Transportation Supervisor

Job description

We Deliver the Goods

• Competitive pay and benefits, including Health & Wellness Benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, RRSP, Paid Direct Drug Card, & Scholarship Opportunities for children of associates, Paid Time Off, and much more
• Growth opportunities performing essential work to support North America’s food distribution system
• Safe and inclusive working environment, including culture of rewards, recognition, and respect

Position Purpose

As a Transportation Supervisor, you will support all functions of the Transportation Department, with a focus on day to day driver management. Specifically, you will contribute to the management of 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 processes, manage daily operations, and instill a culture of innovation.

Primary Responsibilities

• Ensuring application of safety, accident-prevention standards, methods, and procedures.
• Drive Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) such as on-time delivery, driver case scan percentage, and accident frequency.
• Take feedback from drivers to improve our customers’ delivery experience.
• Assist managers with overall day-to-day administration of transportation and delivery functions, which may include calculating driver payroll, reviewing driver trip logs and expense reports, and identifying and resolving problems.
• Ensure drivers fulfill duties safely by monitoring vehicle safety and safety systems (Samsara), safe usage of ramps and handcarts, and safe lifting and product-handling practices.
• Leading and conducting performance management conversations to foster departmental growth of personnel.
• Rides with drivers for training and/or evaluation purposes.
• Completing paperwork such as: evaluations, accident/injury logs, HOS logs, and other reports and records.
• Collecting and analyzing data to evaluate department and individual performance.

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Physical ability to handle objects, tools, and/or controls.
• Physical ability to lift, unload, and carry totes and bundles up to 30lbs repetitively and up to 60lbs occasionally, push up to 50lbs, and move a dolly loaded with up to 250lbs.
• Physical ability to stand for a significant period of time and walk continuously on occasion.
• Physical ability to occasionally bend, kneel, or reach may be required on occasion.

Exposure to a variety of environmental conditions

• weather, temperature, lighting, and noise.