JOB SUMMARY: Supervises the day-to-day activities related to transportation and warehousing operations to ensure that Distribution Center KPIs and governmental regulations are met.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Supervises the day-to-day activities of warehouse operations, including daily work assignments, monitoring productivity, accuracy, and KPIs, and identifying areas for improvement to meet or exceed Division standards and objectives. (30%)

1. Supervises the day-to-day activities of transportation operations (route overload cuts, personnel utilization, on-time performance, off-load rate, driver debriefing, etc.) to ensure established standards are met or exceeded. (20%)

1. Supervises assigned staff, providing training to ensure compliance with established standards for quality, sanitation, security, and safety. (20%)

1. Monitor fleet operations, including loading and dispatch times, vehicle and equipment utilization reports, and vehicle safety and maintenance to ensure compliance with GSF and DOT standards. (10%)

1. Distributes daily productivity reports and monitors daily receiving to ensure compliance with such product-related issues as QIP testing, storage, HACCP food quality standards, and new product slotting. (10%)

1. Monitors staffing levels, including the weekly casual work schedule and relieving warehouse and transportation supervisors and leads as required, to ensure required work tasks can be achieved. (10%)

1. Performs other related and assigned duties as necessary.

LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY

Supervises between 20 and 100 employees

PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES

• Productivity/quality standards: cases per hour
• Productivity/quality standards: delivery efficiency and timeliness
• Productivity/quality standards: accuracy, timeliness, thoroughness
• Budget
• Cost containment
• Teamwork within the department and across departments
• Project/assignment standards
• Customer satisfaction
• Employee development
• Safety standards and procedures: employees
• Safety standards and procedures: facility and warehouse equipment

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Education and experience equivalent to:

Education/Certification:

Preferred, NOT REQUIRED: Bachelors degree in Business Administration from an accredited college or university. DOT training with appropriate agencies.

Experience:

3 years of relevant work experience in warehouse and transportation operations, including inventory, and shipping and receiving

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of (B/basic; J/journey; E/expert):

• Shipping and receiving concepts and techniques (E)
• Relevant safety policies, practices, and procedures (E)
• Transportation concepts and procedures (J)
• Transportation and logistics principles (J)
• DOT regulations, policies, and procedures (J)
• Supervisory concepts and techniques (J)
• PC word processing/spreadsheet software (J)
• Inventory control concepts and techniques (B)
• Labor contracts and labor union environment (B)

Skill and ability to:

• Supervise and motivate employees in a team-based environment
• Interpret transportation and warehouse anomalies and identify appropriate solutions
• Communicate and coordinate effectively with employees verbally and in writing
• Read and process written information with a high degree of accuracy
• Work effectively in a general business environment, with a focus on high levels of quality and customer service
• Travel via airplane and drive an automobile
• Act in accordance with QCDs Values and Creed