Shipping/Receiving Supervisor
Arcosa Inc. · Steele, AL · 1 mo ago
On-siteManagementFull-time
What You’ll Do
- Establish functional business plans and technical objectives to meet short and long-term goals
- Support and participate in all safety activities to maintain a safety-first culture
- Cook and communicate daily metrics to achieve forecast goals
- Set priorities and make schedules for the team to ensure task completion
- Monitor costs/spend to match goals in the PL forecast
- Interpret and execute policies and procedures in accordance with Arcosa policies
- Audit processes to ensure quality and cost effectiveness
- Map/track daily times: vacation, absenteeism and discipline of those who report to you
- Coordinate needed transportation at the right time and for the best price
- Continually track both finished and unfinished customer goods and coordinates with the shipping department, outside vendors, and customers to ensure quick and efficient deliveries
- Communicate transportation status updates to stakeholders on a continual and as needed basis
- Finalize loads, create shipping documents, and communicate with shipping dispatchers frequently
- Evaluate freight classifications and operating efficiency to ensure proper delivery of products
- Communicate with carriers to troubleshoot unexpected issues, which may be at times outside normal business hours
- Other duties and assignments as needed
What You’ll Need
- Demonstrated ability to develop and execute short and long-term operational plans, aligning department goals with business objectives
- Working knowledge of workplace safety programs and the ability to lead participation in safety activities, reinforcing a safety-first culture
- Prior supervisory experience leading hourly/non-exempt teams, including coaching, direction, and day-to-day work coordination
- Proven scheduling and prioritization skills to ensure timely completion of daily tasks and shipments
- Proven ability to define, track, and communicate daily performance metrics; comfortable using data to drive results against forecasts
- Familiarity with timekeeping and attendance tracking (vacation/absenteeism) and the ability to support fair, consistent discipline processes
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to provide timely transportation status updates to stakeholders
- Strong problem-solving skills to troubleshoot transportation exceptions; ability to respond as needed outside normal business hours