What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President Transportation position at Fresh Del Monte?
Purpose of Position:
The Vice President of Transportation will be responsible for providing strategic leadership to develop, optimize and manage the implementation and profitable growth of the company’s transportation division. In this role, will also support the Operations team, creating added customer value and generating incremental revenue streams.
Responsibilities:
- Optimize regional transportation operations that support North America (N.A.) Distribution Centers (DC) and Fresh Cut Operations (FCO) including equipment utilization, customer service requirements and third party revenue opportunities.
- Oversee the procurement, leasing, and rental of trucks and related equipment, standardization of vehicle specifications and adaptive new technology.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMSCA) regulations including driver qualifications, safety, auditing, and insurance requirements.
- Organize internal resources to capitalize on value added opportunities including, working towards developing creative solutions for customer needs.
- Develop strategic relationships with key customer contacts to increase customer services, and third party resources to better negotiate contracts and pricing.
- Development of appropriate metrics (Key Performance Indicators) for all functional areas within the trucking operations.
- Cost containment/reduction and productivity responsibilities for Fleet Operations.
- Responsible for the management and P&L for the Tricont Logistics Brokerage business
- Selling our warehouse space at the DC’s and Ports.
- Selling Brokerage business.
- Profit of the Brokerage business.
- Customer set up and CLM.
- Manage all transportation pricing for North America.
- Manage assets and transportation for Mann Packing.
- Management of all 3rd party warehouses in N.A.
- Tricont, brokerage, warehousing, and logistics performance.
- Assist in special projects as assigned.
Requirements:
- At least 10 years prior experience with Trucking Operations and Fleet management.
- At least 5 years prior experience in a similar role.
- Strong knowledge of Transportation industry, including Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations, as related to supply chain management and fresh produce.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (i.e. Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.).
- Excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills (i.e. written and verbal).
- Flexibility to travel as needed.
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DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE IS AN EEO/AA/V
