Trucking Transportation Assistant Manager
About the role
Position at Seaboard Solutions – long-term employment with opportunities for growth. The position is responsible for assisting in the oversight of the execution, strategic direction, and coordination of U.S. transportation operations within the organization. This includes identifying, evaluating, and managing relationships with reliable transportation vendors while securing the most cost-effective pricing for all inland movements across various modes of transport. The role focuses on optimizing service quality, ensuring timely deliveries, and driving continuous improvement in transportation processes. Geographic region: applications out of the geographic region for this position will not be considered.
Physical requirements: while performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use his fingers; frequently required to talk and/or hear; continuously required to sit; occasionally required to stand and walk; must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Safety requirements: report safety hazards; immediately report incidents involving injury, illness, or property damage; wear protective PPE as instructed or necessary; comply with all company safety policies, procedures, and rules; refuse any unsafe task or operation; participate in safety meetings and training; be constantly aware of personal safety and that of coworkers.
Supervision: receives direct supervision from the Logistics Manager and exercises supervision over the transportation division.
Conditions: indoors office; exposed to controlled temperature and office environment; noise level in the work environment is usually busy (many phones in open cubicles).