Routing Manager

usfoods; Coralville (IA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Pre-tax spending accounts

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Short-term and long-term disability

Employee stock purchase plan

Life insurance

Job summary

US Foods seeks a Routing Supervisor to manage daily outbound shipments, optimize routes, and align delivery windows with sales and warehouse teams in a fast‑paced distribution environment. You will analyze routes, drive efficiency, and ensure safe, compliant operations.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in transportation supervision and routing in high‑volume environments, plus proficiency with MS Office and routing software. The role includes an annual incentive plan and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years in a transportation/operations supervisory role and 3 years of routing experience in a high-volume cases shipped environment.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access) and routing software.
• Ability to communicate openly with all associates and manage day-to-day operations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure optimum delivery reliability by analyzing routes and driving improved efficiencies.
• Initiate routing projects to reduce miles, increase on-time deliveries, and optimize depots.
• Drive routing metrics: On Time, Cases/Truck/Mile/Stop, Goal Distance.
• Schedule and sequence routes timely and accurately; lead routing meetings with sales leadership.
• Counsel and develop routers, act as change agent, and maintain SOP adherence.

Skills

Leadership

Inventory control

Supervisory/leadership

Communication

MS Office

Routing software

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

OmniTracs

Roadnet

Mainframe

Tandem

Job description

Join Our Community of Food People!

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 an 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 .

• health insurance
• pre-tax spending accounts
• retirement benefits
• paid time off
• short-term and long-term disability
• employee stock purchase plan
• life insurance

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 - $95,000

EOE - Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/ Age/Genetic Information /Protected Veteran/Disability Status