Transportation Routing Supervisor

About the role

Supervises daily routing of McLane deliveries, assists with training of new teammates, and time off coverage.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned tasks associated with one or more projects.
• Understand and communicate all processes associated with routing, reporting, and analysis to improve transportation and customer on time performance.
• Complete daily, cyclical, and seasonal routing using provided routing software for assigned centers.
• Maintain transportation routing systems: Geo locations, customer time windows, unloading parameters, and new customer additions and deletions.
• Develop, analyze, and summarize transportation reporting to key executives within the company.
• Communicate with the local DC Transportation and Customer Service teams to provide daily routing data.
• Analyze and summarize current route performance via metric reporting to implement cost effective future state changes to meet company driver, asset utilization, and expense goals.
• Travel to the distribution centers as needed to build "local knowledge" base and gain relationship insights.
• Train/mentor new routers in both routing software and continuous improvement processes.
• Supervise a team of routers to ensure processes and procedures are followed.
• Assist with vacation/time off coverage.
• Become subject matter expert with routing systems.
• Perform other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, Supply Chain Logistics, Transportation, or related field.
• At least 2 years of relevant experience in a leadership role in routing, dispatching or transportation.
• 3-5 years of experience utilizing an optimization routing software package.
• Ability to multitask and resolve complex situations.
• Detail oriented.
• Effective communication and leadership skills.

Working conditions

Office / Hybrid environment. Travel required up to 20% of the time.

Benefits

• Day 1 Benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance, FSA/HSA, and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off begins day one.
• 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan after 90 days.
• Additional benefits: pet insurance, maternity/paternity leave, employee assistance programs, discount programs, tuition reimbursement program, and more!