Dedicated Fleet Manager

Riverside Transport Group; Livonia (MI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Transport Group in Livonia, MI is seeking a Driver Supervisor to manage driver performance and serve as the primary liaison between drivers and the company. You will oversee load information, maintenance coordination, and communication of company news to drivers, while driving improvements in data entry accuracy, turnover, and on-time service.

Responsibilities include enforcing safety metrics, ensuring preventative maintenance, coordinating with HR on medical or attendance issues, and

Qualifications

• Associate degree or 1–2 years related experience or training.
• 2-year degree in related field.
• 3-year experience in transportation.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Sole communications link to driver regarding load information, advances, purchase orders and maintenance coordination.
• Manage assigned drivers and tractors to optimize performance; ensure data entry accuracy.
• Maintain driver turnover within target range and monitor utilization (MPU per day).
• Ensure on-time service and communicate customer expectations; reinforce safety metrics.
• Escalate driver complaints to the appropriate department and coordinate with HR, Load Planners, Service, and Breakdown teams.

Skills

Decision-making

Microsoft Excel

Team leadership

Education

Associate Degree or 1-2 years related experience

2-year degree in related field

3-year experience in transportation

Job description

Summary

Serve as driver's supervisor/representative in Operations. Manage drivers performance in identified categories and be primary communication link to drivers. Work to achieve optimum driver and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

1. Sole communications link to driver, including, but not limited to, load information, advances, purchase orders, maintenance coordination, performance counseling, and dissemination of general company news and information.
2. Responsible for assigned full board of tractors and drivers, including, but not limited to effective management for optimum performance in the following categories:
   • Ensuring data entry is correct always. Coding errors on service failures need to be minimal. Fleet Managers will be responsible for 99.5% data entry accuracy.
   • Responsible to ensure your driver turnover stays in the ideal range. The ideal range will vary month by month, but preventable turnover should never exceed 60%.
   • Utilization, mileage may vary as well, depending on the month. Utilization overall should be 310-326 MPU per day. In case of dedicated freight your MPU goal may be adjusted to fit the expectation of that specific business unit.
   • On-time Service- Service failures should be minimal. It is your responsibility to communicate to the driver the customers expectations.
   • Overall safety- Hours of service, unsafe driving, and overall CSA scores will affect your bonus potential.
3. Make sure drivers are current on preventative maintenance on their trucks.
4. Update drivers on road conditions and restrictions as communicated by the Safety Department.
5. Communicate to HR in a timely manner on Drivers Medical Conditions or attendance issues.
6. Handling driver complaints and ensuring complaints are escalated to the appropriate person or department and handled in a timely manner.
7. Work with Load Planners and other Fleet Managers to plan future workload.
8. Work with Service and Breakdown departments to adequately maintain equipment and meet service schedules.
9. Must be able to think strategically and plan ahead of rapidly changing situations while maintaining a positive team-oriented attitude.
10. Must be well organized and engaged with the team-members.
11. Maintain a positive attitude with co-workers and supervisor, exercising the speed of trust when issues arise.
12. Disclaimer This Job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities. Duties and responsibilities may change without notice.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Associate Degree or 1-2 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2-year degree in related field
• 3-year experience in transportation
• Demonstrates decision-making ability with little supervision
• Intermediate user ability for Microsoft Excel