Job description
The
Transportation Supervisor is directly responsible for leading a Harbor Freight Tools transportation support team and 3rd party transportation providers as well as driving compliance and cost reduction through planning efficiencies. This position will also work closely with multiple internal departments with regards to Safety, Service, Cost and Engagement strategies to drive optimization and delivery performance.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supervise transportation team clerical staff and provide coaching and development
- Assist transportation and planning manager in daily activities as directed
- Manage all Import Traffic operations to include dispatch from port to DC and back to port
- Perform container termination, reconciliation and billing process
- Yard Management, including YMS system administration, yard audits and check-in check-out process
- Supervise 3rd party transportation providers including performance reporting and data analysis
- Audit and process invoices related to interwarehouse shuttles, yard services and equipment repair
- Manage fleet equipment, fuel and supplies required to operate yard trucks
- Maintain a high level of collaboration and communication with DC operations, Loss Prevention, transportation team, corporate partners, truckers, vendors and 3rd party transportation providers
Requirements
Education, Experience and/or Desired Skills:
Physical Requirements:
- Preferred B.A./B.S. in business, global logistics, or other related studies or equivalent experience
- 3-5 years supervisory experience preferably in a fast paced retail distribution environment
- Experience with TL, LTL, Intermodal and an overall understanding of the transportation industry
- Familiarity with local, state and federal DOT regulations
- Ability to analyze raw data to make decisions and drive utilization and productivity efficiencies
- High business acumen, leadership, planning and organization
- Excellent interpersonal, written, presentation and partnering skills
- Ability to participate as a team-member as well as leader in a fast paced, team oriented environment
Physical Requirements:
- Occasionally lift and carry items weighing up to fifty (50) pounds without assistance. Team lift should be used for lifting any items weighing greater than fifty (50) pounds.
- Stand, walk, sit for extended periods of time
- Reaching and working above the shoulder level on an intermittent basis.
- Bending, squatting, kneeling, twisting and reaching heights on an intermittent basis.
- Have the ability to work near or around moving parts and equipment.
- Have the ability to work off shifts, weekends, and holidays as scheduled.
- Have the ability to adapt to and work in seasonal temperature changes - hot / heat in summer months and cold in winter months including indoor / outdoor environments.
- Must be able to perform this job safely in accordance with standard operating procedures and good manufacturing practices, without endangering the health or safety of self or others.
- Additional responsibilities as defined by manager
About Harbor Freight Tools
We're a 45 year-old, $6.5 billion national tool retailer with the energy, enthusiasm, and growth potential of a start-up. We have over 1,300 stores in 48 states across the country and are opening several new locations every week. We offer our customers more than 7,000 tools and accessories, from hand tools and generators to air and power tools, from shop equipment to automotive tools. We provide our customers with the right tool for the right job at the right price, always delivering quality and value.
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