Assistant Transportation Manager
Performance Food Group · $90,000 (stated in the posting)
We Deliver the Goods:- Competitive pay and benefits, including Day 1 Health & Wellness Benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 401K Employer Matching, Education Assistance, Paid Time Off, and much more.
- Growth opportunities performing essential work to support America’s food distribution system.
- Safe and inclusive working environment, including culture of rewards, recognition, and respect.
Core-Mark emphasizes personal growth and development for all associates. We believe that when you succeed, the company succeeds. We promote internally whenever possible and provide frequent training opportunities in several formats to help you meet your personal and career goals.
Position Details:
- Chicago OpCo Location: 2051 Baseline Road, Montgomery, IL 60538
- Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, standard normal business hours until completion of shift
- Subject to change based on business needs
- Occasional weekend work
- Travel: up to 25%, including site visits and customer locations, as well as to the depots for this OpCo (Decatur IL, Sheboygan WI, Rockford IL)
- Compensation: Starting pay of $90k, depending on experience plus bonus potential based on KPIs!!
Position Summary:
As an Assistant Transportation Manager, you will co-direct all functions of the Transportation Department; including creating and managing the annual business plans. You will manage drivers, routes, deliveries, maintenance, security and safety, and other transportation related functions to create direct contributions to the division and to customers’ experiences. A successful candidate will have effectively demonstrated an ability to continuously build better service, demonstrate leadership, and instill a culture of innovation.
Job Responsibilities:
- Coordinating maintenance, fueling, and repairs of vehicles.
- Ensuring drivers meet required operating skills, training, testing, and DOT reporting.
- Developing and implementing transportation infrastructure and process guidelines.
- Collaborating with peers to drive improvements in division performance, analyzing key metrics.
- Creating efficiencies within the department through timely implementation of programs and effective management of human capital and fleet.
- Discovering opportunities to improve routing operations, increase back-haul revenues, and improve departmental results.
- Maintaining a safe and secure working environment by promoting and managing safety.
- Fostering professional growth of department personnel through performance management.
- Creating open lines of communication with employees.
- Ensuring compliance with all federal, state, local, and company regulations.
- Assisting in the overall selection, hiring, and management of department personnel.
- Allocating work and resources to effectively meet on-time delivery requirements.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.