About This Opportunity
Reporting to the Manager, Distribution, the Supervisor, Distribution is responsible for the management of Coke Canada drivers and the effective distribution of Coca-Cola product to our customers. The Supervisor works as a coach and mentor to their team. To succeed in this position, the Supervisor must be capable of planning the workload, motivating their team, and offering great customer service.
The working hours are from 10:00am to 6:00pm.
Responsibilities
- Supervising a team of distribution employees, while respecting budgetary constraints
- Staff, train, evaluate and develop team members
- Ensure adherence to delivery standards, efficiencies and regulatory requirements
- Manages drivers' delivery schedule and hours worked
- Establish and maintain positive customer relationships, resolving customer issues
- Serve as liaison between sales, distribution and warehouse to maintain efficient communication between functions
- Manage and audit team member's timekeeping
- Manage within labor and OPEX budget, while respecting budgetary constraints
- Provide leadership, motivation, and training for development of the distribution team
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or experience deemed equivalent is required
- 1-3 years experience in consumer products / direct store delivery required
- 1-3 years experience of supervisory experience required
- Experience managing in a unionized environment is preferred
- Prior experience in distribution, retail, or warehouse required. Beverage industry is preferred
- Familiarity with department of transportation regulations
- Ability to make sound decisions and recommendations based on analytical evaluations
- Strong leadership and communication skills to cultivate, manage and foster a diverse team of employees
- Ability to initiate activities and perform duties without direct supervision
- Possess excellent organization and time-management skills
- Be familiar with Office and SAP computer tools