Sr. Manager, Transportation

PRIMARY PURPOSE: The Senior Manager of Transportation will provide the vision, leadership and management necessary to ensure that the Food Bank's Transportation department functions efficiently and meets annual and long-term goals. This leader will be responsible for the oversight of all of NTFB's transportation resources which include approximately twenty-three trucks and various MHE.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, logistics, supply chain management or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Special Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Well-developed numerical and analytical skills
• Proficiency with transportation management systems and dynamic routing systems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare strong business cases with supporting data
• Proven change management skills and ability to build and lead high-performing, cross-functional teams
• Thorough understanding of DOT and FMCSA safety regulations
• Extensive knowledge of private fleet maintenance operations, including preventative maintenance schedules and repairs.

Experience:

• Five years of transportation management experience, leading large teams, assessing talent, collaborating cross-functionally and managing performance and career development

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop, implement and advance transportation strategies and processes that improve utilization, effectiveness and efficiency of transportation resources, in accordance with established policies and objectives
• Submit recommendations for transportation policies, procedures and programs to ensure compliance
• Plan and direct vehicle scheduling, allocation, dispatching, and licensing through the use of fleet automation software platforms
• Ensure that the transportation department is supported by and leverages a strong technology infrastructure
• Conduct field surveys to evaluate operations and make recommendations for improvement
• Direct compilation and preparation of statistical surveys to define traffic trends
• Review and analyze reports, such as utilization patterns to secure information for recommended changes
• Direct operation and maintenance of communication systems, review procedures, provide guidance to resolve technical problems, and analyze and recommend cost control measures
• Select and manage outside transportation providers, as needed
• Manage the refueling schedules, costs and fuel vendor relationship to ensure adequate availability of resources and to prevent disruption of transportation services
• Manage and develop an annual departmental operating budget, RFPs and monitor expenditures to ensure compliance with cost objectives
• Lead and manage all transportation projects; design and develop work plans, process improvements and policies
• Maintain fleet and drivers in compliance with DOT regulations
• Coordinate tracking of all relevant information on drivers, such as license status, traffic tickets, accidents and other risk and safety-related data
• Audit compliance of both internal and external SOP's
• Complete any required training and promote safety initiatives in accordance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), with the ability to implement change
• Develop criteria, application instructions, procedural manuals, and contracts to ensure adherence to all federal and state public transportation programs
• Promote a positive work environment where staff feels engaged, valued, and motivated
• Equitable and timely leadership of performance management and team objectives
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead a team of approximately 17 direct reports

MENTAL DEMANDS:

• The person in this position needs to adapt well in the face of workplace stressors, such as completing priorities of reasonable or high significance to the successful function of the unit.
• Must be able to effectively interpret data and make critical decisions that will have a significant impact on the team and organization.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear, taste or smell.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS:

• Moderate to loud noise (e.g., light traffic business office with open floor plan with computers, phone, and printers, and medium to heavy traffic in the warehouse with forklifts and pallet jacks)
• Ability to work occasional evenings or weekends as required

The mental and physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all skills, duties, responsibilities, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, NTFB reserves the right to revise the job or to require other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

The North Texas Food Bank is an equal opportunity employer.