Leader, Group

About the Role

Lead a team of 25 employees in a fast-paced yard-management environment, ensuring safe, efficient, and on-time operations that meet customer and production requirements.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, coach, and develop a team of approximately 25 employees.
• Coordinate daily yard operations to meet customer and production requirements.
• Build and dispatch transportation loads.
• Track vehicle inventory and manage production vehicle builds.
• Inspect inbound vehicles and document any damage.
• Process and file vehicle damage claims.
• Assist with rail loading operations as needed.
• Ensure compliance with safety policies and quality standards.
• Monitor documentation accuracy and operational processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity and reduce damage.
• Participate in customer meetings and conference calls.
• Handle employee performance, attendance, coaching, and daily personnel issues.
• Serve as the Yard Manager during absences.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of management experience.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Previous leadership experience as a Warehouse Manager or Rail Loading Supervisor.
• Experience managing employees in a fast-paced logistics, warehouse, transportation, manufacturing, or automotive environment.
• Strong customer service mindset.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Proven problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to analyze trends and identify operational improvements.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Office Suite skills.
• Total Quality Management (TQM) experience preferred.

Preferred Extras

• Ability to motivate others, build trust, and apply functional expertise.
• Experience with QMS / ISO 9001 standards.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Career growth opportunities.
• Supportive leadership team.
• Dynamic and collaborative work environment.
• Opportunity to make an immediate impact.

Physical Demands

• Lifting up to 25 lbs, 1-3 hours throughout the day.
• Standing 6-8 hours/day.
• Walking 6-8 hours/day.
• Reach above shoulder level 1-3 hours/day.
• Bend, stoop, squat, and/or twist repeatedly throughout the day.
• Natural or corrected eyesight capable of conducting inspections in varying levels of light.
• Normal range of hearing, or corrected hearing, to respond to normal workplace sounds including approaching vehicles.

Work Environment

• Exposure to excessive noise depending on job location and operations in progress.
• Around moving machinery and equipment on a daily basis.
• Exposure to marked changes in temperature and/or humidity depending on work location.
• Exposure to dust, fumes, gases, radiation, or chemicals depending on the work location.
• Required to drive motorized equipment such as golf carts or company vehicles.
• Potential to walk on uneven ground.