Summary

The Fleet Transportation Manager will manage day to day operations and oversee approximately 100 Perdue CDL Class A drivers for Live Haul, Feed, and Chick/ Egg operations (Dressed Haul as needed) to support timely and safe delivery.  Including onsite supervision and dispatchers for the live operational areas.

The Fleet Transportation Manager will uphold Perdue’s company values and leadership behaviors:

• We inspire our teams to always think like the customer and consumer 
• We operate as OnePerdue team and embrace continuous improvement to win, and be the best, in all that we do 
• We act like owners and execute with urgency 
• We lead our teams to develop a diverse workforce and the best talent for every position 
• We believe respectful constructive conflict makes us better 

Principal and Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Oversee daily transportation operations for the area to include the following responsibilities:

• Provide leadership to Supervisors ensuring they have tools and skills to lead drivers successfully
• Interview, hire, train, develop, and evaluate Associates (including drivers)
• Promote and evaluate Associate growth and development
• Ensure Associates meet performance expectations, coach and educate Associates as needed
• Ensure adequate staffing to meet business needs: schedules (tours), attendance, PTO, Holidays, and weekend coverage.
• Ensure retention numbers are met for said area of business
• Exceed daily on-time delivery requirements and internal & external customer expectations
• Establish goals and projects to reduce delivery expenses, increase utilization, and drive continuous operation improvement
• Manage, approve, and audit driver and associate payroll, schedules and time off to meet operational needs to include weekend and holiday coverage
• Conduct safety audits on company, customer, and vendor facilities and report our findings, potential improvements, and follow-ups on improvements
• Conduct and lead driver quarterly meeting schedules
• Establish, report, and promote continuous improvement on weekly KPI’s.  Develop and implement initiatives for improvement.                                           
• Establish and foster Associate, internal, and external relationships 
• Provide support for Special Events as needed
• Support strategic direction of the department and company

Safety management to include the following:

• Establish a safety culture where Associates put safety first to prevent injuries and accidents
• Establish safety goals and implement improvement plans
• Manage and exceed safety KPI’s
• Conduct monthly safety round tables and/or meetings with drivers and Associates in some capacity
• Accident and injury management including investigation and reporting
• Oversee DOT compliance to include reviewing hours of service and daily equipment inspection,
• Review and administer driver safety violations
• Conduct weekly asset and facility safety inspections

Fleet Asset management to include the following:

• Managing daily tractor and trailer pools for each location with a priority on improving driver to truck and truck to trailer ratios to achieve and sustain a competitive advantage with outside vendors. 
• Manage rental equipment including tractors and trailers to company requirements
• Audit and inspect equipment weekly for damage and utilization
• Audit and track company equipment to include EZPass and ELD tablets

Other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience

REQUIRED:   Prior senior leadership / management experience

PREFERRED:  5-10 years of transportation, distribution or logistics leadership experience; a bachelor’s degree in a related field; strong interpersonal, communication and project management skills, ability to utilize technology

Environmental Factors and Physical Requirements

1. Flexible work schedules (both days and hours) to handle weather, holidays or other service disruptions
2. 24 hours, 7 days a week on-call basis for matters involving customer service or safety of drivers
3. Ability to travel frequently to and from facility locations
4. Position is mostly sedentary but may require occasional moving to other offices, buildings, and truck yards.
5. Exposed to office equipment and inside & outside weather conditions, dust, animal materials