Transportation Operations Manager
12 hours ago
Job Summary
UFP Industries is seeking a skilled and motivated Transportation Operations Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong focus on best practices to drive operational excellence and profitability.
This is a management in training position working closely with operations and sales to optimize network efficiencies, reduce logistics costs, and improve customer experience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in overseeing and coordinating transportation operations, including scheduling, routing, and fleet management.
- Participate in interviewing, hiring, training, performance assessments, and recognition.
- Implementing and executing transportation strategies and plans to optimize the movement of products, ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery.
- Collaborating with operations, purchasing, sales and vendors to develop and implement solutions to optimize, reduce costs, and increase customer satisfaction.
- Establish and maintain relationships with carriers, negotiating contracts, rates, and service level agreements.
- Managing and overseeing resolution of operational issues with carriers and plants to include developing innovative approaches to continuously improve.
- Coordinating between transportation and plant shipping teams to educate and provide support on Transportation Systems.
- Monitor internal processes to ensure transportation is flowing smoothly and effectively for all businesses in line with business metrics.
- Monitoring key metrics within the Transportation Management Systems and PowerBI.
- Ability to cover any Hub Manager or Load Planner duties and provide backup/flow to work coverage as needed.
- Support and drive to conclusion special projects as defined by leadership.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in logistics, supply chain management, or related field preferred.
- 3+ years transportation experience, fleet management preferred.
- Strong knowledge of transportation regulations, compliance, and documentation requirements.
- A critical thinker and decision maker who understands the effect of decisions on costs, productivity, and reliability.
- High energy, self-motivated, organized, and able to self-manage time and daily objectives, who can think and assess situations and make critical or strategic decisions.
- Excellent leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and develop a high-performing team.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with geographically operated fleets a plus.
- Proficiency in using transportation management systems (TMS) and other relevant software applications.
- Flexibility to adapt to changing business needs and work outside regular business hours when required.
- Preferred experience and knowledge of UFP's organization, culture, and product lines.
- 50% travel required
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