Transportation Supervisor
Job ID: 99930BR
Type: Transportation
Primary Location: Rock Island, Illinois
Date Posted: 05/03/2024
Job Details:
Company Description
Performance Foodservice, PFG's broadline distributor, maintains a unique relationship with a variety of local customers, including independent restaurants and hotels, healthcare facilities, schools, and quick-service eateries. A team of sales reps, chefs, consultants and other experts builds close relationships with each customer, providing advice on improving operations, menu development, product selection and operational strategies. The Performance Foodservice team delivers delicious food, but also goes above and beyond to help independent restaurant owners achieve their dreams.
Job Description
The Transportation Supervisor is responsible for the supervision and training of drivers and ensuring deliveries are made in a safe, efficient, and timely manner. This position assists with monitoring Department of Transportation (DOT) logs, ensuring drivers are in compliance with DOT regulations and company policies. The position will coordinate the tracking of all relevant information regarding drivers.
The Transportation Supervisor will perform the following duties:
- Primarily rides with drivers for training and/or evaluation purposes.
- Supervises associates in staffing, training coaching, performance management and problem resolution.
- Monitors vehicle safety and trains drivers on safe usage of equipment, electronic devices and safe lifting and product-handling practices. May attend safety meetings and complete accident reports.
- Ensures accurate completion of all delivery and driver-related paperwork.
- Assists with scheduling and routing to ensure deliveries and pickups are made in a timely manner while minimizing expenses.
- Assists with overall day-to-day administration of transportation and delivery functions.
- Assist with fleet maintenance, billing, scheduling and analyzing of tractor/trailers.
- Responsible for determining the type and number of tractor/trailers needed.
- Set up rental of additional vehicles as needed and schedule equipment maintenance as necessary
- Assist with calculating driver payroll, reviewing driver trip and expense reports, and identifying and resolving problems that arise with these reports.
- Maintains and updates all relevant information on drivers such as license, DOT, medical certification, tickets for moving violations, accidents and other risk and safety related data.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
High school diploma/GED
2+ years transportation experience
Knowledge of DOT and safety regulations
Experience with computerized fleet management systems
Ability to travel throughout the Midwest 50% of the time for driver training and observations, including frequent overnight travel
Must be able to work weekends and holidays as needed
Valid driver's license and acceptable MVR
Preferred Qualifications
Associates or 2-year technical degree
4+ years transportation experience including DOT and safety regulations and computerized fleet management systems
Experience in foodservice distribution
Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook
Supervisory experience
Class A Commercial Drivers License (CDL)
Experience working in a union environment
EEO Statement
Performance Food Group and/or its subsidiaries (individually or collectively, the "Company") provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all applicants and employees, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations. Please click on the following links to review: (1) our EEO Policy; (2) the "EEO is the Law" poster and supplement; and (3) the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.