Transportation Manager

Hader Solutions; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hader Solutions in Cincinnati is seeking an experienced Transportation Operations Manager to oversee local foodservice delivery operations, ensuring safe and on-time service through effective leadership of drivers, routing, and fleet activities.

Responsibilities include managing transportation budgets, coordinating maintenance, and ensuring regulatory compliance while driving continuous process improvements in a fast-paced distribution environment.

Qualifications

• Strong operational management experience.
• Proven leadership of transportation or delivery teams.
• Experience improving processes in a fast-paced distribution environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery transportation operations, including driver oversight, routing, and fleet coordination.
• Own budgets and transportation performance using routing systems and metrics.
• Coordinate vehicle maintenance to ensure reliability and safety.
• Ensure safety practices and regulatory compliance across transportation activities.
• Hire, train, and develop transportation staff.
• Drive continuous process improvements balancing cost, quality, and driver safety.

Skills

Operational management

People leadership

Route planning

Budget accountability

Safety and compliance

Process improvement

Job description

oversees local foodservice delivery operations, ensuring safe and on-time service through effective leadership of drivers, routing, and fleet activities.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Manage delivery transportation operations, including driver oversight, routing, and fleet coordination
• Own budgets and transportation performance using routing systems and operational metrics
• Coordinate vehicle maintenance to support reliability and safety
• Ensure safety practices and regulatory compliance across transportation activities
• Hire, train, and develop transportation staff
• Drive continuous process improvements balancing cost efficiency, service quality, and driver safety

Qualifications/skills:

strong operational management, people leadership, route planning expertise, budget accountability, safety and compliance knowledge, and the ability to improve processes in a fast-paced distribution environment.