Transportation Manager

The Transportation Manager is responsible for managing the overall Transportation & Distribution operations (internal and external) for the company. Responsible for meeting all safety, budget, and compliance goals and objectives while maintaining a positive attitude within department employees. This position must effectively manage the Transportation staff, monitor significant metrics as means of tracking performance, and maintain a productive environment within the divisional budgetary constraints. Responsible for the overall Transportation/Distribution processes and procedures in order to maximize efficiencies and reduce expense.

Responsibilities Include:

• Ensuring compliance for all governmental regulations related to Transportation and Distribution as well as customer related inspections to include: DOT, FMCSA, OSHA, HACCP, AIS, County, State, and Federal inspections as measured by actual and mock audit results.

• Creating and/or updating all processes, procedures, and forms utilizing ISO formats.

• Ensuring all company policies and SOPs are followed, as measured by the internal and external audit results.

• Scheduling, training, supporting, and developing Transportation staff to maximize productivity while minimizing risk, expenses, and errors.

• Managing the scheduling and tracking of shipments, assigning work to Transportation staff, and analyzing the effectiveness of existing Transportation and Distribution operations.

• Developing and implementing through Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) more efficient processes to eliminate waste and errors, thereby improving productivity and profits.

• Developing partnerships and pricing discounts with carriers and transportation brokers.

• Responsible for all distribution and transportation planning and strategic activities.

• Directing investigations to verify and resolve customer or shipper complaints.

• Initiating and completing Continuous Process Improvement projects within the department as measured by total dollars saved.

• Maintaining good customer service as measured by errors per 1000 and on-time deliveries.

• Establishing quality transportation and distribution services.

• Responsible for planning and implementing budgets for Transportation and Distribution. Ensure that budget targets are exceeded or met.

Minimum Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree along knowledge of the transportation industry or equivalent work experience.

• Supply chain, fulfillment center operation, or contract negotiation experience preferred.

• TMS and Control Tower experience preferred.

• Minimum 5 years of related leadership experience in the Transportation Industry.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Proficient with the Microsoft Office suite with intermediate skill in Excel.

• Experience working with ERP systems (eg. Great Plains, Oracle, SAP, etc.)

• Certification in Transportation and Logistics (CTL) is a plus.

• Fluent in English and Spanish language, both written and spoken is required.