Transportation Manager

The compensation range provided is in compliance with state specific laws.  Factors that may be used to determine your actual rate of pay include your specific skills, years of experience and other factors.   You may be eligible to participate in the Company's Incentive Plan.

INFORMATION: For information on Sysco’s Benefits, please visit https://SyscoBenefits.com SUMMARY Responsible for managing all RDC yard activities and the personnel involved in those activities, maintaining accurate records, and assisting in resolving system or operational issues which may affect inbound or outbound performance. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to the following: Assist in resolving any system issues which may arise in daily load processing. Monitor carrier and system status messages and mitigate any expected inbound and/or outbound delivery impacts. Communicate daily with Director of Transportation, Claims Coordinator, and Transportation Supervisors, Transportation Leads, and Transportation Operations Associates (TOAs) concerning shipping activities.  Communicate daily with warehouse operations teams and RDC carriers to facilitate efficient production levels and yard operations. Oversee, hire, train, develop, evaluate and maintain discipline of Transportation Supervisors, Transportation Leads, and TOAs. Coordinate personnel coverage to insure required transportation functions are completed, and provide adequate support to TOA positions and yard activities. Manage yard service (yard jockey) operations to maintain adequate service levels to support RDC warehouse operations. Oversee yard processes to insure accuracy of trailer locations, temperature settings, refrigerated trailer performance, and safety for all associates and contractors involved in yard operations. Have knowledge of and effectively administer all company policies and procedures, including training, disciplining and termination of associates.  Maintain accurate filing system. Back up the TOAs, Transportation Leads, and Transportation Supervisors in their absence in all of their duties and responsibilities. Understand and comply with all applicable company policies (i.e. attendance, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Associate Handbook, etc.). Accept additional responsibilities or special projects as requested.  Other duties may be assigned.

Provide direction and leadership up to nine persons in the Transportation Department including supervisors, a lead, and transportation ops associates in the completion of assigned activities and responsibilities.  Responsible for associate performance evaluations of direct reports on an annual basis for the purpose of communicating and properly documenting expectations and evaluations to the staff.  Provide ongoing feedback on the performance of subordinates and the department by monitoring activities and reports.  Provide ongoing communications of any issues and status to transportation management. Determine and provide training and development of staff members as needed. Assist in personnel recruitment to fulfill departmental staffing requirements.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty 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. Must be 18 years of age. Must pass a functional capacity test. Must have demonstrated ability to plan and organize work and time, analyze and disseminate numerical data, follow policies and procedures, perform moderate math calculations, and identify and solve problems.

High school diploma or General