Routing Manager

US Foods; Boca Raton (FL); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive plan bonus

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Life insurance

Job summary

US Foods is seeking a Routing Supervisor to manage daily outbound shipments, optimize route scheduling, and drive efficiencies across distribution centers. You will analyze routes, support projects to reduce miles, and improve on-time delivery while maintaining safety and regulatory compliance.

You will lead routers, collaborate with sales and warehouse teams, and pursue cost-effective solutions. A strong command of routing software, GPS systems, and MS Office is required.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or GED required; four-year college degree preferred.
• Minimum 3 years in transportation/operations supervisory role and 3 years of routing experience with 1 year in high-volume cases shipped environment.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access) and routing software.

Responsibilities

• Manage administration of daily outbound shipments to customers and distribution centers.
• Ensure routes are scheduled and sequenced in a timely, accurate, and efficient manner.
• Analyze routes to improve delivery reliability and drive cost savings; support routing projects to reduce miles and optimize depots.
• Lead routing meetings with sales leadership to optimize delivery time windows and route optimization.
• Coach and develop routers, ensure adherence to company policies, and act as change agent for department.

Skills

MS Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Access

Routing software

GPS OmniTracs Roadnet

Mainframe

Tandem

Communication

Leadership

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

OmniTracs

Roadnet

Mainframe

Tandem

OSHA/DOT knowledge

Job description

The primary purpose of this position is to manage the administration of daily outbound shipments to customers and other distribution centers within the organization by ensuring routes are scheduled and sequenced in a timely, accurate, and efficient manner. Must ensure a safe and secure working environment and operate in a profitable manner.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Ensure optimum delivery reliability to the customer by analyzing existing routes and driving improved efficiencies. • Initiate and support routing projects to reduce overall miles, increase on time, reduce goal distance, optimize depots and service territory, and cross-divisional transfers. • Drives and supports important routing metrics: On Time, Cases/Truck/Mile/Stop, Goal Distance. • Ensure routes are scheduled and sequenced in a timely, accurate and efficient manner. • Anticipates, analyzes and troubleshoots problems with routes and devises cost-effective and legal solutions; and acts to implement same. • Prepare and/or analyze various reports on a daily and/or weekly basis.Works closely with sales and warehouse departments to determine delivery feasibility. • Proactively review service and cost place improvement by identifying strategic depot locations. • Schedule and facilitate routing meetings with sales leadership team to review and align on delivery time windows and optimization of routes. • Responsible for achieving fuel and miles savings by improving goal distance. • Manages support of the routers. • Counsels, consults, communicates, instructs and monitors direct-reporting employees in acceptable practices and within department and Company policies and procedures. Further develops routers by facilitating or arranging for appropriate and timely training. • Acts as a change agent for the routing department to optimize functions. • Works with transparency in processes and decision making. Strategically plans for future changes or optimization within the department. • Acts as an owner of the routing department and provides leadership to those within department through recognition, encouragement, and rewards.SUPERVISION: Routers **RELATIONSHIPS** Internal: Transportation and Warehouse Management, VP Operations, Drivers, Warehouse management, Sales leaders External: Customers **QUALIFICATIONS** Education/Training: High School Diploma or GED **required;** four-year college degree preferred. **Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:** Computer skills, inventory control, supervisory/leadership skills, familiarity with OSHA, DOT, and other regulatory requirements. Ability to openly and effectively communicate with all associates/departments within the company. Ability to handle day-to-day operations. Must be able to use, or learn to use, all equipment, global positioning systems (GPS) i.e. OmniTracs, Roadnet, Mainframe, Tandem and tools used to perform the job. Must know/have ability to learn MSDS information regarding all material used within the scope of the work. **Related Experience:** Minimum of 3 years in a transportation/operations supervisory role and 3 years of routing experience with 1 year of the experience in a high volume cases shipped environment **required.** Strong Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite **required** (I.E. Excel, PowerPoint, Word, And Access), Proficient in Routing Software **required**, Effective Communication Teaming This role may also receive annual incentive plan bonus.Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html. Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law (for example: state or local minimum wage thresholds). The expected base rate for this role is between$60,000 - $100,000