Sr. Logistics & Transportation Manager

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes MISSION CONTRIBUTION, SUMMARY, ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS, MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE, PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS, SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS. We need to map to allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must only include sections when posting has real specific content. We need to decide which headings correspond. - About the role: could be MISSION CONTRIBUTION + SUMMARY (overview). Use

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• . - Requirements: MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (maybe also TRAINING & EXPERIENCE). Could combine under Requirements. - Qualifications: maybe TRAINING & EXPERIENCE (education/experience). Could be separate but we can combine. - Skills: maybe from MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (leadership, communication etc). Could be separate. But we must avoid thin sections. Better to have a few substantive sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (including qualifications, experience, skills). Possibly also Physical Requirements and Special Requirements could be part of Requirements or separate? The instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. We have content for physical requirements and special requirements. Could create a section "Requirements" that includes both qualifications and physical/special. Or we could have separate sections like "Physical Requirements" and "Special Requirements" but those are not in allowed headings list. Allowed headings are only those listed. So we must fit content into those headings. So we can put physical and special under Requirements. Benefits, Pay, Schedule: posting does not mention benefits, pay, schedule specifics (only mentions after-hours and weekend work, regular travel). That's schedule info but not explicit schedule like full-time/part-time. It says must be available for after-hours and weekend work and regular travel. That's schedule info. Could we create a Schedule section? The posting mentions schedule expectations (after-hours, weekend work, travel). That's specific enough? It says "Must be available for after-hours and weekend work and regular travel to multiple locations." That's schedule. So we could include a Schedule section with that detail. Benefits: none mentioned. Pay: none. So we omit Benefits and Pay. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Schedule. We need to use

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  • for lists. We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not repeat job title. Must not include boilerplate. We need to extract content. Let's parse: MISSION CONTRIBUTION: Leads Salvage, Bargain Barns, and transportation operations to ensure the safe, efficient, and cost-effective movement and stewardship of donated goods while maximizing revenue and supporting mission services. SUMMARY: Under the Director of Logistics and Donor Services, oversees Salvage and Bargain Barns operations and coordinates daily transportation and material movement. Serves as the primary operational liaison for outsourced transportation vendors and supports safety, compliance, service, cost control, and continuous improvement. We can combine these into About the role paragraph(s). ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: list of many duties. We'll turn each sentence into
  • items. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: list of abilities. TRAINING & EXPERIENCE: education/experience preferences. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Able to stand, bend, reach, and lift over 40 lbs. regularly. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: safety-sensitive position requires drug testing, may require access to facility keys and alarm systems. Must be available for after-hours and weekend work and regular travel to multiple locations. Must possess a valid driver’s license, appropriate insurance coverage, and reliable personal transportation for travel throughout Goodwill territory. We need to include schedule info: after-hours and weekend work, regular travel. Thus Schedule section: maybe bullet list: after-hours and weekend work required; regular travel to multiple locations required. But also driver's license etc could be under Requirements. We must not lose any detail. Let's craft HTML. Structure:

    About the role

    MISSION CONTRIBUTION text.

    SUMMARY text.

    Responsibilities

    • Promotes a safe, respectful, drug-free workplace and ensures operations align with Goodwill policies, Core Values, Guiding Principles, and zero-tolerance standards.
    • Directs after-market resale, Salvage, and Bargain Barns operations to meet profitability, production, service, and safety goals.
    • Hires, trains, coaches, supervises, and evaluates team members and departmental leaders.
    • Manages departmental budgets, labor, payroll, supplies, equipment, and expense-to-revenue performance.
    • Ensures proper handling, processing, inventory control, and stewardship of donated goods and purchased merchandise.
    • Maintains facility, dock, warehouse, equipment, image, loss prevention, safety, and security standards.
    • Coordinates daily transportation, routes, loads, equipment availability, and material movement among donation sites, retail locations, logistics facilities, Bargain Barns, and salvage outlets.
    • Serves as the primary operational contact for outsourced transportation vendors, communicating needs, resolving service issues, and supporting accountability for safety, reliability, cost, and performance expectations.
    • Maintains transportation records, load documentation, inventory data, service metrics, operational reports, and vendor performance information.
    • Provides hands-on training in loading, unloading, staging, load securement, material handling, forklift use, and service expectations.
    • Supports incident response and follow-up involving vendors, vehicles, loads, facilities, or material movement and promptly escalates concerns.
    • Partners with Operations and support teams to implement and improve distribution procedures, technologies, and operating processes.
    • Supports transportation expense planning, vendor cost review, equipment allocation, and capital or operational investment recommendations.
    • Develops salvage and zero-waste opportunities that increase revenue, reduce waste, and support environmental initiatives.
    • Ensures hazardous materials and transportation practices comply with applicable local, state, federal, OSHA, U.S. DOT, and Goodwill requirements.
    • Identifies and resolves service gaps or conflicts affecting collection, production, transportation, distribution, and sale of donated goods.
    • Conducts pre-work meetings and communicates training, safety, retention, productivity, and service updates to team members and Operations leadership.
    • Attends required training and performs other duties as assigned.

    Requirements

    MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

    • Demonstrated leadership, communication, customer service, problem-solving, planning, and organizational skills with a people-first approach.
    • Ability to lead in a hands-on warehouse environment and maintain effective relationships with team members, leaders, customers, donors, vendors, and partners.
    • Working knowledge of transportation, distribution, warehouse, production, material movement, forklift, load securement, and safe lifting practices.
    • Ability to coordinate multiple locations, vendors, priorities, and service needs with clear communication and follow-through.
    • Ability to interpret operational data, vendor performance, service reports, and cost measures to support sound decisions.
    • Ability to independently identify resources, resolve issues, and make timely operational decisions.
    • Knowledge of transportation safety practices and applicable U.S. DOT requirements preferred.
    • Ability to perform the physical and visual functions required to safely work around vehicles, forklifts, docks, and warehouse operations.

    TRAINING & EXPERIENCE:

    • Associate degree in business, logistics, supply chain, operations, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience may be considered.
    • Minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in logistics, transportation, distribution, warehouse, production, vendor management, or a related operational environment preferred.
    • Experience coordinating outsourced transportation providers, negotiating with vendors, or managing service-level expectations preferred.

    PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

    • Able to stand, bend, reach, and lift over 40 lbs. regularly.

    SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

    • This safety-sensitive position requires drug testing and may require access to facility keys and alarm systems.
    • Must possess a valid driver’s license, appropriate insurance coverage, and reliable personal transportation for travel throughout Goodwill territory.

    Schedule

    • Must be available for after-hours and weekend work.
    • Regular travel to multiple locations required.
    We need to ensure we didn't repeat job title. No mention of job ID. Good. Check for any boilerplate: we omitted EEO etc. All content preserved? Let's verify we included all sentences from original. Original MISSION CONTRIBUTION: included. SUMMARY: included. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: we captured each bullet. Let's verify each line: - Promotes a safe, respectful, drug-free workplace and ensures operations align with Goodwill policies, Core Values, Guiding Principles, and zero-tolerance standards. Yes. - Directs after-market resale, Salvage, and Bargain Barns operations to meet profitability, production, service, and safety goals. Yes. - Hires, trains, coaches, supervises, and evaluates team members and departmental leaders. Yes. - Manages departmental budgets, labor, payroll, supplies, equipment, and expense-to-revenue performance. Yes. - Ensures proper handling, processing, inventory control, and stewardship of donated goods and purchased merchandise. Yes. - Maintains facility, dock, warehouse, equipment, image, loss prevention, safety, and security standards. Yes. - Coordinates daily transportation, routes, loads, equipment availability, and material movement among donation sites, retail locations, logistics facilities, Bargain Barns, and salvage outlets. Yes. - Serves as the primary operational contact for outsourced transportation vendors, communicating needs, resolving service issues, and supporting accountability for safety, reliability, cost, and performance expectations. Yes. - Maintains transportation records, load documentation, inventory data, service metrics, operational reports, and vendor performance information. Yes. - Provides hands-on training in loading, unloading, staging, load securement, material handling, forklift use, and service expectations. Yes. - Supports incident response and follow-up involving vendors, vehicles, loads, facilities, or material movement and promptly escalates concerns. Yes. - Partners with Operations and support teams to implement and improve distribution procedures, technologies, and operating processes. Yes. - Supports transportation expense planning, vendor cost review, equipment allocation, and capital or operational investment recommendations. Yes. - Develops salvage and zero-waste opportunities that increase revenue, reduce waste, and support environmental initiatives. Yes. - Ensures hazardous materials and transportation practices comply with applicable local, state, federal, OSHA, U.S. DOT, and Goodwill requirements. Yes. - Identifies and resolves service gaps or conflicts affecting collection, production, transportation, distribution, and sale of donated goods. Yes. - Conducts pre-work meetings and communicates training, safety, retention, productivity, and service updates to team members and Operations leadership. Yes. - Attends required training and performs other duties as assigned. Yes. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: we captured each bullet. - Demonstrated leadership, communication, customer service, problem-solving, planning, and organizational skills with a people-first approach. Yes. - Ability to lead in a hands-on warehouse environment and maintain effective relationships with team members, leaders, customers,