Transportation Supervisor

Primo Brands Job Opportunity

Primo Brands is a leading branded beverage company in North America with a focus on healthy hydration. We are proud to offer an extensive and iconic portfolio of highly recognizable, sustainably sourced, and conveniently packaged branded beverages distributed across more than 150,000 retail outlets.

Salary Range: $98,000-$105,000. This position is eligible for a bonus.

Location: Onsite - Allentown, PA

Health Benefits: Medical, prescription, dental, vision, flexible spending account (FSA), dependent care flexible spending account (FSA), health savings account (HSA)

Retirement/Investing: 401K with a 5% match, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Insurance: Employee Life Insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, spouse/domestic partner/child life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment

Other great benefits: Employee discounts, save on auto, home, and pet insurance, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation and sick time, 9 paid holidays and 3 paid floating holidays, paid leave for when you have a baby, adopt a child, or become a foster parent, legal services, identity theft protection, employee assistance program (EAP), adoption reimbursement benefit, FEDlogic, commuter benefits

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Overseeing the planning and execution of the region volume, national HOD middle mile volume, and national OS&D (over, short, and damage claims)- outbound and inbound loads through Uber Freight transportation management system (TMS), while meeting customer and company pickup and delivery expectations.
• Working alongside the 3rd party transportation provider (Uber Freight) and 3rd party carriers to ensure delivery appointments are set within KPI targets, reschedule support is efficient and timely, and track and trace is active and effective.
• Acting as the first line of support for exception management, identifying disruptions or delays in load center operations and system outages, and collaborating with the load center team, Northeast Transportation Team, and Uber Freight to resolve issues quickly.
• Ensuring all operational exceptions are documented, tracked, and communicated to stakeholders.
• Identifying opportunities to optimize load pairing, reduce transportation costs through proper carrier selection and TMS tools, and improve service levels.
• Collaborate with Uber Freight and Primo Brands teams to implement best practices, streamline processes, develop productivity KPI reporting, and contribute to overall efficiency improvements in the load center's operations.
• Maintaining relationship with Regional Transportation team to understand scope of route guides, carrier capacity commitments, and escalation support.
• Building connections with respective warehouse and planning leadership teams to understand direct connections with operations, such as dock capacity and volume changes and forecasts that affect load center operations and the ability to deliver loads to customers.
• Supervising a team of approximately 4 Dispatchers, 1 Spring Specialist ensuring they have clear goals, resources, and support to perform effectively.
• Provide ongoing training, coaching, and development to improve team performance and productivity, fostering a culture of accountability and collaboration.
• Load center is staffed 7 days a week. Facilitating a minimum of twice weekly operational meetings for the Load Center Team to include the Northeast Regional Transportation team.
• Supporting development and implementation of training guides, process changes, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) as needed to reduce order touches and increase automation within load center operations.
• Keeping the Load Center Team 100% compliant on time keeping and Skillsoft Training as well as the required safety behavior observations (SBO) amount per month.
• Being agile with accountabilities as determined by the needs of the Senior Transportation Systems Manager and overall company.

Qualifications

Key qualifications include:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business Management, Logistics, or related field is desired.
• Must have a minimum of 3-5 years of leadership experience within a fast-paced manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Experience with problem solving methodologies including Lean manufacturing, DMAIC projects, and/or Six Sigma are highly desired.
• Experienced analysis capabilities utilizing Excel and/or Access is required.
• Experience with TMS systems is desired.
• Must be a people-oriented leader with experience in developing leadership and increasing the capability of others.
• Prior manager / supervisor experience required.
• Ability to handle multiple people and projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Customer focused attitude in a dynamic environment.
• Proficient with computers and windows-based software.
• Experience with an ERP system such as SAP or Oracle is preferred.