Freight Operations Team Lead

Talentify; Pocatello (ID); On-site; USD 64,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Paid time off (PTO) 15 days first year

9 company holidays

401(k) with company match

Education assistance

Incentive plan

Job summary

XPO is seeking a Freight Operations Supervisor to lead a busy distribution center. You will supervise hourly staff, manage workloads, and ensure safety, accuracy and on-time loading and delivery of freight across the network.

Responsibilities include developing procedures, optimizing shift coverage, coaching staff, enforcing FMCSR/OSHA/DOT policies, and driving productivity while controlling costs. A strong leader with logistics know-how will thrive in this environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of related work experience in a warehouse, distribution, supply chain, transportation or similar environment.
• Knowledge of the Less-than-Truckload (LTL) industry, hazardous materials regulations and DOT rules and regulations
• Available to work a variety of shifts, including days, evenings, nights and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise all aspects of freight operations.
• Develop and implement strategic work procedures to meet the evolving demands of the department.
• Evaluate, manage, assign and supervise workloads and tasks.
• Supervise hourly staff across various operations and act as primary point of contact for workplace concerns and questions.
• Ensure production goals are met by managing tonnage, payroll and other administrative functions.
• Plan hourly employee schedules to meet daily operations goals and lower costs.
• Enforce all company, FMCSR, OSHA, CCMTA, NSC and DOT policies, rules, regulations, and laws.
• Implement all applicable workplace policies and procedures and enforce compliance to optimize network performance.
• Ensure customer freight is processed, handled, loaded and delivered timely and damage free.
• Coach and develop employees on proper techniques and quality requirements, including conducting new hire employee evaluations and determining whether to issue corrective action for violations of XPO’s workplace policies.

Skills

LTL industry knowledge

Hazardous materials regulations

DOT rules and regulations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Transportation, Distribution or Logistics, or 4 years related experience

Job description

XPO is seeking a Freight Operations Supervisor to lead a busy distribution center. You will supervise hourly staff, manage workloads, and ensure safety, accuracy and on-time loading and delivery of freight across the network.

Responsibilities include developing procedures, optimizing shift coverage, coaching staff, enforcing FMCSR/OSHA/DOT policies, and driving productivity while controlling costs. A strong leader with logistics know-how will thrive in this environment.