Strategic Logistics Lead: Fleet & Delivery Excellence

Skidmore; Frazer Township (PA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Essex Food Ingredients seeks a Senior Logistics Manager to lead transportation execution, private fleet coordination, and logistics administration across Frazer and Sayreville. You will oversee driver teams, ensure safety, on-time delivery, and regulatory compliance.

The role reports to the VP of Supply Chain and drives process standardization, performance metrics, and cost optimization across locations. Experience in food ingredients logistics is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Five or more years of progressive logistics, transportation, fleet, dispatch, or distribution leadership experience.
• Working knowledge of FMCSA/DOT requirements, including driver qualification, hours of service, vehicle inspection, safety, accident documentation, and compliance recordkeeping.
• Experience managing drivers, dispatch activity, route planning, delivery performance, and transportation issue resolution.
• Ability to lead teams, standardize processes, communicate across departments, and use operational data to drive improvement.
• Experience in food ingredients, distribution, manufacturing, or B2B distribution environments preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc. and ERP/TMS/WMS experience)

Responsibilities

• Directly manage Frazer Drivers, Sayreville Drivers, and the Logistics Coordinator.
• Set expectations for professionalism, safety, attendance, customer interaction, paperwork accuracy, equipment care, and communication.
• Provide coaching, daily direction, performance feedback, and accountability for results.
• Develop consistent procedures for dispatching, routing, driver check-in, delivery confirmation, exception management, and logistics communication.
• Partner with warehouse, customer service, purchasing, sales, and operations teams to improve freight planning and customer delivery performance.
• Lead daily delivery execution, dispatch coordination, routing support, load prioritization, and driver communication across Frazer and Sayreville operations.
• Ensure outbound deliveries are completed safely, accurately, on time, and align with customer expectations.
• Monitor fleet utilization, route efficiency, driver productivity, delivery reliability, and service exceptions.
• Resolve delivery disruptions, equipment issues, missed deliveries, customer escalations, and transportation service failures.
• Oversee FMCSA/DOT compliance activities for Essex Food Ingredients and Processor's Choice, including driver qualification files, CDL and medical certification tracking, motor vehicle records, hours-of-service requirements, vehicle inspections, accident documentation, and required regulatory records.
• Coordinate with HR, Safety, Operations, and third-party resources on driver onboarding, annual reviews, compliance documentation, drug and alcohol testing coordination where applicable, and corrective actions.
• Maintain audit readiness for internal reviews, insurance reviews, DOT inquiries, and regulatory compliance checks.
• Promote a proactive safety culture through consistent expectations for safe driving, vehicle inspections, load securement, incident prevention, and driver accountability.
• Evaluate internal fleet and outside carrier options to balance service, cost, capacity, risk, and customer needs.
• Review freight costs, accessorial charges, fuel impacts, routing inefficiencies, and recurring service issues to identify savings and process improvements.
• Track transportation spending, service levels, utilization, compliance completion, and improvement opportunities.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

MS Office

ERP/TMS/WMS experience

Job description

Essex Food Ingredients seeks a Senior Logistics Manager to lead transportation execution, private fleet coordination, and logistics administration across Frazer and Sayreville. You will oversee driver teams, ensure safety, on-time delivery, and regulatory compliance.

The role reports to the VP of Supply Chain and drives process standardization, performance metrics, and cost optimization across locations. Experience in food ingredients logistics is preferred.