Operations Supervisor

Riverstone Logistics; Knightdale (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverstone Logistics is seeking an Operations Supervisor to lead routing, dispatch, and client delivery objectives at a local profit center. You will guide a team of Operations Coordinators, monitor motor carrier performance, and provide coaching to maximize site performance.

The role emphasizes proactive issue resolution, feedback to carriers, and maintaining high standards of service while working mainly in an office/warehouse environment. Strong leadership and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor level or equivalent not required; HS diploma accepted.
• Strong people and operations supervisory experience is essential.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships.
• Ability to adapt to fast-paced operations and changes.
• Willingness to embrace new technology and processes.
• Operations or final mile delivery experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day delivery operations, including monitoring loadout, delivery activity, and carrier needs.
• Ensure timely reporting of loadouts, returns, and carrier compliance per client standards.
• Maintain professional relationships with location management, carriers, and client staff.
• Supervise route monitoring and the check-in process for reschedules with carriers.
• Process and monitor returns via client portal at participating locations.
• Move inventory safely using material handling equipment when needed.
• Serve as main contact for client escalations and coordinate delivery windows.
• Perform additional duties as required by client requirements.

Skills

People supervision

Verbal & written communication

Interpersonal skills

Fast-paced adaptability

Tech adoption

Final mile ops exp

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Riverstone Logistics (RLX) is a big and bulky supply chain powerhouse delivering seamless final mile, middle mile, warehousing, fulfillment, and storage solutions through a nationally integrated platform.

Founded in 2017 by five partners who believed logistics could be built around something bigger than moving freight, we began with furniture delivery and grew into a nationwide provider serving complex supply chains across the United States.

We are a purpose-driven company. We exist to use our God-given talents and opportunities to love our neighbors, serve our communities, and improve our industry. That purpose shapes how we lead our teams, how we partner with our customers, and how we take ownership of every delivery.

Our people, who we call Extra Milers, bring genuine integrity and care to every mile. If you lead well, communicate with clarity, and want your work to mean something, we want to meet you. If you're looking for a place where people genuinely matter, you've found it.

Position Summary

The Operations Supervisor will oversee the day-to-day functions of routing, dispatching, and other client delivery objectives at a specific profit center. This position will supervise a team of Operations Coordinators that monitor motor carrier performance and provide feedback to motor carriers and location management. In addition, this position will assist CDT/RTD in monitoring and troubleshooting of delivery issues in a proactive and highly responsive manner. This position will spend most of their time in the office or warehouse helping to maximize the performance of the site by providing feedback and coaching to their team.

• Ethics & Values
• Problem Solving
• Customer Focus
• Drive for Results
• Functional/Technical Skills
• Managing & Measuring Work
• Timely Decision Making
• Decision Quality
• Informing
• Composure

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Oversee day-to-day delivery operations, including the monitoring of morning loadout/check in, delivery activity, evaluation of motor carrier needs, and customer service in accordance with agreed quality and production standards of the client
• Ensure timely reporting of loadout/returns compliance as well as motor carrier compliance within client standards and the agreed-upon communication mechanism
• Maintain professional working relationships with location management, peers, motor carriers, client employees, and other department managers and holds their team to the same standards
• Supervise and review route monitoring utilizing client-specific software
• Supervise and perform the check in process for reschedules that are brought back by motor carriers
• Process and monitor returns through the client portal at participating locations
• Move inventory safely using material handling equipment (as needed)
• Serve as a main point of contact for escalations from the client
• Schedule orders and notify the customer of their time windows for next day delivery
• Perform other duties as assigned (may vary based on client requirements)

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent required
• Strong people and operations supervisory skills
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to adapt to changes in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to embrace new technology
• Operations or final mile delivery experience preferred

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to remain stationary for long periods of time, work in a standing position, and to communicate effectively with coworkers and outside stakeholders in person, on the telephone and via email and other computer-related messaging. The employee is occasionally required to maneuver about the work area and move/manipulate various objects. This position may require extended work hours and travel.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

Riverstone Logistics is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

Riverstone Logistics also complies with the Immigration Reform & Control Act and E-Verify, so we ask that you bring the appropriate documents to confirm your authorization to work in the United States with you upon request.