Description:
The Transportation Manager contributes to the success of Univar Solutions by acting as the primary Transportation leader at a branch location within a defined District and managing the P&L.
The TM provides Transportation leadership at the assigned branch encompassing both private fleet and common carrier modes. Leads a team of supervisors, dispatchers, and drivers and collaborates with the Operations Manager, Commercial leadership, and District Transportation Manager.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
General & People Management
- Accountable for the safe, effective, and efficient execution of the branch
- Transportation operation to include delivering the assigned annual operating plan and cost savings objectives
- Develop and manage after-hours Transportation support for the branch location
- Manage the execution of retention and recruiting strategies for the private fleet drivers within the branch
- Manage and develop the Transportation Supervisor and Dispatcher
- Responsible for all disciplinary and coaching of Transportation employees at the branch
- Accountable for the weekly submission and accuracy of hourly payroll
- Responsible for the collective bargaining of Transportation drivers at unionized sites (if applicable)
Private Fleet Dispatch Optimization
- Directly responsible for maintaining an efficient cost advantaged company private fleet at a branch location
- Maximize driver DOT HOS
- Manage execution of route plans to reduce regional Cost Per Mile (CPM) on private fleets
- Mode mix and management
- Coach safe and efficient driving techniques; ensuring safety, regulatory and DOT compliance
- Develop effective relationships with internal business partners
Route Guide and Lane Management
- Manages the execution of lane level sourcing of the Private, Common, and dedicated fleets at the branch
- Provide interface and direction for common carriers on issues and improvement
- Implements strategies for on-time delivery performance for company owned private fleet and carriers alike
- Ensures compliance to established route guides
Capacity Management
- Manage and maintain transportation capacity sufficient to support a 20% surge in volume using private fleet, common carrier, or dedicated carrier solutions
- Ensure carrier execution against transportation requirements, meeting requirements of customers
- Collaborate with other DTMs within the region for any dedicated capacity needs to ensure capacity requirements for the branch
Asset Utilization
- Manage local Transportation team and provide guidance to Transportation supervisor(s) and dispatchers on the effective and efficient use of the private fleet
- Deliver transportation productivity agenda by focusing on asset optimization, improving fuel economy, maximizing DOT HOS, reducing reliance on CC capacity, payload efficiency, route optimization & wait time reduction
- Deliver transportation service targets, shipping and delivering loads on time
- Develop, and implement capital replacement needs for all private fleet assets within the branch
- Assist in the development of and accountable for delivering plans that ensure the efficient gains in asset utilization within the branch
- Support of the annual procurement bid and bid readiness
- Development of the right portfolio of carriers for the branch to ensure adequate capacity availability at costs that deliver against our AOP
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
- Bachelor's Degree, required
- Master's Degree, preferred
- Minimum of 7 years of logistics/Transportation/supply-chain experience
- Experience in HAZMAT and tanker transportation operations strongly desired
- Previous experience in distribution environment preferred.
- Multi-modal Transportation experience including TL and LTL, as well as legal, regulatory, and operational issues, including customer service, logistics and carrier operations.
- Multi-year experience managing private fleets with demonstrated efficiency and effectiveness
- Experience in managing direct reports and indirect reports
- Budgeting (P&L) experience
- Working knowledge of DOT rules and regulations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to influence across internal/external functions.
- Demonstrated drive for results and sense of urgency; ability to prioritize and address conflict constructively/problem-solve in a multi-tasking environment.
- Strong analytical and negotiating skills.
- Ability to lead and manage process change and organizational change
- Highly effective collaboration between operations, transportation planning, and commercial critical
- Detailed operational and tactical knowledge of how to maximize private fleet efficiencies coupled with exceptionally strong interpersonal and influencing skills are critical for success
- Strong fleet dispatching experience