Transportation Manager

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Transportation Manager 

What Brought You Here: 

• Total compensation salary range: $80,000-95,000/yr. depending on experience.  
• Quarterly safety bonus opportunities
• Quarterly Incentive Compensation Plan  
• Shift Days and Hours: M-F, First Shift
• Benefits starting DAY ONE 

Who You Are:  

The Ideal candidate will have an exceptional work ethic, ability to coordinate several tasks concurrently, strong sense of urgency, and the ability to work in a very fast-paced and deadline driven environment  

What You Will Be Doing: 

• As a Transportation Manager, you will be responsible for coordinating and managing the most efficient loads to remain cost effective as a company with the goal of obtaining customer satisfaction while keeping all drivers safe. 
• Oversees and or conducts training of new or existing employees to include work methods and procedures, employee handbook, and safety training. 
• Coordinates all jobsite and truckload deliveries with customer base, sales and production. 
• Manages a company-owned truck fleet, company drivers, and third-party carriers. 
• Coordinates routes by examining product dimensions and weight for each order; and identifies and evaluates any special needs for each load. 
• Responsible for daily and monthly audits and reports related to fleet, fuel, risk management, driver logs, inspection reports, accident registers etc. 
• Responsible for all Driver training compliance in partnership with Employee Health & Safety Manager. 
• Maintain DOT Compliance through proper record keeping, training and monitoring.  
• Supervises assigned personnel and maintains all necessary paperwork/records. 
• Develops and maintains systems and procedures to ensure quality of customer service, inventory accuracy, optimization of storage space, and on-time delivery. 
• Files freight claims for any loss or damage of inventory and notifies plant management.  
• Uses the information systems to analyze, monitor, and measure the effectiveness of logistics activities and expenses. 
• Maintains and improves high quality levels by ensuring that all work processes are performed correctly and accurately. 

Skills You Bring: 

• High School Diploma or GED required; 2-year degree preferred 
• Must have a minimum of 3 years of verifiable planning/dispatching experience in the trucking industry, with 1 to 2 years in a leadership role. 
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word. 
• Must have knowledge of DOT and Hours of Service rules and regulations. 
• Must be able to multi-task, be organized, efficient, accurate and be accountable to job responsibilities. 
• Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 

Why Trulite: 

Trulite offers the most comprehensive benefit coverage in the industry. We give our employees immediate access to health, dental, vision and life insurance benefits, as well as provide short/long-term disability coverage to protect you financially if you should incur a non-occupational illness or accident. 
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Stay with us for a year and your 401k employer match is 100% vested and immediately becomes part of your ever improving financial plan. This is also true for those who select and contribute to their Health Savings