Transportation Manager

This role is not open for submissions from outside staffing agencies **Transportation Manager** **What Brought You Here:** - Total compensation salary range: **$85,000-$90,000/yr.** depending on experience. - Performance based bonus opportunity - Shift Days and Hours: M-F, 6am - 4pm *(occasional rotating daytime hours 2-3 times a week, occasional late stay)* - Benefits starting **DAY ONE!** **WHO YOU ARE** **:** **Leader**- Someone who will lead and motivate their teams. Be the example for a team member to be inspired.to learn and grow. **Team Focused**- Be the leader who motivates and does what is necessary to achieve the goals of team while still pursuing your own goals. **Go Getter** – Someone who strives to be the best every day. **Positive & Approachable** – Someone who looks for the good and builds on it. Someone who can build good, solid relationships with work level in the organization. **WHAT YOU WILL DO** **:** - Coordinate routes by examining product dimensions and weight for each order and identify and evaluate any special needs for each load. - Determine the most efficient vehicle for route completion. - Coordinate all jobsite and truckload deliveries with customer base, sales and production. - Assign qualified drivers to operate equipment. - Manages a company-owned truck fleet, company drivers, and third-party carriers - Responsible for daily and monthly audits and reports related to fleet, fuel, risk management, driver logs, inspection reports, accident registers etc. - Responsible for all driving training in partnership with Employee Health & Safety Manager - Maintain DOT Compliance through proper record keeping, training and monitoring. - Supervises assigned personnel and maintains all necessary paperwork/records, in partnership with the HR department - Assure that all employees receive proper training and that they are working safely each day. - Develops and maintains systems and procedures to ensure quality of customer service, inventory accuracy, optimization of storage space, and on-time delivery. - Files freight claims for any loss or damage of inventory and notifies plant management. - Uses the information systems to analyze, monitor, and measure the effectiveness of logistics activities and expenses. **SKILLS YOU BRING** **:** - **Minimum of 3 years with verifiable planning/dispatching experience in the trucking industry with at least 2 years in a leadership capacity.** - CDL Class A or B preferred but not required. - *Experience with computer-based dispatching systems.* - *Must have knowledge of DOT and Hours of Service rules and regulations.* - *Working knowledge of Excel, Word,* *and email programs* - *Can lift up to 75 lbs. unassisted.* - Committed to safe work practices. - Must be able to multi-task, be organized, efficient, accurate and be accountable to job responsibilities. - Excellent written and oral communication skills - Planning and organizational skills - Strong leadership and interpersonal skills - Problem solving skills. - Ability to mentor and coach employees on a one-on-one basis as well as a group **Why Trulite:** **Trulite** offers the most comprehensive benefit coverage in the industry. We give our employees **immediate access** to **health, dental, vision and life insurance benefits**, as well as provide **short/long-term disability** coverage to protect you financially if non-occupational injury occurs. We are pleased to offer a comprehensive wellness initiative that includes access to a progressive financial training program. Stay with us for a year and your **401k employer match is 100% vested** and immediately becomes part of your ever improving financial plan. This is also true for those who select and contribute to their **Health Savings Account**. We match on both employee and family coverage to help cover out-of-pocket expenses and if unused continues to grow until needed. The employer match for your HAS, if you choose to participate, is also **vested immediately at 100%**…