Transportation Manager

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Transportation Manager

CDL Class A Required

 

What Brought You Here:

• Total compensation salary range: $80,000-$90,000/yr. depending on experience.
• Performance based bonus opportunity
• Shift Days and Hours: 1st (M-F, 7:00am – 5:30pm, once a week to once every other week 4:30 AM, occasionally stay late, an occasional Saturday for a meeting)
• Benefits starting DAY ONE!

 

WHO YOU ARE:

Leader- Someone who will lead and motivate their teams.  Be the example for a team member to be inspired.to learn and grow.

Team Focused- Be the leader who motivates and does what is necessary to achieve the goals of team while still pursuing your own goals.

Go Getter – Someone who strives to be the best every day.

Positive & Approachable – Someone who looks for the good and builds on it.  Someone who can build good, solid relationships with work level in the organization.

 

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Coordinate routes by examining product dimensions and weight for each order and identify and evaluate any special needs for each load.
• Determine the most efficient vehicle for route completion.
• Coordinate all jobsite and truckload deliveries with customer base, sales and production.
• Assign qualified drivers to operate equipment.
• Manages a company-owned truck fleet, company drivers, and third-party carriers
• Responsible for daily and monthly audits and reports related to fleet, fuel, risk management, driver logs, inspection reports, accident registers etc.
• Responsible for all driving training in partnership with Employee Health & Safety Manager
• Maintain DOT Compliance through proper record keeping, training and monitoring.
• Supervises assigned personnel and maintains all necessary paperwork/records, in partnership with the HR department
• Assure that all employees receive proper training and that they are working safely each day.
• Develops and maintains systems and procedures to ensure quality of customer service, inventory accuracy, optimization of storage space, and on-time delivery.
• Files freight claims for any loss or damage of inventory and notifies plant management.
• Uses the information systems to analyze, monitor, and measure the effectiveness of logistics activities and expenses.

 

SKILLS YOU BRING:

• Minimum of 3 years with verifiable planning/dispatching experience in the trucking industry with at least 2 years in a leadership capacity.
• CDL Class A required with great driving record.
• Experience with computer-based dispatching systems.
• Must have knowledge of DOT and Hours of Service rules and regulations.
• Working knowledge of Excel, Word, and email programs
• Can lift up to 75 lbs. unassisted.
• Committed to safe work practices.
• Must be able to multi-task, be organized, efficient, accurate and be accountable to job responsibilities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Planning and organizational skills
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
• Problem solving skills.
• Ability to mentor and coach employees on a one-on-one basis as well as a group

 

 

Why Trulite:

Trulite offers the most comprehensive benefit coverage in the industry. We give our employees immediate access to health, dental, vision and life insurance benefits, as well as provide short/long-term disability coverage to protect you financially if non-occupational injury occurs.