Delivery Area Manager

Job Description

At Havertys we prioritize our customer’s goal of having a warm and inviting home. Since 1855, Havertys customers shop with confidence because we always stand behind the customers' purchase. It’s that simple.

Havertys Furniture seeks an experienced and motivated Delivery Area Manager to manager or Furniture Delivery Driver teams in Birmingham, Memphis, and Huntsville, Al.

$65k base salary.

Havertys Delivery Area Manager, (DAM) manages the daily activities of the home delivery teams. As a leader, you will focus on the performance, staffing, training, and service level of your delivery area. Communicating daily with all team members and helping them address all issues dealing with the delivery of Havertys Furniture products to our customers.

SPECIFIC DUTIES

Includes, but are not limited to the following:

• Work with Logistics and the PC manager to ensure the capacity matches the budget, equipment and overtime plan.
• Review the zip code schedule and adjust the frequency we delivery to a zip where needed.
• Approves out of normal deliveries
• Monitors tthe delivery truck maintenance and repair.
• Driver “ride alongs”
• The Delivery Area Manager is expected to do a “ride along” 50% of their time. A trip report will be completed after each ride along.
• The Delivery Area Manager will lead all areas for Delivery Driver selection, performance managment, and coaching.
• Approve all time worked and incentive pay where applicable. The distribution manager ensures the time is accurate.
• Assigning routes. Overtime control as a consideration. The distribution manager will assign all routes.
• Scheduling of non-delivery or service work at a store will need to be preplanned with the DA manager and PC manager.
• Distribution manager will maintain DOT files.

Job Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• 
  Ability to work with different levels of management, including Distribution, Store and, Profit Center
• Outstanding communication skills (both Oral and written)
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Must be self motivated, detailed and results driven
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Must be able to handle problems and make key decisions under tight time constraints
• Excellent computer skills, including general PC, Telogis, BOS and HVTnet
• Previous experience in one or more of the following areas: Delivery Driver, Delivery Assistant and/or Service Technician desirable

Disclaimer

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He/she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties upon the request of his superior.

Havertys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Havertys does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.