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POSITION SUMMARY

The Transportation Supervisor is responsible for daily dispatch, maintenance of vehicles, driver orientation, driver evaluation, and driver training. This role will work closely with the Branch Operations Manager to ensure safe, effective, and efficient service to our customers.

Schedule: Monday - Friday, rotating Saturday's. 40+ hours per week, depending on business needs.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Highly competitive wages starting at $80,000/year!

• Oversight of daily dispatch; which includes 1 to 3 deliveries a day.
• Supervisor responsibility for all route drivers
• Routinely review effectiveness of route sequence and dispatch goals, modify as needed via weekly route reviews
• Oversight of 3PL shipping; FedEx, UPS, and other common carriers.
• Develops and implements vehicle preventative maintenance programs. Plans vehicle maintenance to comply with safety regulations and vehicle manufacturer guidelines.
• Develops and manages outside vendor and service relationships
• Communicates all truck related issues with the Branch Operations Manager daily.
• Works to improve and maintain company image, which includes recommending needed cosmetic repairs.
• Strives to meet departmental budgets and objectives
• Maintain equipment records in accordance with Federal, State, and Local laws and regulations. Oversees DOT compliance and reporting as it relates to the fleet.
• Work with Safety Team for safety and OSHA compliance.
• Manages DMV registration requirements and renewals.
• Tracks fleet expense by asset #, provides recommendations aimed to increase efficiency and bottom line profitability.
• Tracks and Reviews Monthly fleet expense by asset. Provides recommendations based on findings.
• Takes part in Route Driver training, including the on boarding process and recruiting.
• Plans schedule accordingly to build ride-a-longs into part of the weekly routine.
• Utilizes GPS, Telematics, and In Cab Cameras to track, trend, and coach driver behavior
• Leads the “Hows My Driving” campaign for the vehicles within the assigned branch
• Works with the Corporate Operations Team and Branch Operations Managers to review new fleet purchases and replacement needs. Analyzes fleet age and recommends replacements as needed.
• Other Duties as assigned
• Cultivate U.S. Venture’s values while inspiring, empowering, recognizing, and guiding team members
• Live our values of High Performance, Caring Relationships, Strategic Foresight, and Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Find A Better Way by championing continuous improvement and quality control efforts to identify opportunities to innovate and improve efficiency, accuracy, and standardization
• Continuously learn and develop self professionally
• Support corporate efforts for safety, government compliance, and all other company policies & procedures
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Physical demands:  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; 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, hear, taste and/or smell; the employee must occasionally lift products weighing up to approximately 80 pounds.  Handling of tires (e.g., rolling, destacking, team lifting) greater than approximately 70 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Protective equipment required: steel or composite toe boots, safety vest, harness, seatbelt, SRL (self-retracting lifeline).  All equipment is provided by U.S. AutoForce except for steel / composite toe boots.
• Work environment:  While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Fumes associated with tires and occasionally car parts and lubricants prevalent.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and/or Experience:

• High School Diploma or Technical Certificate, or an equivalent combination of training and experience. Minimum 3+ years of increasingly responsible experience in Fleet Management and Leadership. Tire industry knowledge preferred. Strong communication and collaboration skills a must to ensure cooperation and positive results.

Requirements:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to be flexible to changing conditions and needs
• Ability to adhere to a flexible schedule, requiring early morning or late evening site trips
• Ability to work effectively with and through other people
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to create reports using MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other similar applications.
• Ability to travel; both regionally in Southern California as well as multi-day site trips to distribution centers located outside of Southern California.
• Successfully pass a pre-employment drug test (do not test for THC / marijuana)

Skills & Abilities:

• Good oral and written English communication skills.
• Able to maintain confidentiality.
• Highly motivated, flexible, self-starter with a high level or creativity and latitude is expected.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task priorities, and manage assignments toward deadlines. 
• Ability to use discretion, initiative and exercise good independent judgment.
• Able to interface, work and communicate with people of varied backgrounds and at all levels.

Attitude and Demeanor:

• Be a person of integrity and honor
• Communicate well with all levels in the organization and as a champion for TWI Safety
• Work as a team member and respect lines of communication
• Assist TWI in translating best practice business principles into day-to-day practice and procedure
• Have an open outlook, be future oriented and innovative
• Be able to organize existing resources to strengthen the quality of TWI
• Constantly strive to improve performance
• Formulate goals and objectives and expect to be evaluated on results

Safety:

• Employees are responsible for complete cooperation with all aspects of the safety and health program, including compliance with all rules and regulations, and for continuously practicing safety while performing their duties.
• Supervisors are responsible for developing proper attitudes toward safety and health in themselves, and in those they supervise, and for ensuring that all operations are performed with the utmost regard for the safety and health of all personnel involved, including themselves.

Language skills:

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret TWI procedures, general information, financial or educational publications, and industry related procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups.

Reasoning ability:

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.  Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Physical demands:

• The physical demands 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.
• Repetitive motions
• May require rising and sitting repeatedly
• May require climbing stairs and walking indoors or outdoors at various company locations.
• May require ability to lift, pull, grasp, stoop and reach to utilize 5-drawer file cabinets

DIVISION:

U.S. AutoForce

U.S. Venture will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H-1B, TN, E-3, F1,  CPT, OPT, STEM OPT, visa status and other employment‑based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis and must not require U.S. Venture’s sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States. In general, U.S. Venture does not sponsor candidates for nonimmigrant visas or permanent residency except when there is a specific business need.

U.S. Venture will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of an executed recruitment Master Service Agreement, there will be no obligation to any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without an agreement, U.S. Venture shall reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, shall be deemed the property of U.S. Venture.

U.S. Venture, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or other protected characteristic. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may call Human Resources at (920) 739-6101.

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