Manager, Transportation Jobs

We Deliver the Goods:

• Competitive pay and benefits, including Day 1 Health & Wellness Benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 401K Employer Matching, Education Assistance, Paid Time Off, and much more
• Salary Range - $100,000 - 120,000
• Growth opportunities performing essential work to support America’s food distribution system
• Safe and inclusive working environment, including culture of rewards, recognition, and respect

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Position Purpose:
Primary Responsibilities:
As a Transportation Manager, you will co-direct all functions of the Transportation Department; including creating and managing the annual business plans. You will manage drivers, routes, deliveries, maintenance, security and safety, and other transportation related functions to create direct contributions to the division and to customers’ experiences. A successful candidate will have effectively demonstrated an ability to continuously build better service, demonstrate leadership, and instill a culture of innovation.
Responsibilities may include, but not limited to:

• Fostering professional growth of department personnel through performance management.
• Managing the transportation budget.
• Ensuring compliance with all federal, state, local, and company regulations.
• Managing the tactical operations as well as strategic function of the transportation department.
• Coordinating maintenance, fueling, and repairs of vehicles.
• Allocating work and resources to effectively meet on-time delivery requirements.
• Assisting in the overall selection, hiring, and management of department personnel.
• Discovering opportunities to improve routing operations, increase back-haul revenues, and improve departmental results.
• Developing and implementing transportation infrastructure and process guidelines.
• Creating efficiencies within the department through timely implementation of programs and effective management of human capital and fleet.
• Maintaining a safe and secure working environment by promoting and managing safety.
• Creating open lines of communication with employees.
• Collaborating with peers to drive improvements in division performance, analyzing key metrics.
• Ensuring drives meet required operating skills, training, testing, and DOT reporting.

Required Qualifications:

• Ability to analyze and critically evaluate situations.
• Physical ability to occasionally bend, kneel, crouch, climb, or crawl.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft office applications such as; excel and Microsoft Word.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of Department of Transportation regulations.
• 5-7 years of transportation supervisory/management experience.
• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) with 2 years of higher education.
• Possessing a valid Class A CDL preferred.
• Physical ability to sit, stand, and walk frequently for sustained periods of time.
• Ability to manage routing and distribution, and logistic computer software.
• 1-2 years of demonstrated experience in budget creation and management.
• Exposure to a variety of environmental conditions: weather, temperature, lighting, and noise as determined by circumstances at accounts within assigned territory.

EEO Statement
Performance Food Group and/or its subsidiaries (individually or collectively, the "Company") provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all applicants and employees, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations. Please click on the following links to review: (1) our EEO Policy; (2) the "EEO is the Law" poster and supplement; and (3) the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.
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