Senior Director of Port Transportation & Fleet Operations

Yusen Logistics Americas Inc.; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision

401k with company match

10 days PTO

Bonus plan

7 Paid Holidays

OT pay if applicable

FSAs, Life and Disability Insurance,Tu

Tuition Assistance

Commuter Benefits

Job summary

Yusen Logistics Americas Inc. in Long Beach, CA seeks a Senior Director of Port Transportation & Fleet Operations to lead company-owned transportation from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

You will oversee a fleet of ~50 drivers, drive profitability, and manage customer relationships while guiding strategic growth and operational excellence. The role emphasizes leadership, budget stewardship, and cross-functional collaboration with finance, sales, safety, and maintenance to optimize

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 7+ years in transportation/logistics.
• Experience managing transportation operations and frontline personnel.
• Port drayage experience, LA/LB preferred.
• Strong understanding of transportation financials, pricing, and profitability.
• Customer account management experience.
• Business development and sales experience.
• Proficiency with transportation management systems (TMS), Microsoft Excel, and reporting tools.
• Strong communication, leadership, and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership of transportation operations, dispatch, driver utilization, equipment availability, routing, scheduling, and customer service execution.
• Oversee daily freight movement to ensure timely pickup and delivery from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
• Coordinate fleet maintenance activities and equipment availability to minimize downtime.
• Develop and maintain relationships with steamship lines, marine terminals, port operations, chassis providers, and transportation partners.
• Develop relationships with importers, exporters, BCOs, freight forwarders, NVOCCs, and 3PLs to drive profitable growth.
• Establish and monitor KPIs for safety, productivity, utilization, service performance, revenue growth, and profitability.

Skills

Leadership

Fleet operations

Dispatch

Port drayage

Transportation finance

Customer management

Business development

TMS proficiency

Microsoft Excel

Reporting tools

Communication

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Reporting tools

Job description

Senior Director of Port Transportation & Fleet Operations

Job Locations: US-CA-Long Beach

Job ID: 2026-6536

# of Openings: 1

Category: Strategy/Planning

Type: Regular Full-Time

Salary Range: $152,501-$267,935

The Senior Director of Port Transportation & Fleet Operations is responsible for overall leadership, financial performance, operation execution, customer relationships, and business growth for company-owned transportation operations supporting freight movement from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The role oversees a fleet and workforce of approximately 50 company drivers, and will oversee fleet operations, driver workforce management, customer account development, port and terminal relationships, profitability, and business expansion initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership of transportation operations, dispatch, driver utilization, equipment availability, routing, scheduling, and customer service execution
• Oversee daily freight movement to ensure timely pickup and delivery from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
• Coordinate fleet maintenance activities and equipment availability to minimize operational downtime.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable DOT, FMCSA, California, port, terminal, and company regulations and requirements.
• Develop and maintain relationships with steamship lines, marine terminals, port operations, chassis providers, and transportation partners.
• Develop relationships with importers, exporters, beneficial cargo owners (BCOs), freight forwarders, NVOCCs, and 3PLs to drive profitable growth.
• Monitor terminal operations, congestion, appointments, chassis availability, and other factors impacting performance.
• Oversee driver staffing, scheduling, training, performance management, and retention initiatives
• Manage customer relationships and serve as senior escalation point for service and operational issues.
• Develop and manage operation budgets, forecasts, pricing strategies, and financial targets.
• Develop and implement strategies to improve terminal turn times and reduce detention, empty miles, driver wait time, and other avoidable operating costs.
• Analyze profitability by customer, lane, service offering, and equipment type and implement improvement plans.
• Establish and monitor KPIs for safety, productivity, utilization, service performance, revenue growth, and profitability
• Lead start-up, transition, and stabilization activities for transportation operations.
• Develop and execute business development and account maintenance strategies to secure new customers and expand existing accounts.
• Generate proposals, pricing models, and transportation solutions aligned with customer requirements and profitability goals.
• Partner with Finance to ensure billing accuracy, collections performance, and recovery of detention, demurrage, and other accessorial revenues.
• Lead, coach, and develop transportation management, dispatch, and driver personnel while promoting a culture of accountability, safety, and operational excellence.
• Work collaboratively with finance, sales, human resources, safety, maintenance, and other corporate functions.
• Provide regular operational and financial reporting to senior management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree preferred plus seven or more years' related experience in transportation, trucking, port drayage, logistics, operations management, or related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience managing transportation operations and frontline personnel.
• Experience managing fleets, drivers, and dispatch functions.
• Port drayage experience, preferably within the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
• Strong understanding of transportation financials, pricing, and profitability.
• Customer account management experience.
• Business development and sales experience.
• Proficiency with transportation management systems (TMS), Microsoft Excel, and reporting tools.
• Strong communication, leadership, and negotiation skills.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision beginning the 1st of the month following start date
• 401k with a company match
• Standard 10 days PTO
• Eligible for bonus plan
• 7 Paid Holidays
• Eligible for OT pay if applicable
• Flexible Spending Accounts, Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability, Tuition Assistance Program, Commuter Benefits, vacation, and much more

Yusen Logistics is working to become the world's preferred supply chain logistics company. Our complete offer is designed to forge better connections between businesses, customers and communities - through innovative supply chain management, freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution services. As a company we're dedicated to a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring everyone who works with us is committed, connected and creative in making us the world's preferred choice.

Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc. values each individual employee and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce by providing equal employment opportunities for all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, uniform service member status, age, disability, sexual and gender orientation, genetic information, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.

Los Angeles County Only: Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc. will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act. You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc. is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. Find out more about the Fair Chance Act by visiting the Civil Rights Department Fair Chance Act webpage.