About the Role
The Operations Supervisor provides direction at a single location, leading staff to ensure customer requirements are achieved while meeting Penske goals and objectives.
Responsibilities
- Provide operational leadership to individual contributors and hourly workforce to ensure the execution of daily tasks and activities including driver deliveries, loading/unloading of trailers, and customer service operations.
- Supervise people, systems, customer needs, and equipment.
- Manage workforce and equipment scheduling.
- Responsible for performance management of direct reports, including corrective action and disciplinary decisions up to written warning level.
- Involved in the hiring process and customer meetings as necessary.
- Establish and sustain that all supervisors and associates are trained and competent.
- Establish and sustain that performance standards are communicated.
- Interview hourly associates and provide recommendations for hire.
- Monitor attendance, productivity, and other performance standards and provide coaching and counseling to associates.
- Motivate and engage associates by focusing on team accomplishments and recognition.
- Supervise logistics operations including customer service, freight loading and unloading, dispatch and proper documentation and procedure control.
- Conduct team meetings.
- Evaluate and recommend changes in preferred work methods to increase productivity.
- Assist in new associate training.
- Provide relief coverage for operational duties when associates utilize time-off or are absent from the shift.
- Ensure operational compliance and correct exception resolution.
- Complete all necessary records and reports in a timely and accurate fashion.
- Ensure compliance with financial policies & procedures such as tracking MPG, returns, damages, etc.
- Understand the relationship between decision-making and profitability.
- Closely manage associates' working hours and activities to minimize overtime and to meet or exceed productivity targets.
- Ensure day-to-day management and associate activities are aligned with the location safety strategy.
- Provide associates with communication, training, feedback, and direction to ensure safe performance.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory agencies and company policies and procedures.
- Conduct safety observations.
- Understand the location-specific customer goals & objectives and work to meet and exceed these expectations daily.
- Ensure the customer knows that we are committed to helping them meet their objectives.
- Determine areas that could benefit from Continuous Improvement efforts.
- Properly plan work assignments to ensure effective use of fleet equipment.
- Work with hourly associates to ensure they understand safe and efficient operation of equipment.
- Work with vendors to ensure equipment is maintained.
- Work with Penske Truck Leasing to ensure schedule of preventative maintenance is complete.
- Other projects and tasks as assigned by supervisor.
Requirements
- Proven ability to supervise processes, activities, and tasks.
- Demonstrated ability and desire to succeed, grow, learn, and apply new skills.
- Proven record to motivate, engage, coach, and communicate with team members.
- Demonstrated ability to drive process improvement and lead change.
- Relevant experience and skills.
- Supporting class A drivers.
- Strong communicator.
- Goal oriented.
- Detail oriented.
- Demonstrated leadership skills.
Skills
- Leadership
- Supervision
- Process improvement
- Change management
- Communication
- Coaching
- Motivation
- Customer service
- Logistics operations
- Freight loading and unloading
- Dispatch
- Documentation control
- Performance management
- Hiring
- Financial policy compliance
- Safety management
- Team building
- Equipment maintenance
Location
- Single location
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Supervisor
- Leadership experience
Salary/Compensations
- $62,353.20 - $74,500
- Bonus eligible based on performance
Benefits
- Excellent benefits plan keeps associates and their families happy, healthy, and secure.
About the Company
- Penske Logistics engineers state-of-the-art transportation, warehousing and supply chain management solutions that deliver powerful business results for market-leading companies.
- With operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, Penske and its associates help businesses move forward by increasing visibility and driving down supply-chain costs.
