Area Transportation Manager - Sacramento

Job description

• Exercise visible leadership with respect to local implementation of global/national/regional safety programs and initiatives. Champion and manage the SHEQ Activity, i.e. Safety meetings, Safety Talks, IMSS/IMS, Site Quality Plan


• Lead incident/injury investigations; seek out and address root cause of accidents, near misses, and potential incidents (good catches). Work closely with SHEQ.


• Recruit and select properly qualified drivers and oversee training to ensure resources are available to meet daily schedule requirements.


• Drive a continuous improvement focus in all aspects of the location management; process and people.


• Provide timely and pertinent feedback to National Operations Center teams to improve daily Transportation operations.


• Implement and support national transport process changes and initiatives.


• Manage and motivate excellent performance and organization of office staff and drivers to support business targets (bid management, vacation coverage, etc.)


• Counsel, coach and discipline employees as necessary regarding performance related issues. Address employee and labor relations issues in collaboration with management and HR.


• Manage the daily hours of service for drivers and ensure compliance with Company and legal/regulatory requirements


• Develop and implement Productivity Improvement Projects to improve upon Key Productivity Indicators; model High Performance Organization principles


• Manage maintenance programs for vehicles, equipment and customer stations (planning, inventory management)


• Monitor and manage costs at a local level to maintain a cost- effective Transportation operation.


• Lead Location Administration - purchase cards, budgeting, customer billing, driver payroll, on board recording systems


• Manage Transportation related SAP processes


• Encourage and demonstrate cross-functional collaboration


• Lead process to ensure after hours coverage for the location to meet customer demands


• Assist in the coordination of response to support the demands of major plant and on-site locations during outages


• Six Sigma certification with emphasis on cross functional and Transport specific improvement projects


• Provide mentoring support for newer or less experienced Transport Managers in respective region


• Lead project implementation initiatives for new technology including on-site training and support