Transportation Manager
At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are an excellence-driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community. We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Quality, Teamwork, Productivity, and Excellence—which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.
Summary:
The Transportation Manager at Pacific Seafood is a key role on our Transportation team supporting efforts to maintain safety and compliance, achieve customer satisfaction, and implement strategies for cost optimization. This position involves managing transportation assets effectively, promoting environmental sustainability, and driving continuous improvement through collaboration and teamwork across the supply chain and is ideal for someone who is organized, analytical, and has a commitment to continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Coordination and Management:
- Safety focused.
- Responsible for management of Federal and State DOT regulations.
- Oversee all scheduling, to include daily truck routes, driver vacation planning, and truck maintenance.
- Manage the preparation of delivery documents for customer delivery drivers.
- Coordinate vendor & airport pick-ups with purchasing.
- Assist in developing driver incentives, safe driving, and cross training programs for drivers to improve their abilities and productivity.
- Manage and/or develop budgets for distribution center logistics as it relates to driver wages, fleet, fuel, R&M, and safety.
- Answer questions and resolve complaints pertaining to any transportation issues.
- Utilize Roadnet for route planning
- Management of Samsara to improve safety and efficiency
- Maintaining LAX pickups
- Perform other duties, as assigned.
2. Optimization and Improvement:
- Daily route planning that drives safety, customer service, and efficiency for the organization and its customers.
- Use historical delivery data to identify, communicate, and implement route model adjustments to continuously evolve with the business and drive safety, customer service, and efficiency.
- Perform route ride a longs to coach, train, support drivers while gaining key experience and knowledge of customer requirements, traffic patterns, customer delivery times, possible safety concerns, etc..
- Ability to manage Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
Additional responsibilities may be assigned as deemed necessary to support the overall goals and objectives of the position.
What you Bring to Pacific Seafood:Required:
- High school diploma or GED
- Valid driver’s license
- Minimum of four years’ experience in the transportation management field
- Minimum of three years’ experience in safety compliance, fleet management, route planning, and route optimization.
- Previous experience with Microsoft Suites – Excel, PowerPoint, Word, OneNote, Outlook.
- Effective communicator – spoken and written
Preferred:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related field.
- Prior experience performing analysis on existing route models to find opportunities for efficiency.
Salary Range: $84,119 - $104,308 Annually
Total Compensation:
At Pacific Seafood, your base wage is only a portion of your overall compensation package. We invest in our Team Members through a comprehensive and attractive total rewards package, including but not limited to:
- Health insurance benefits options, including medical, prescription, vision, dental, basic group life and short-term disability
- Flexible spending accounts for health flex and dependent care expenses
- 401(k) retirement plan options with generous annual company profit sharing match
- Paid time-off for all regular FT team members to include sick days, paid holidays, vacation, and personal time
- Employee assistance program providing confidential professional counseling, financial and legal assistance at no charge to team members and immediate family members
- Product purchase program
Pacific Seafood is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.