[Hiring] Transportation Asset Manager @USALCO

Role Description

The position requires a motivated, detail-oriented, and results-driven team player who:

• Incorporates safety and quality into every decision while performing day-to-day activities.
• Will actively seek out opportunities to continuously improve their role and improve performance of the transportation team.
• Has excellent communication and people skills necessary to motivate and instill trust and confidence in others.
• Is a team player who is at their best when working with others to develop and manage the day-to-day transportation function.
• Is a creative and entrepreneurial thinker who values and inspires creative, entrepreneurial thinking in others.
• Is personally and professionally motivated to work constructively with team members at all levels within the company.
• Able to work independently or with others on or off site to meet organizational goals.
• Strong analytical thinker who leverages information to propose recommendations to improve fleet management.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and ownership to continuously improve the transportation/logistics function throughout USALCO plant operations.
• Responsible for management of all USALCO Transportation Assets including IT Equipment, Tractor, and Trailer assets.
• Responsible for day-to-day management of partnerships with leasing companies and ensure contractual arrangements are meeting targets.
• Develop a budget and manage the budget variances and report out variances.
• Responsible for managing utilization and developing a long-term plan for asset utilization and procurement of assets.
• Develop KPI metrics to track cost and utilization of assets.
• Responsible for oversight of all maintenance and DOT compliance of equipment and ensuring that all data is maintained in TMS system.
• Responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the transportation function including employee supervision, logistics, DOT regulatory compliance, legal and economical operation, and training.
• Provide dispatch/customer service leadership on all shipments.
• Ensure driver compliance with all DOT standards, including hour of service regulations, qualification requirements, and pre/post trip inspection reports.
• Manage and oversee fuel program with Comdata.
• Manage all personnel; contracted and company employed drivers, ensuring all necessary training is completed at the required intervals.
• Increase quality, profitability, efficiency, and productivity by continuously improving technology, personnel training, and process improvement.
• Seek out cost savings through continuous improvement activities.
• Strive to consistently meet/exceed customer service standards by ensuring prompt and accurate completion of service requests.
• Must be able to work overtime, off shift, and weekends as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of business goals and objectives.

Qualifications

• Requires organizational and planning skills to effectively complete assignments.
• Must be dependable, flexible, and able to respond on short notice to satisfy requirements of customers.
• Requires good interpersonal and communication skills.
• The ability to clearly and succinctly communicate with others, both verbally and in written form.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management with 3-5 years' experience including the supervision of employees or Business Degree with 5-10 years of relevant experience.
• 20 plus years of progressive Logistics experience including driving, dispatch, and fleet management will be considered without the required degree.

Experience

• Fleet Management.
• Experience with Fleet leasing companies and establishing service level agreements.
• Experience with TMS systems.
• Bulk Delivery with at least 3-5 years in Hazardous Material Transportation.
• Prior experience with Electronic logs required.
• Experience with continuous improvement tools including Lean, 5S, Six Sigma preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word & PowerPoint.

Essential Functions

• The ability to travel to plant locations throughout the US.
• Routinely traverse the ~20-acre site to various buildings.
• Be flexible with work hours to meet demands of transportation.
• Travel is less than 40 percent per year.