific geographies and locations. The Program Manager will partner with Global Supply Chain leadership to stand up and lead a project within the strategic portfolio across several functions, including work to plan, design, and deliver against the project deliverables and milestones while helping to enable business priorities, including growth, guest service and cost improvements.
Manage a series of large high-complexity projects or multiple concurrent projects within the Upstream Supply Chain portfolio and partner with PMO leadership to build detailed project plans, charters, including integration touchpoints, dependencies, and sequencing
Monitor project performance against plan as measured by milestones, KPls, and supporting metrics
Provide line-of-sight to PMO and functional leadership to issues, risks, and required decisions across the project workstreams
Maintain consolidated resource and timeline views across the project
Manage the tracking of project budget, change requests, and intake management
Collaborate cross-functionally to identify opportunities to reduce costs, drive productivity, better leverage resources, and increase efficiency
Work with internal stakeholders to create project charters (scope, objectives, cost, benefits, resourcing, risks) and workplans
Assist in implementation and dissemination of effective project management practices across functions, including processes, tools, and standard operating procedures.
Partner with the Technology organization to ensure the delivery of defined business capabilities and value within the project scope
Collaborate with and oversee 3rd party partners based on specific project scope of service requirements
Develop presentation content and support executive-level updates and business reviews.
Establish, evaluate and maintain performance standards for all areas of project management to ensure performance targets are achieved while continually looking for ways to enhance delivery and reduce costs
Champion our client's culture and core values.
Ensure the project team works closely with peers across Global Supply Chain, ensuring alignment and consistency in planning, management and execution
Who – The Candidate:
Ideally, the chosen candidate will have extensive Program Management expertise and familiarity with the apparel development/sourcing process. Experience working in the sustainability field would be an asset.
In addition, you have:
B.A./B.S. in Business, Engineering, or technical area required
MBA or other Master's degree preferred
Minimum of 7-10+ years' experience in consulting, project management, or a similar field with a minimum of 3 years in a management role
Experience in Project Management and Consumer Supply Chain Operations preferred
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite products
How much:
$85-87/hr commensurate with experience + 4% vacation pay. If you’re INCORPORATED, please discuss with Swim
Where:
Vancouver, BC.
When & How To Apply:
Swim Recruiting has been engaged as a trusted recruitment agency partner on this important search. If you are interested, please reach out very soon, as this role is moving quickly. If you already have a Recruitment Consultant at SWIM, please reach out very soon. If you do not yet have a contact at Swim Recruiting, please hit 'APPLY NOW' to send us your resume (preferably in MS Word format as it works best with our internal systems). Thank you!