Logistics & Transportation Solutions Supervisor

DHL; Mechanicsburg (Cumberland County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

DHL Supply Chain is seeking a Transportation Solutions Supervisor in the United States temperature-corrected for Mechanicsburg area to supervise planners, manage daily load plans, coordinate shipments, and ensure safe operations. The role emphasizes coaching, training, and performance reviews while driving improvements in productivity and service levels.

The position requires an operations background with 2+ years in logistics or transportation, plus 1–3 years in a leadership role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, preferred
• Operations background, required
• 2+ years logistics or transportation industry experience, required
• 1-3 years experience in lead/supervisor/management role, preferred

Responsibilities

• Supervise coordinators and/or Planners to deliver on their objectives with customer shipments including daily load planning, receipts of load tenders, coordinating appointments for arrival and delivery
• Oversee coordinator’s communication to internal and external customers and drive consistency
• Direct the necessary daily activity to ensure a safe, secure, clean and fair work environment for associates
• Deliver associate orientation, training, performance reviews, and/or development as appropriate
• Plan, manage, and adjust the daily workload and staffing to minimize the unplanned overtime
• Coordinate carrier pickup times, and provide shipment plan to distribution center
• Ensure shift/daily/weekly workload planning and volume forecasting routines are accomplished
• Communicate exceptions with internal and external customers to ensure consistency in direction and expectations
• Organize and lead focus on improved productivity by improving processes and efficiency
• Identify and execute continuous improvement opportunities that improves financial performance and service levels

Skills

Leadership

Logistics

Operations

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

EFMS

Topex

TMS

Red PrairieRoute

Job description

DHL Supply Chain is seeking a Transportation Solutions Supervisor in the United States temperature-corrected for Mechanicsburg area to supervise planners, manage daily load plans, coordinate shipments, and ensure safe operations. The role emphasizes coaching, training, and performance reviews while driving improvements in productivity and service levels.

The position requires an operations background with 2+ years in logistics or transportation, plus 1–3 years in a leadership role.