Logistics Dispatch

2 months ago

Charles City, United States Nexus Cooperative Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Job Brief
The Trucking Logistics Manager will oversee and manage the operations of Nexus’ grain logistics. They will arrange daily schedules and routes of the transportation department to ensure that we meet deadlines that are set by the grain team to fulfill contracts.

Leadership:
1. Promote an environment and culture that focuses on fulfilling the mission and core values of Nexus.
2. Holds themselves and team accountability.
3. Actively engages their team, fostering a work environment that maximizes employee involvement, morale, and commitment.
4. Creates key performance indicators and metrics for the team. Communicates the metrics and ensures the team member knows their role in achieving the metrics. Share results with the team.
5. Consistently provides feedback to employees and coaches on a daily basis.
6. Celebrates wins and recognizes others.
7. Addresses performance issues in a timely and consistent manner.
8. Leads change, shares the way, explains the why and the impact, is transparent.
9. Champion safety processes, procedures, and training, leading with a safety mindset.
10. Creates opportunities for the team to collaborate.
11. Creates opportunities for team members to develop.

Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Develops the plan to provide full-service transportation.
2. Review and recommend changes to the maintenance of company owned commercial fleet along with coordinating maintenance schedules.
3. Prepare vehicle accident reports complying with company, state, and federal guidelines.
4. Assist with budgeting and planning through attending meetings, reviewing reports, and communicating departmental needs and goals to upper management.
5. Stay abreast of and ensure organization compliance of motor carrier safety regulations through monitoring various transactions and documentation.
6. Work with Nexus merchandisers to dispatch company owned trucks to assure full utilization of hauling capacity on outbound and inbound loads.
7. Coordinate with Nexus merchandisers on outside commodity back-hauls to assure maximum use of fleet (hoppers).
8. Verifies all inter-company freight charges for hauls.
9. Communicate as necessary with other Nexus support groups involved in the operation of the truck fleet (Accounting, Risk management, Human Resources, etc.)
10. Gathers needed information on and understanding of customer demands; meets specific needs for transloading, just-in-time shipping, distribution, and fulfillment.
11. Develop an understanding of Iowa commodity flow.
12. Understand how to track revenue and expense by truck on a daily and monthly basis.
13. Ensures product handling and delivery practices meet customer expectations, and daily, weekly, monthly, and annual business objectives.
14. Recruiting and developing a training program for company drivers.
15. Responsible for recruiting and building relationships with 3rd party truckers and shippers across multiple commodities and organizations.
16. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements:
• Five years of experience in the distribution or transportation industry.
• Excellent managerial and supervisory skills.
• Self-motivated with the capacity to make sound decisions using information at hand.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks and a variety of duties.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proficient with computer-based management systems for inventory control, shipping operations, and fulfillment services.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or similar software.

Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position:
• The employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit; and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• The noise level in the work environment is typically low to moderate.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

 

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