Transportation Manager

Clackamas, OR
Permanent
Full-time

1 month ago
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At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are an excellence-driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community. We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Quality, Teamwork, Productivity, and Excellence—which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.Summary:The Transportation Manager at Pacific Seafood is a key role on our Transportation team supporting efforts to maintain safety and compliance, achieve customer satisfaction, and implement strategies for cost optimization. This position involves managing transportation assets effectively, promoting environmental sustainability, and driving continuous improvement through collaboration and teamwork across the supply chain and is ideal for someone who is organized, analytical, and has a commitment to continuous improvement.Key Roles and Responsibilities1. Coordination and Management:

Safety focused.
Oversee all scheduling, to include weekly driver routes, vacation and relief coverage and truck maintenance.
Manage the preparation of delivery documents for customer delivery drivers.
Coordinate vendor & airport pick-ups with purchasing.
Assist in developing driver incentives, safe driving, and cross training programs for drivers to improve their abilities and productivity.
Manage and/or develop budgets for distribution center logistics as it relates to driver wages, fleet, fuel, R&M, and safety.
Answer questions and resolve complaints pertaining to any transportation issues.
Perform other duties, as assigned.

2. Optimization and Improvement:

Daily route planning that drives safety, customer service, and efficiency for the organization and its customers.
Use historical delivery data to identify, communicate, and implement route model adjustments to continuously evolve with the business and drive safety, customer service, and efficiency.
Perform route ride a longs to coach, train, support drivers while gaining key experience and knowledge of customer requirements, traffic patterns, customer delivery times, possible safety concerns, etc..

Core Competencies and Skills:

Safety Acumen
Financial/Business Acumen
Project Management
Effective Communication Skill
Workforce and Route Planning
Continuous Process Improvement
Refrigerated Truck Knowledge
FMCSA & DOT Knowledge
Food Service & Retail Distribution Knowledge

What You Bring to Pacific Seafood:Required:

High school diploma or GED
Minimum of four years’ experience in the transportation management field
Minimum of three years’ experience in safety compliance, fleet management, route planning, and route optimization.
Previous experience using Transportation Management Systems (TMS) to drive safety, customer service, and efficiency in last mile delivery (LMD).
Perform analysis on existing route models to find opportunities for efficiency.
Effective communicator – spoken and written
Abilit to manage Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
Valid driver’s license
Proven effective management of FMCSA & DOT Compliance, Hours of Service (HOS), and Audit Knowledge

Preferred:

Associate degree from an accredited college or university in a related field.
Previous experience with Microsoft Suites – Excel, PowerPoint, Word, OneNote, Outlook.

Physical Requirements:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member:

Constantly required to use close, distance, and peripheral vision with ability to judge depth perception and adjust focus.
Regularly required to sit or stand.
Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks.
Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Regularly required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.Total Compensation:At Pacific Seafood, your base wage is only a portion of your overall compensation package. We invest in our Team Members through a comprehensive and attractive total rewards package, including but not limited to:

Health insurance benefits options, including medical, prescription, vision, dental, basic group life and short-term disability
Flexible spending accounts for health flex and dependent care expenses
401(k) retirement plan options with generous annual company profit sharing match
Paid time-off for all regular FT team members to include sick days, paid holidays, vacation, and personal time
Employee assistance program providing confidential professional counseling, financial and legal assistance at no charge to team members and immediate family members
Product purchase program

Pacific Seafood is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.Powered by JazzHR

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