Route & Dispatch Supervisor — Transportation Planning

Quaker Valley Foods, Inc.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); In loco; USD 70.000 - 105.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Quaker Valley Foods, Inc. is seeking a transportation manager to oversee workforce scheduling, dispatch of drivers, and route planning across the service area. You will ensure DOT compliance, coordinate with warehouses, and drive on-time deliveries while maintaining service standards.

The role requires a strong background in transportation management within food distribution, excellent communication, and the ability to analyze and resolve scheduling challenges with urgency.

Competenze

• A bachelor's degree is preferred, but consideration will be given to the candidate with commensurate experience.
• Current and active CDL is a plus.
• Safety experience is preferred.
• Minimally 1 year of transportation management experience in the food distribution industry.
• Advanced organizational skills.
• Knowledgeable about DOT regulations.
• Effective communicator who can work effectively with a diverse group of employees, managers and other departments.
• Approach all responsibilities with urgency.
• Ability to work a varied and flexible schedule.
• Ability to effectively monitor staff.
• Ability to plan and prioritize multiple tasks.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems.
• Basic competency with Microsoft Office applications, i.e., Word, Access, Excel, and database extractions.
• Working knowledge of software such as Samsara and Roadnet is a plus.
• AS/400 experience.

Mansioni

• Monitor and manage the workforce and work schedule to minimize overtime and optimize employee utilization. Manage the dispatch departures.
• Responsible for scheduling, distributing, monitoring fleet of drivers to ensure customer service is delivered in compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Communicate with the Transportation Manager and other departments on scheduling, delivery and backhaul delays.
• Performs daily tasks related to routing of vehicles to various customers throughout the service area while simultaneously maintaining compliance with both DOT rules and regulations and achieving a high level of customer satisfaction.
• Partner with the Transportation Manager to provide oversight to route planning.
• Achieve safe, timely, and accurate deliveries to customers via a thorough working knowledge of multi-stop routing systems and dispatch procedures.
• Coordinate activities with the warehouse to ensure accurate loading and timely deliveries occur.
• Assign, direct and review drivers work performance, logs, hours of service, and other DOT/FMCSA requirements to ensure compliance with all inspections, audits, company policies, procedures and work rules. and state, local and federal regulations.
• Establish and adhere to performance metrics and performance reviews for the driver team.
• Coach and counsel employees as needed for driver performance, attendance, safety and all other policy/rule violations through participation in route rides and meetings, including discipline and behavior modification.
• Coordinates efforts with the safety and root cause committee to aid in training, conducting associate observations, up-dating preferred work methods, conducting accident investigations to determine root causes and reduce preventable accidents.
• Monitors on-board recording device data by completing daily checks of trucks and web portal to ensure all fleet units are operating properly as well as ensuring excellent equipment use and utilization.
• Process pre- and post-shift driver paperwork including invoices and vehicle inspections.
• Conduct truck inspections for equipment safety, food safety temperatures, and utilizing proper schematics for offloading efficiently.
• Coordinate repair and regular maintenance through leasing company and vehicle maintenance partner.

Conoscenze

Effective communicator

Advanced organizational skills

Problem solving

Flexible schedule

Staff monitoring

Plan and prioritize tasks

Analyze and solve problems

MS Office (Word/Excel/Access)

Formazione

Bachelor's degree preferred

Strumenti

Samsara

Roadnet

AS/400

Descrizione del lavoro

Quaker Valley Foods, Inc. is seeking a transportation manager to oversee workforce scheduling, dispatch of drivers, and route planning across the service area. You will ensure DOT compliance, coordinate with warehouses, and drive on-time deliveries while maintaining service standards.

The role requires a strong background in transportation management within food distribution, excellent communication, and the ability to analyze and resolve scheduling challenges with urgency.