Senior Operations Supervisor - Transportation (Supply Chain/Logistics)

Penske; Joliet (IL); In loco; USD 62.000 - 83.000; Tempo pieno

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Descrizione del lavoro

Penske Logistics in Joliet, IL seeks an experienced Senior Operations Supervisor to lead hourly workforce, oversee driver deliveries, loading/unloading, and cross docking, ensuring service levels and cost objectives are met.

You will supervise planning, scheduling, and reports, coach staff, and partner with safety, finance, and customer teams to optimize productivity, attendance, and compliance across location operations.

Competenze

• 2-4 years of related functional experience.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Advanced computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Willingness to travel as necessary and work the required schedule.
• Regular, predictable, full attendance is essential.

Mansioni

• Communicate performance standards and interview hourly associates.
• Monitor attendance, productivity, and performance markers; provide counseling or recognition.
• Supervise logistics operations including customer service, freight loading/unloading, dispatch and documentation.
• Evaluate and implement changes to improve dispatch/warehouse productivity; assist in training.
• Manage working hours to minimize overtime and meet productivity targets.

Conoscenze

Experience: 2-4 years

Communication skills

MS Office

Travel willingness

Attendance reliability

Formazione

High School Diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's Degree preferred

Descrizione del lavoro

Position Summary:

Provide operational leadership to individual contributors and hourly workforce to ensure the execution of daily tasks and activities including driver deliveries, loading/unloading of trailers, cross docking and customer service operations in a manner consistent with company services and cost objectives. Supervises most processes directly including workforce and equipment scheduling. Responsible for making corrective action and disciplinary decisions up to written warning level. Involved in the hiring process and customer meetings as necessary. Reviews truck runs based on location of accounts, volume, costs, customer requirements and private fleet utilization. Review daily orders for additional private fleet opportunities based on above requirements.

• Salary range: $61,900 - $83,400. In this role, Senior Operations Supervisors will be bonus eligible based on their performance and location performance.

• Shift: Monday-Friday; 11:00am – 8:00 pm (Flexibility working short staffed/peak season, based on the business needs).

Major Responsibilities:

People:

-Communicate performance standards that are specific and measurable, Interview hourly associates and provide recommendations for hire, Monitor attendance, productivity, and other performance markers and provide counseling and/or recognition to associates as needed.

Operations:

-Supervise logistics operations including customer service, freight loading and unloading, dispatch and proper documentation and procedure control, Evaluate and recommend changes in preferred work methods to increase productivity of dispatch/warehouse operations. Assist in new associate training, Provide relief coverage for operational duties when associates utilize time-off or are absent from the shift, Have a thorough working knowledge of the site's operating systems in order to ensure operational compliance and correct exception resolution, Complete all necessary records and reports in a timely and accurate fashion.

Finance:

-Ensure compliance with financial policies and procedures such as inventory accuracy and control, returns, damages, etc, Understand the relationship between decision-making and profitability, Closely manage associates' working hours and activities to minimize overtime and to meet or exceed productivity targets.

Safety:

-Ensure day-to-day management and associate activities are in alignment with the location safety strategy, Provide associates with communication, training, feedback, and direction to ensure safe performance, Ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory agencies and company policies and procedures.

Growth / Customer Experience:

-Understand the location-specific customer goals & objectives, Ensure the customer knows that we are committed to helping them meet their objectives, Determine areas that could benefit from Continuous Improvement efforts.

Fleet/Assets:

-Properly plan work assignments to ensure effective use of fleet/warehouse equipment, Work with hourly associates to ensure they understand safe and efficient operation of equipment.

Other projects and tasks as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications:

-2 - 4 years related functional experience

-High School Diploma or equivalent required

-Bachelors Degree preferred

-Strong written/oral communication and organizational skills are required

-Advanced computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint required

-Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job

-Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening required.

Physical Requirements:

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

-The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.

-While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.

-Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Benefits:

Our excellent benefits plan keeps associates and their families happy, healthy, and secure. To learn more visit https://penske.jobs/benefits/

Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Penske Logistics

Penske Logistics engineers state-of-the-art transportation, warehousing and freight management solutions that deliver powerful business results for market-leading companies. With operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, Penske and its associates help businesses move forward by increasing visibility and driving down supply-chain costs. Visit Penske Logistics to learn more.

Job Category: Logistics/Supply Chain

Job Family: Operations

Address: 4000 Rock Creek Blvd Suite B

Primary Location: US-IL-Joliet

Employer: Penske Logistics LLC

Req ID: 2612316