Assistant Market Manager (Transportation and Warehouse)

About the Role

Assist the Market Manager with the daily operations of a storage center within a designated territory. Responsibilities include directing day-to-day supervision of a storage center and associates, meeting customers’ expectations, and maintaining all OSHA and preventative maintenance programs for the storage center.

Responsibilities

• Ensure AM SOP compliance for Storage Center (SC) Workers
• Assist with dispatch and time-stamping for drivers
• Print and review IF waybills for current and next day
• Coordinate with local and IF drivers throughout the day
• Develop efficient plans to pull containers based on needs
• Convert containers for drivers
• Conduct training and provide guidance to SC workers
• Ensure staging for next day/week
• Lead missing container search and water testing activity
• Monitor Samsara Software/Video and report violations to Market Manager
• Complete assigned duties (backup EMT, Market Manager, etc.)
• Backup Market Manager as needed (rotate Sundays/weekends)
• Review and approve payroll each pay cycle
• Submit container repair files
• Monitor SC Worker IDP training progress and perform observations
• Coordinate DEF and wiper fluid delivery
• Open PARs, interview, onboard, and handle other SC recruiting/hiring activities
• Create and post monthly SC Worker schedule
• Ensure Associate Certification and OSHA compliance
• Maintain consistent inventory of signs, tools, latches, parts, etc.
• Visit and inspect all warehouses and drop yards in the market monthly; lead warehouse and drop-yard inspection for audit compliance
• Submit KPI and EOM info to Market Manager and corporate support
• Review prior month P&L with Territory Manager and finance lead
• Attend safety training sessions and complete assigned training
• Participate in Individual Development Planning (IDP) with Market Manager
• Complete IDP with SC Workers
• Lead coordination of container auctions
• Complete full quarterly container reconciliation for self-audits
• Attend EMT PODZILLA and customer damage field-repair training

Qualifications

• High School diploma required; college degree preferred or a minimum of 1 year of prior management experience
• Ability to apply and successfully attain CDL Class B License or higher
• Must maintain a current/valid driver license from the state in which position is assigned
• Must be able to obtain PODS forklift certification
• Ability to obtain a valid DOT medical card
• Mechanical ability essential to identify problems with equipment

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit at a desk and use a computer for up to 8 hours a day
• Ability to use hands and fingers to type on a keyboard and use a mouse
• Ability to stand and walk up to 8 hours a day
• Ability to stoop, bend, and lift boxes weighing up to 40 lbs
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus
• Regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk and hear
• Ability to hear and verbally communicate using a telephone handset and/or connected headset device

Management & Supervisory Responsibilities

Reports to Market Manager. Directly responsible for managing other employees, including hiring/termination, pay decisions, and performance management of Storage Center Workers and Equipment Maintenance Technicians.

Pay

$60,000 - $68,000

Schedule

Schedule is on a rotating basis with a combination of weekday and weekend work.

Working Conditions

• Travel requirements: Within local territory
• May be subject to pre-employment criminal background check and/or drug screening, as well as random drug screenings in accordance with company policy