Serta

Transportation Manager

Serta • $90K — $110K *
Houston, TX 77084In-Person
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 2 years management experience in a plant environment
  • BA/BS degree in a related field or equivalent vocational training
  • Relevant Lean manufacturing experience
  • Working knowledge of DOT and OSHA regulations
  • Familiarity with health and safety regulations
  • Experience with data-driven metrics
  • Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office and routing software

Responsibilities

  • Ensure cost-effective, timely shipment of products and supplies
  • Manage delivery assets and execute maintenance schedules
  • Control labor utilization to optimize delivery function
  • Monitor compliance with health and safety procedures
  • Coordinate logistics communication with internal and external contacts
  • Oversee loading dock operations and freight management
  • Optimize delivery routes using GPS tracking system

Benefits

  • Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
  • Annual employee contribution to HSA
  • 401K plan with company match
  • Paid Time Off and Vacation days
  • 12 company holidays
  • Sick days
  • Company paid short- and long-term disability
  • Paid parental leave
  • Discount programs for employees
  • Referral bonus
  • Tuition reimbursement
Full Job Description
Compensation:

$90,000 - $110,000 Per Year

Compensation is based on degrees, experience and certificates.

What You'll Do:

  • Ensures appropriate and cost-effective, efficient plans for shipments of incoming and outgoing products/supplies, ensuring timely, efficiently, high-quality delivery
  • Ensures the effective use of all delivery assets and ensures that appropriate maintenance is executed
  • Ensures the cost effectiveness of the delivery function, including the proper control of labor utilization through preventing excessive labor hours, overtime and downtime
  • Ensures effective function of shipping/receiving equipment through scheduled, preventive maintenance to minimize downtime
  • Establishes and monitors procedures designed to assure the health, safety and security of assigned personnel, suppliers and other visitors who come to the facility
  • Reports, investigates out of standard safety compliance conditions and sets corrective action measures in place
  • Coordinates and proactively communicates with internal and external logistics contacts, cross-company functional contacts as well as suppliers/vendors as needed to ensure a consistent and efficient flow of goods and services
  • Manages loading dock group to ensure the accurate loading of goods according to approved loading practices to prevent freight damage during transit and ensuring safe truck operation
  • Ensures the loading and unloading of freight coordinates with other plant personnel to ensure product, equipment, documentation paperwork flows efficiently
  • Determines delivery routes and dispatches drivers accordingly, optimizing efficiencies in time and cost. Tracks delivery routes utilizing a GPS tracking system
  • Monitors and analyzes dispatch activities and scheduling metrics to ensure maximum effectiveness
  • Driver management and adherence with DOT compliance and requirements: Driver logs, accident reporting and investigation drug testing requirement and transportation equipment/vehicle maintenance
  • Maximizes driver utilization to ensure a balanced KRA (key results area) approach
  • Solicits bids, analyzes quotes and negotiates terms and ultimately selects contract carriers who can provide the best cost effective rates without sacrificing safety, quality and delivery


How You'll Do It:

  • Openly communicates regularly with carriers to proactively avoid issues and provide updated information
  • Completes required reporting as to functional performance including logistical data, trends, etc. and provider performance
  • Complies with Federal, State and local regulations, material handling and shipping regulations
  • Enforces compliance to regulations and escalates any out of standard conditions to appropriate personnel


What You'll Bring:

  • Minimum of 2 years management experience in plant environment including experience in areas of shipping/deliver/routing, customer service, processes and people.
  • BA/BS degree in a related field or equivalent formal, technical vocational training.
  • Relevant Lean manufacturing experience.
  • Working knowledge of DOT and OSHA regulations.
  • Familiarity with Federal, State and local health and safety regulations.
  • Experience working with data driven measurements and metrics for functional areas.
  • Intermediate computer proficiency, intermediate experience in Microsoft Office, routing software and the Internet.


Benefits and Perks (USA, Salary non-union- optional):
  • Health, Dental, and Vision
  • Annual employee contribution to HSA
  • 401K with company match
  • Paid Time Off / Vacation
  • 12 company holidays
  • Sick days
  • Company paid short- and long-term disability
  • Paid parental leave
  • Discount programs including Friends and family discounts
  • Referral Bonus
  • Tuition Reimbursement

About Serta

Serta is a mattress manufacturer based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The company was founded in 1931 and has since become one of the largest mattress manufacturers in the United States. Serta is known for its high-quality mattresses and has won numerous awards for its products. The company offers a wide range of mattresses, including innerspring, memory foam, and hybrid mattresses. Serta is committed to sustainability and has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its environmental impact. The company is also committed to giving back to the community and has partnered with a number of charitable organizations.
Learn more about Serta
Size
23,000 employees
Industry
Retail & Consumer Goods
Founded
1931
* Ladders Estimates

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