Regional Transportation Manager

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of salary and hourly associates, which may include supervisors, coordinators, mechanics, and yard drivers.
• Lead the on-site carrier teams and work closely with the DC management team to meet or exceed performance within outbound utilization, service, backhauls, revenue share and freight cost management.
• Assists in the development of the operational vision and strategy for the field transportation operation at their location.
• Assists with development and execution of DC outbound budgets and outbound delivery expense.
• Continued operational performance management by analyzing, measuring and inspecting key metric performance in store service, carrier utilization, trailer management for inbound and outbound.
• Manage the third-party onsite Carrier Managers to ensure KPIs are met or exceeded.
• Communicate and collaborate with the onsite Carrier Managers to identify and resolve equipment and driver issues/challenges during store deliveries and backhaul pickups.
• Provide recommendations for dedicated carrier procurement and support operations execution strategies to improve cost and service factors.
• Participate in developing and maintaining operational execution SOPs for Transportation related processes and best practices.
• Assist in network design improvements, software implementation and development for efficiency and cost containment.
• Ongoing development of partnerships with store field operations, DC operations, local vendors and the local community to ensure optimal operational execution and to deliver superior business results.
• Proactively communicates performance metrics to all key stakeholders and tracks results.
• Develops and implements solutions that address root cause of performance issues.
• Aid in the identification and implementation of continuous improvement opportunities and customer satisfaction opportunities to deliver superior service.
• Analyze network data to develop action plans for improved service and/or expense management.

Position Requirements

• Must be able to work flexible hours and shifts.
• Must be willing to be on call on the weekends, off hours and holidays.
• Desired Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Logistics or related field required.
• Experience: 5-7 years of leadership in Transportation operations.
• Must have knowledge of FMCSA/DOT regulations.
• Experience in developing and managing transportation budgets.
• Experience managing carrier performance.
• Previous management leadership (previous leadership of exempt associates preferred).
• Experience: Customer service and contract negotiation skills.

Job Related Skills

• Excellent oral, written communication, strong planning, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Computer Skills: Experience with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel and Outlook) required and Transportation Management Systems experience is helpful.