Freight Manager
InProduction, United States
Job Description
InProduction has evolved into the largest provider of temporary seating, staging, structures, and scenic production for the United States events industry. Working in partnership with our clients, the InProduction team is engaged from start to finish, providing creative input, detailed drawings, and renderings for review and revision, bringing the drawings to life via meticulous installations, and then breaking down the installations and leaving the event site immaculate. We maintain a total commitment to excellence for a spectacular result at any event for which we provide services, including numerous marquee sports and entertainment events.
As an InProduction employee you are central to our sustained growth and success. We offer a rewarding career in a fast paced and exciting environment. Our employees demonstrate our core values in safety and quality every day while working to provide top notch service to our client partners. Whether working in the field, yard, warehouse, or office, InProduction offers a future with huge growth potential.
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Job responsibilities
- Establish and lead process to review pricing and ensure that projected costs savings are realized.
- Negotiate complex contracts and rates Work with all levels of the business to evaluate requirements for goods and services for the categories managed.
- Confer with personnel to address questions, problems, or equipment.
- Monitor personnel and driver utilization to coordinate service and schedules.
- Driver coaching in the areas of employee retention, customer satisfaction and service, safety awareness and worker' compensation management.
- Schedule or dispatch drivers to appropriate locations, according to requests, specifications, or needs.
- Prepare daily work and run schedules.
- Advise personnel about traffic problems, such as construction areas, accidents, congestion, weather conditions, or other hazards.
- Arrange for necessary repairs to restore service and schedules.
- Communicate to driver's, including but not limited to, load information, advances, maintenance coordination, performance counseling and safety procedures.
- Responsible for assigned fleet of tractors and drivers for on-time pick up and delivery performance, out of route miles, hours of service compliance, home time, special routing needs, and cost control.
- Ensure that each driver has an adequate understanding of customer and company expectations.
- Daily accounting of all assigned trucks and drivers.
- Ability to suggest and recommend disciplinary action, terminations, and hiring decisions.
- Oversee the monitoring of personnel and driver utilization to coordinate service and schedules while maintaining DOT compliance.
- Monitor and ensure driver logs are completed and accurate.
- Oversee the scheduling of equipment maintenance.
- Maintain KPI's and present both internally.
- Record and maintain files or records of customer requests, work or services performed, charges, expenses, driver discipline, and other dispatch information.
- Ensure employee payroll is accurate and submitted in a timely manner.
- Plan and execute backhaul plan according to account requirements.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- 3+ years’ experience in logistics and/or transportation.
- BA or BS Degree preferred.
- Computer applications experience including MS Office strongly desirable.
- Computer applications systems experience using TMW and Supply Chain Management systems helpful.
- Pamp;L management and reporting experience and strong organizational background desired.
- Excellent customer service, problem solving and decision-making skills desirable.
- Strong verbal amp; written communication skills.
- Ability and availability to work extended hours including nights and weekends as needed by the client.
- Experience with and working knowledge of FMCSA / DOT regulations.
- Experience with and working knowledge of Telematic systems and application
Benefits
Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
Paid Vacation
Paid Holidays
Tuition Reimbursement
401K Match