Senior Operations Manager - Transportation (Supply Chain/Logistics)

About the role

Provide tactical direction and leadership to staff to ensure customer requirements are met while meeting our Penske goals and objectives. Maintain a professional approach while supporting the solution enabling achievement of all contractual obligations. Create and foster a relationship with the customer's logistics manager to facilitate operational stability. This position may be specific to one customer or group of customers with similar needs.

Penske Logistics engineers state-of-the-art transportation, warehousing and freight management solutions that deliver powerful business results for market-leading companies. With operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, Penske and its associates help businesses move forward by increasing visibility and driving down supply-chain costs.

Schedule

Monday - Friday / Hours: 8:00AM - 5:00AM (Saturday/Sunday and PM shifts based on business needs)

Pay

Salary range: $97,800 - $132,300. Bonus eligible based on performance and location performance.

Benefits

Our excellent benefits plan keeps associates and their families happy, healthy, and secure. To learn more visit https://penske.jobs/benefits/.

Responsibilities

• People: Ensure that all supervisors understand how their work relates to the customers' business objectives; Interview and hire all associates up to supervisor level; Conduct exit interviews as needed; Build engagement by expressing pride in the group where the goals are met and recognize and reward associates for their achievements; Develop direct reports through training and succession planning.
• Operations: Interact daily with our local customer to ensure we understand existing and emerging customer needs; Utilize team to identify operational improvements in areas such as route optimization, carrier selection, backhauls, trailer loading, inventory accuracy and warehouse operations; Collaborate with other Penske sites to share best practices, leverage resources/assets, etc.
• Finance: Develop and execute annual financial and operating plan; Manage the operation with integrity to meet or exceed the Business Plan targets; Identifies issues with the operating metrics and P&L and responds accordingly; Ensure customer billings and associate payroll are prepared timely and accurately, the payables and intercompany charges are valid and correct, and all other activities are accurately reflected in the P&L.
• Safety: Monitor and improve accident frequency; Ensure each associate understands their