Director, Fleet and Inland

TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico LLC; Jacksonville (FL); Sur place; USD 150 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico LLC is seeking a Director of Fleet and Inland Transportation in Jacksonville, FL. The role oversees daily fleet operations, inland functions, and a high-performing team to ensure optimal inventory, maintenance, and client service.

The position requires leadership across departments, budget management, safety compliance, and coordination with vendors and customers. Travel to Puerto Rico is expected for equipment oversight and maintenance coordination.

Qualifications

• Leadership: guide teams to deliver results.
• Planning: forecast需求 and equipment needs over 3–9 months.
• Management: organize multiple priorities and projects.
• Commitment to company values and safety.

Responsabilités

• Directly supervise and manage Department Managers.
• Build a high-performing operations team and coach leaders for growth.
• Manage budgets for operations and risk while controlling costs.
• Oversee fleet and inland operations with internal and external vendors.
• Ensure safety programs, hazardous materials handling and risk management.
• Negotiate service contracts, drayage rates, and fuel charges.
• Report utilization, productivity and budgeting to Senior Manager.

Connaissances

Leadership

Planning

Management

Commitment to values

Formation

Bachelor degree or equivalent

Description du poste

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Director, Fleet and Inland

Full-Time Director Jacksonville, FL, US

Director, Fleet & Inland Transportation

Purpose of Job

The Director of Fleet / Inland Transportation will be responsible for daily management of all fleet operations activities and inland functions focusing on optimal fleet inventory, fleet maintenance, as well as ensuring a high level of service to all clients.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Directly supervise and manage Department Managers.

Build a high-performing operations team through assessing the team’s capabilities, proactively resolving gaps, actively coach leaders to prepare them for greater responsibility, delegate duties to foster a sense of empowerment and ownership.

Manage capital requirements and budgets for operations and risk departments, while controlling costs through leadership and business process improvements.

Manage day-to-day fleet and inland operations through staff - TMPR terminal maintenance, logistics, and corporate office Fleet Management team, vehicle operations; all within company standards of excellence. Fleet efforts will support a fleet that is the right size based on volume, that is properly maintained by internal and external vendors, and has the proper age according to TOTE standards. Inland efforts will support on-time pick-ups and deliveries through selected trucking partners.

Supervise programs, policies, and/or procedures to reduce or eliminate organizational risk, dealing with safety and accident prevention. Support functions related to hazardous materials handling, contraband prevention and stowaway prevention, business continuity, claims management, employee health and wellness, and IICL management education for employees.

Provide leadership in managing terminal maintenance and repair; build relationships with customers and service providers.

Manage, identify, and verify equipment safety, inventory and repairs within budget, with exemplary Recordable Safety and Lost Time records while meeting the needs of the company and its vendors. These include risks and exposures which can result in significant personal injury, environmental damage, property damage, vessel arrests, or adverse publicity.

Knowledgeable and Compliant with all government Standards and Certifications.

Manage and negotiate Inland service contracts, drayage rates, fuel charges, and other areas as identified.

Support and foster systems improvement and integrations.

Ensure all risk-associated contracts, insurances, and records are maintained and bid appropriately.

Report fleet utilizations, productivity and budgeting performances to Senior Manager.

Maintain safety and exemplify high ethical standards to customers, employees and vendors.

Directly negotiate with leasing companies regarding rates, terms and all cost issues.

Travel periodically to Puerto Rico with oversight of equipment and maintenance and repair activities.

Responsibilities include training, planning assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employee; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities

Assists the Company in any necessary duties to achieve Company goals.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Authority/Judgment/Disclosure/Financial Responsibility

Authority Selections

• Little or no direct supervision. A wide choice in selection, development and coordination of methods within broad framework of general policies.

Judgment Decisions

• Mistakes and errors in judgment are significant, difficult to detect, involving major expenditures, may involve the preparation or presentation of data on which management bases important decisions.

Disclosure of Information Selections

• This position involves regular work with some information of major importance, which if disclosed may be detrimental to the company's interests.

Financial Responsibility Selections

• Purchases supplies necessary for performance of personal or immediate work group’s job functions.

Skills

Leadership: a demonstrated ability to lead people and get results.

Planning: an ability to think ahead and plan over a 3-9 month time span. Also, will have the ability to plan an equipment purchase strategy for 5-7 years in the future.

Management: the ability to organize and manage multiple priorities.

Commitment to company values.

Education

• Bachelor degree or equivalent through work experience.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures and governmental regulations.

Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from Senior Management, groups of managers, clients, customers and general public.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.

Ability to compute rates, ratio and percent and draw and interpret various graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exits.

Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written oral and schedule form.

Valid Driver’s license required.

Physical Requirements of the Position

• Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Visual Requirements of the Position

• Visual requirement equal to that for clerical administrative whose work deals largely with preparing and analyzing data and figures, accounting, transcription, computer terminal, extensive reading, etc.

Equal Opportunity Employer

TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Aff